Month: October 2006

ARBIL – The security situation in the northern, oil-rich city of Kirkuk has further deteriorated over the past few weeks after the Iraqi government formed a committee assigned to "normalize the situation." The creation of that committee under a constitutional provision has led to a rise in ethnic tensions between Kirkuk’s Kurdish, Arab, and Turkmen … Continue reading “Kirkuk Fearful of Future”

While the European Union’s Javier Solana and Iran’s Ali Larijani were making “good progress” toward an agreement that “will provide objective guarantees [to the EU] that Iran’s nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes” that “will equally provide firm guarantees [to Iran] on nuclear, technological, and economic cooperation and firm commitments [by the EU to … Continue reading “Congressional Duplicity”

President Bush has been bonked on the head by so many facts that refute his rhetoric in recent days, he must feel like he’s been caught in a West Texas hailstorm. But don’t worry about him. He’s a hardheaded man. I haven’t seen a fact yet that can get past his hair. Even as the … Continue reading “West Texas Hailstorm”