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  • Silent Sistani

    08/27/2006 7:24:35 PM PDT · by Dawnsblood · 37 replies · 913+ views
    Newsweek/ MSNBC ^ | September 4, 2006 Issue | Scott Johnson
    For months, calming statements from the ayatollah held Shiites back from retaliating for killings by Sunni insurgents. But three years of insurgency, sectarian tensions and miserable living conditions have shrunk the space for temperance and given extremists plenty of room to operate. "[Sistani] doesn't have the same degree of influence," says Joost Hilterman, director of the International Crisis Group's Iraq program, based in Jordan. "He may be saying the same things, but fewer people are listening to him." As much as anything, the battle now is about which voices will shape the future of Iraq. Not too long ago Sistani...
  • Iraqis loot base after British leave

    08/25/2006 12:03:52 PM PDT · by Marius3188 · 44 replies · 1,370+ views
    AP ^ | 25 Aug 2006 | HAIDAR HANI
    AMARAH, Iraq -- Looters ravaged a former British base Friday, a day after the camp was turned over to Iraqi troops, taking everything from doors and window frames to corrugated roofing and metal pipes, authorities said. About 1,200 British troops had been stationed at Camp Abu Naji in Amarah, 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, and the base had come under almost daily attack. The troops pulled out Thursday to redeploy along the border with Iran to crack down on weapons smuggling. Shortly after the troops pulled out, Iraqi police managed to disperse looters by firing warning shots into the air,...
  • The Harriet Miers I Know

    10/14/2005 4:55:21 AM PDT · by G.Mason · 97 replies · 2,429+ views
    New York Times ^ | October 14, 2005 | MATTHEW SCULLY
    October 14, 2005 Op-Ed Contributor The Harriet Miers I Know By MATTHEW SCULLY Los AngelesWHITE House speechwriters first learned the name Harriet Miers in January 2001, when drafts started reappearing full of corrections, instructions and particularly annoying requests for factual substantiation. In the campaign, life had been simpler, the editing and fact-checking a little more casual. Now the old ways wouldn't do anymore because "Harriet said" this or "Harriet said" that. Who was this woman, and could the staff secretary please confine herself to secretarial duties? We had a few things to learn about the job of the staff secretary...
  • Camp Casey III Admits Hasn’t Spent Any Money On Katrina

    10/05/2005 2:59:21 PM PDT · by Sam Hill · 34 replies · 1,614+ views
    Sweetness & Light ^ | October 5, 2005 | N/A
    If this email is legit, the Veterans For Peace admit that as of the 27th of last month they had yet to spend one red cent on Katrina aid, despite raising at least a half million dollars purportedly for that purpose.(Patrick Tate is the head of the VFP's #116 local chapter, who are the folks running this Katrina scam. He also owns the "Impeachment Bus.") From: "Patrick Tate" <pjtate@...> Date: Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:01 pm Subject: Re: [VFP-116] VfP-116 Meeting Notes 050926 at FB VetsHall pjtate56 Offline Send Email Just so everyone is aware. Due to the need to...
  • Report: Schwarzenegger urges GOP left turn

    12/18/2004 7:32:17 PM PST · by jakerobins · 84 replies · 1,480+ views
    Report: Schwarzenegger urges GOP left turn Saturday, December 18, 2004 Posted: 7:34 PM EST (0034 GMT) Arnold Schwarzenegger BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested in a German newspaper interview published Saturday that the Republican Party should move "a little to the left," a shift that he said would allow it to pick up new voters.
  • I tried to tell you . . . (Zell Miller)

    11/04/2004 4:37:08 PM PST · by livesbygrace · 31 replies · 2,169+ views
    ajc.com ^ | 11/04/04 | Zell Miller
    America's faith in freedom has been reaffirmed. With the re-election of President Bush, America recommitted itself once again to expanding freedom and promoting liberty. Only the 1864 re-election of Abraham Lincoln, the 1944 re-election of Franklin Roosevelt and the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan rival this victory as milestones in the preservation of our security by the advancement of freedom.
  • It's Time to Sing a New Tune on the Budget(Schwarzenegger vs. Republicans)

    07/08/2004 10:06:27 AM PDT · by ElkGroveDan · 41 replies · 585+ views
    But more glaring has been the Republicans' carping about Schwarzenegger's apparent caving in to Democrats on spending — especially for higher education and the disabled, aged poor and welfare moms. "Republicans are really a sack of ingrates," asserts one Schwarzenegger advisor, who asked not to be identified.
  • AK-47s Headed to U.S. Had Legal Permits

    04/30/2004 5:09:51 AM PDT · by FooBarBaz · 27 replies · 1,733+ views
    AP ^ | Wed Apr 28, 4:13 PM ET | CURT ANDERSON,
    AK-47s Headed to U.S. Had Legal Permits Wed Apr 28, 4:13 PM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo! By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - A U.S.-bound shipment of thousands of AK-47 assault rifles and other combat-type weapons, seized by Italian authorities who suspected they were being smuggled, actually have legal permits to be imported, American officials said Wednesday. About 7,500 AK-47s, AKM rifles and other weapons worth an estimated $6 million were seized April 20 aboard a Turkish-flagged ship in the port of Gioia Tauro. They were bound for New York from Romania. At the...
  • Ex-Army boss: Pentagon won't admit reality in Iraq

    06/03/2003 5:13:34 AM PDT · by SLB · 83 replies · 222+ views
    USA TODAY ^ | 3 Jun 03 | Dave Moniz
    <p>WASHINGTON — The former civilian head of the Army said Monday it is time for the Pentagon to admit that the military is in for a long occupation of Iraq that will require a major commitment of American troops. Former Army secretary Thomas White said in an interview that senior Defense officials "are unwilling to come to grips" with the scale of the postwar U.S. obligation in Iraq. The Pentagon has about 150,000 troops in Iraq and recently announced that the Army's 3rd Infantry Division's stay there has been extended indefinitely.</p>
  • U.S. to send 20,000 additional troops to stabilize Iraq

    05/25/2003 11:34:04 AM PDT · by SLB · 42 replies · 2,397+ views
    The United States plans to increase its military force in Iraq in an effort to stabilize the country. U.S. officials said nearly 20,000 troops would arrive in Iraq over the next few weeks. This would increase the U.S. force level to about 163,000 troops. Currently, about 145,000 U.S. soldiers are deployed in Iraq. U.S. troops have disarmed a militia group affiliated with pro-American Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi, as part of a campaign to impose law and order in Iraq, a political official said Sunday. But fighters of the biggest Muslim Shi'ite group, trained by Washington's bitter foe Iran, reacted warily...
  • Breaking News" [Ted] Maher Convicted = Ten Years

    12/02/2002 10:10:36 AM PST · by tracer · 417 replies · 741+ views
    ABC News | December 2, 2002
    Reported five minutes ago -- no ther details yet found..