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You know, I cannot resist linking to this now somewhat dated interview with our old Libyan friend, Moammar al-Qaddafi, for future reference. Someday, I’ll be looking for this.

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This is one way wars expand to engulf other countries. The longer this war goes on, the more risk there is of other countries becoming embroiled in the conflict. I hope Syria isn’t supplying Iraq with military equipment, and I hope that Iranian troops stay on their own side of the border. I [...]

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The Washington Post today has a damning article on the Bush administration’s failed attempts to deploy troops in Turkey. It is pretty amazing to read that the as the US was trying to bully the Turks into accepting our troops, the Turkish prime minister was under the impression that he could leverage Turkey’s strategic [...]

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Jake Tapper compares the performance of George Bush versus Tony Blair in their joint press conference. He also mentions something I hadn’t read — that the $75 billion in cash that the administration is asking for accounts for only 30 days of fighting. Does that seem realistic to you?

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Apparently dolphins trained to identify underwater mines are being used to demine the shipping channel at the port of Umm Qasr. The dolphins have been trained by the US Navy to locate mines and send up floats indicating that a mine has been spotted. There are also some trained sea lions that are part [...]

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There are reports that members of al-Qaeda have joined the battle in Iraq. I find this completely unsurprising, and I don’t think that it means much of any thing with regard to al-Qaeda links to Iraq in the way that George Bush and Tony Blair would have us believe. al-Qaeda fighters have fought in [...]

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Despite the fact that I don’t know what’s going on in Iraq, it seems Bruce Rolston of Flit does. Here’s what he has to say about the torrent of information flowing out from the combat zone:

Sitting here, looking at a couple websites, I’ve been able to build up a 90% accurate picture of the [...]

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There are lots of times over the past week or two that I’ve wanted to post my two cents about what’s going on in Iraq. I’ll freely admit that I’ve obsessively kept up with what the media tells us is going on, mainly via a few really good Web sites. I’ve had theories about what’s [...]

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Josh Marshall has written a must-read article about the big picture plan of the Bush administration’s possible plan for the Middle East. Is this what the President has in mind? I’m not sure. What I do know is that there are plenty of people who do have the President’s ear who have the [...]

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Dick Cheney’s old company, Halliburton, was granted the contract to put out oil well fires in Iraq without a bidding process, and needless to say, this is being viewed with a skeptical eye in the media. That doesn’t make much sense to me. First of all, Dick Cheney was brought in to Halliburton because it [...]

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