Monthly Archives: February 2006

There seems to be a determined effort underway to cast Shi’ites in Iraq as barbaric torturers and to blame Iraqis alone for the failure to restore Iraq’s infrastructure even enough to provide basic services. Selective reasoning doesn’t begin to explain … Continue reading →

(from my e-mail) February 27, 2006 Please Distribute Widely Dear Colleague, Our readers may remember Catherine Austin Fitts’ 2001 series for Narco News, “Narco-Dollars for Beginners: How the Money Works in the Illicit Drug Trade.” Fitts, a former board member … Continue reading →

Lydia Polgreen in Refugee Crisis Grows as Darfur War Crosses a Border [ 28 February 2006 New York Times ] notes nearly the same recent conflicts plaguing Chad that I did in The Wolves in Peacekeeping Clothing. However, she focuses … Continue reading →

New Republic senior editor Lawrence Kaplan appeared on C-Span‘s Washington Journal today to promote, amongst other things, his current article Centripetal Force which describes his 3 week trip to Baghdad in January. The visit was his third in 18 months … Continue reading →

An Agence France Presse article published in today’s The Daily Star casts Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh as a double-speaking, backtracking individual. Unfortunately, for AFP and The Daily Star, the interview published by Washington Post/Newsweek that is misrepresented is available … Continue reading →