Pelosi’s Torture Stance Is Pure Partisanship

Somebody call me when Nancy Pelosi gets her story straight. So far, the House speaker's explanation of what and when she knew about the Bush administration's policy of torturing suspected terrorists is crookeder than Dick Cheney's smile. Indeed, it has evolved from a...

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Bibi and Israel at Dead End

If there are no peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians for an independent Palestinian state, war next year is inevitable. So King Abdullah II of Jordan has told the London Times: "If we delay our peace negotiations, then there is going to be another conflict...

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Despite Smiles, Obama, Netanyahu Seem Far Apart

While reaffirming the "special relationship" between their two countries, U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared unable to bridge major differences in their approaches to Iran and Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts...

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Monday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 14 Wounded

Updated at 7:17 p.m. EDT, May 18, 2009 At least five Iraqis were killed and 14 more were wounded in the latest attacks. A man the Iraqi government claims is a top leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq gave a detailed interview to security officials on his alleged operations. Also, Iraq’s Federal Court selected January 30 as the date for the next general elections. These will be the first national elections since late 2005. Meanwhile, a leading politician in Diyala was arrested.
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Sunday: 20 Iraqis Killed, 21 Wounded

Updated at 7:28 p.m. EDT, May 17, 2009 At least 20 Iraqis were killed and 21 more were wounded in today’s reported attacks. No Coalition deaths were reported. Despite the shrinking number of attacks, Iraqis still worry if violence will explode after U.S. troops leave Iraqi cities. Meanwhile, security forces continue to arrests dozens of Iraqis in operations around the country. Although there is a need to control violent gunmen, some of those captured in these operations could simply be the victims of harassment.
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Obama Thug Squad Brutalizing Prisoners at Gitmo

As the Obama administration continues to fight the release of some 2,000 photos that graphically document U.S. military abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, an ongoing Spanish investigation is adding harrowing details to the ever-emerging portrait of the...

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Saturday: 1 US Soldier, 22 Iraqis Killed; 31 Iraqis Wounded; Hundreds of Kurdish Bodies in Mass Graves

Updated at 12:10 p.m. EDT. May 17, 2009 A spate of new attacks has left at least 22 Iraqis dead and another 31 wounded. More mass graves containing hundreds of bodies were discovered in Najaf province. Also, a security guard working for a group of Japanese businesspeople was injured during a shooting in Anbar province. Meanwhile, a U.S. soldier was killed today in southern Iraq, possibly Najaf. There are also reports from Mosul that a U.S. helicopter has been shot down.
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