There Goes Another
King Bush has lost another confederate: the Mafia-connected Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas has been impeached. Paksas supported sending Lithuanian troops (90) to Iraq. Earlier here.
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Japanese Playing It Safe In Iraq
The Defense Agency said Tuesday it has decided to keep ground troops in Iraq inside their camp in Samawah in the wake of growing security concerns … The 530-member contingent in Samawah will, for...
Privateering In Iraq
It seems that as well as defending US administrative facilties, Blackwater is establishing its own private mercenary base in Iraq. Looks like the fun never ends – Blackwater get live Iraqis for target practice,...
Spead Thin
U.S. military commanders have begun studying ways they might increase troops in Iraq should violence spread much more widely, a senior officer said Monday. Generals believe they have enough forces to handle the attacks...
Mobile Blogs – MoBlogging
Varies from the mundane to the pornographic.
How The Poor Subsidise Rich Follies
In 1980 I built a wonderful beach house. Four bedrooms — every room with a view of the Atlantic Ocean. It was an absurd place to build, right on the edge of the ocean....
Soft Money, Hard Look
I’ve written before about how the US is being impelled towards a one-party state through the establishment of a vast right-wing apparat of economically linked, ideologically focussed think tanks, foundations, and media organizations. I...
Keeping Focus
George Bush asked for Tony Blair’s backing to remove Saddam Hussein from power just nine days after the 11 September attacks, over a private dinner at the White House, a US magazine reported last...
Terms Of Endearment
Scots is surely one of the few Anglo-Saxon dialects where “ye daft wee cunt” is actually a term of fond endearment. In passing, I note that the Scots originally came from Northern Ireland in...