Author: mike

[The Marines] have orders to shoot any male of military age on the streets after dark, armed or not … Sometimes the gunfire was so long and steady it sounded like rain … Brent...

I’ve been thinking a lot over the last couple of days about the new Israel-Palestine “peace” plan endorsed by King Bush and Il Duce Sharon. I wanted to roll it around in my head...

Here’s a photo of a Spanish-donated ambulance in Fallujah with sniper shots directed at the driver: Earlier here.

President Bush was in an expansive mood on Aug. 7, 2001, when he ran into reporters while playing golf at the Ridgewood Country Club in Waco, Tex. The day before, the president had received...

So with the news that George Lucas is determined to release only the bastardized goody-goody “Special Edition” Star Wars on DVD, it’s important to say it again: Han Shoots First. I downloaded the complete...

A general capturing Baghdad proclaimed thus: “Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators.” 2003? No, try 1917. I was talking to a mid-ranking official...

Millions lost much of their retirement savings. The [US] government’s latest household survey of employment report last week showed that people over 55 accounted for an incredible 103% of jobs gained over the last...

In the year it has controlled Baghdad, the Coalition Provisional Authority still hasn’t managed to get the traffic lights working or to provide the most basic security for civilians. So in Sadr City, Sadr’s...

As residents [of Falluja] started escaping the city, they told tales that are sure to inflame. The residents refused to give their names, saying that even talking to an American right now could endanger...

One quick way of gauging how things are going in Baghdad is to look at the four chimneys of the Daura power station which dominate the skyline in the south of the capital. If...