RICE [from Transcript of Rice's 9/11 commission statement]: The threat reporting to which we could respond was in June and July about threats abroad. What we tried to do for -- just because people said you cannot rule out an attack on the United States, was to have...
The Washington Post has a piece up today about a battalion of Iraqis that have refused to fight for the Americans at Fallujah. They are saying, "We did not sign up to fight Iraqis." There have been some efforts in the blogosphere to follow this story, mostly by...
The new issue of Time magazine (April 19) features an article "What Should Bush Do?" featuring three people giving advice on Iraq. General Barry McCaffrey says "There are no more U.S. troops to send to Iraq. That's why we need 80,000 or more troops added to the U.S....
"We haven't imposed any terms at the moment, we're just trying to get a cease-fire in place and we have asked the insurgents to stop attacking the Marines." "They didn't do that yesterday, we had a number of attacks yesterday, so we proposed a different time for one...
Two thought provoking posts from Eli at Left I on the News: Was Bush on vacation all of August 2001 because of the terrorist threat? The same threat that had Ashcroft travelling in leased aircraft rather than commercial flights? Libertarian Harry Browne reminds us...
A sampling of responses to the present situation in Iraq from Arab newspapers ... read here
Before driving to Ramadi on Wednesday, we spent the night at the home of a Shia family in Sadr City. 'There is no difference between Falluja and Sadr City,' said Nassir Salman, a barber who was working late. 'They are fighting and we are fighting. Inshallah , there...
Josh Marshall posts this email he received from Baghdad. He describes the sender as"a friend of mine who spent a career in US military intelligence specializing in counter-terrorism, now in Iraq working as a contractor providing security for companies and NGOs." The...
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Kathy Kelly, a leader of Voices in the Wilderness, is now serving time in prison in Illinois for her activities to oppose the war in Iraq. She would appreciate hearing from supporters and friends, including giving her the latest antiwar news. She has no Internet...
