Wednesday, August 15

War, not terrorism

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Two reports on the Tuesday bridge bombing in Iraq show why the war has been so hard to follow from news accounts. Watch carefully; don't...

Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.

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In a development that should cloud further discussions over what country's government has been supplying weapons to Shiite militias, Ita...

City-based warfare creates need for decentralized police and redundant critical services. Do we have the will to carry out the programs?

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"The mechanisms of power and control that states once exerted will continue to weaken as global interconnectivity increases. Small grou...
Tuesday, August 14

Robert Young Pelton, tracking the laughing skull all over the globe

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"Hi Pundita, Thanks for your kind words . Eason Jordan and I are equal partners and owners of Iraq Slogger and we are very proud of bui...
Monday, August 13

Will a Democrat president erect trade barriers?

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"Pundita, re your post Hillary Clinton's coded message on US trade policy : In response to the question, "If you call a tail a...
Sunday, August 12

al Qaeda abandons camps in Waziristan

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Bill Roggio recounts an ominous possible reason for Qaeda's move : "This is one of the reasons that we are worried about a major CO...
Saturday, August 11

In just one US city alone, each week about 20 illegal Arabs are changing their identity to Hispanic

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Last week The Washington Times reported: Islamic extremists embedded in the United States -- posing as Hispanic nationals -- are partnering ...
Friday, August 10

Is the Fed repeating FEMA's Katrina history?

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Pundita is having a déjà vu feeling. Listening to President Bush assert that there will be no government bailouts in response to the wideni...
Thursday, August 9

Hillary Clinton's coded message on US trade policy

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Pundita did not watch the AFL-CIO sponsored Democratic presidential candidate debate at Soldier Field. So I turned to Dave Schuler's han...
Wednesday, August 8

Good points about Iraq political benchmarks set by US Congress

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3:45 PM EDT Update Lowry's points (see below) are relevant to this news passed along by one of Bill Roggio's readers: "Just see...
Tuesday, August 7

There's no getting comfy in hell

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"Pundita, after reading this report at Iraq Slogger I'm seeing why you called for prayers to ease Iraq's water crisis. There ...

Oh please, Mr. Ricks, get another job!

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Anything but reporting. It's come to this: Thomas Ricks and Karen De Young sat around reading a report by George Soros's brainchild...

General Petraeus's Hail Mary pass: start street fights

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"Sometimes ad hoc armies are created by kicking open the back of a truck and handing out ammunition, food and medical supplies." ...
Monday, August 6

By any which way

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"Pundita, I don't know why I decided to answer your call to pray for a quick resolution to Iraq's water problems. Anyhow, I d...

Japan as US ace in the hole.

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One reason the Bush Administration didn't rein in State's bullying of Russia is that they thought it would be Japan, not Russia, tha...
Sunday, August 5

Dawa party: Oh no! We're becoming our enemy!

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"Americans know so little about the Middle East that few of us are even aware of one of the building blocks of Arab Muslim cultures -- ...

If we can put machines on Mars, we can halt Iraq's water shortage disaster

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Before I start the discussion, three points: Calling the Bush Administration and CENTCOM: Need I add that with the severe electricity short...
Thursday, August 2

The $20b statement

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So, what did we accomplish with $20b in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and five Persian Gulf sheikdoms, and a $13m, 10-year aid package to Egypt...

Iran's latest move on petrocurrency front

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Further to my warning to State in today's earlier post, I note this World Net Daily report: Iran has intensified pressure on the falling...

Take up golf, Mr Soros

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On May 23 The Christian Science Monitor published a summary of news stories about arrests of two Iranian-Americans in Iran on suspicion of t...