Wednesday: 8 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 8:04 p.m. EST, March 10, 2010
At least eight Iraqis were wounded in light violence. Attacks are perhaps on hold until election results, which are expected tomorrow at the earliest, are released. In the north, U.N. figures show that at least 800 Christians have left Mosul since the beginning of March.
read moreThe CIA’s Lawyer Problem
Citizens on both sides of the political divide are outraged at the recently released Department of Justice report on the Bush administration's torture memos and what it shows about the lawyers who compiled those legal weapons and subverted the law. But while debate...
Obama’s Potemkin Afghanistan
In a message to US troops in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates praised the soldiers who fought in the recent Marjah offensive, averring: " "You all have had a very tough time. You came into an area totally controlled by the Taliban. You fought for a...
Is There a Mideast Solution?
DOHA, Qatar - Internationally speaking, there are only two subjects to talk about in the Middle East. These are Israel, the Palestinians, and the Americans; and Iran and Israel. The two subjects dominated the annual meeting here of the Institute for Mediterranean...
The Truth Blurts
Individuals in the upper level of the Pentagon and media polloi are beginning to commit a cardinal sin. They're blurting the truth – sort of. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the military's senior spin surgeon (his father was a Hollywood...
On Guantánamo, Symbolism Trumps Substance
President Obama has been so chastened by his failure to meet the pledge of closing Guantánamo prison within a year that Rahm Emanuel, his chief of staff, is trying to negotiate with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to gain Republican support for doing so. In...
Tuesday: 2 US Soldiers, 12 Iraqis Killed; 5 Iraqis Wounded
Light violence left at least 10 Iraqis dead and four wounded today. More casualties were reported in an attack in Duluiya. Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a vehicular accident aw well. Also, British authorities opened an inquiry into allegations that British troops tortured and killed Iraqi civilians. Meanwhile, the two largest Iraqi parties are both claiming to lead in vote counts.
read moreFiction of Marjah as City Was US Misinformation
For weeks, the U.S. public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan War against what it was told was a "city of 80,000 people" as well as the logistical hub of the Taliban in that part of Helmand. That idea was a central element in the overall...
