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What precisely happened near the Shiite shrine city of Najaf Sunday is still being sorted out, but it seems likely that at its root was an unusual new wrinkle in Iraqi violence: a Shiite plan to attack Shiites. A battle that lasted for more than 12
President Bush has given his adminstration a boost in how the government regulates key issues as civil rights and the environment, the New York Times will report on its Tuesday front page. The President "signed a directive that gives the White
Brian Emmett's childhood fantasy came true when he won a free trip to outer space. But the 31-year old was crushed when had had to cancel his reservation because of Uncle Sam. (Just how is the public being served by this stupidity)
Funny cartoon on the easy task of trying to spell Iraq!!
Two weeks after a senior Pentagon official suggested that corporations should pressure their law firms stop assiting detainees at Guantanamo Bay, major companies have turned the table on the Pentagon and issued statements supporting the law firms
An elite anti-terrorst unit let Belfast outlaws get away with murder in exchange for information, but its officers will not be charged because they covered their tracks. (Must have learned this from the FBI)
In 2004, CalPERS and CalSTRS, which oversee the public employee retirement and school teachers taxpayer-funded retirement funds, had invested over $30 billion of these funds in companies with ties to foregin states that sponsor terrorists.
Air America Radio was rescued from bankruptcy yesterday, but still faces the impending loss of Al Franken, its most popular talker. The liberal network will be sold to Stephen Green, a Manhattan real estate investment mogul with heavy
The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innocent Americans than previously has been disclosed.
If you suffer from back pain in Bavaria, do not assume that your will have to pay for advanced physiotherapy in euros. Helen Schutz offers a 12-week course in return for payment in "Chiemgauer". This unofficial local currency, the colorfu
McDonald's Corp. has finally selected a new trans fat-free oil for cooking it famous french fries after years of testing, the fast-food chain said Monday. While it has developed a healthier new oil, the company is still not saying when it will b
Given the desperate situation in Iraq, the CIA's Baghdad station chief needs to be an exceptional manager who can marshal the agency's forces and work closely with the US armed forces. Unfortunetly, several sources have informed me that the
A new project of producer/director Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films production company aims to "expose" the "real McCain." The nearly three minute long video, which is being distributed by Democracy For America, a
Shahryar Eivazzadeh runs a small software startup in Tehran, spends his spare time blogging and feels little affection for Iran's current regime. But when tensions with the U.S. are mentioned, he comes to his country's defense.
Turkey's parliament went into secret session this week to debate sending troops to invade and occupy northern Iraq for security purposes.
A proposed multi-billion dollar agreement by oil giants Repsol of Spain and Royal Dutch Shell to help commercialise Iranian gas deposits could trigger US sanctions, a senior official said.
A convicted killer whose execution was botched last year was never in any pain, and appeared to be straining to see a clock, not grimacing as some witnesses claimed, the warden told a panel reviewing Florida's lethal injection procedures.
The California Department of Justice improperly concealed tens of millions of dollars worth of contracts with lobbyists, consultants, legal firms—even couriers and parking garages—in violation of its own confidentiality rules, an Associated Press inv
The city of Miami is planning an official celebration at the Orange Bowl whenever Cuban president Fidel Castro dies. Discussions covered issues such as a theme to be printed on T-shirts, what musicians would perform, the cost and how long the celebr
[Firedoglake & David Corn still better reporters] Fleischer testified that Libby disclosed the woman's name to him over lunch on July 7, 2003. The date is critical because prosecutors say Libby, then Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, to
Once the presumptive next US president, the Republican frontrunner's popularity has nose dived.
Some men around Bush and in the media saw their opportunity. They had been waiting and planning for years for a new war on Iraq, one that would “finish the job” they felt Bush’s father had left incomplete in 1991. All that remained was to connect Ira
Psychiatrist Marc Sadowsky recalled being shocked when a drug-company salesman challenged him 2 years ago to explain why he prescribed more of one type of antidepressant than another. "He knew more about my prescribing practices than I did,**
The form of TB, known as XDR for extensively drug-resistant, cannot be effectively treated with most first- and second-line tuberculosis drugs, and some doctors consider it incurable.
The world's oldest newspaper, Sweden's Post och Inrikes Tidningar, has embraced the digital age, ending its run as a print publication and opting to be published exclusively on the Internet. Founded in 1645 by Queen Christina, the Post and Do
The startling statistic crystallized popular anger over runaway inflation, which has eaten into the living standards of the army of low-income Iranians whom Ahmadinejad came to office pledging to help.
Sleezer, 22, who already had served 2 combat tours in Afghanistan, pleaded with the Army to allow him to continue with his college education rather than return to duty. Instead, he has been ordered to ship out for Iraq June 3. He got the news Thursda
"When I realized these people we were killing — 'cause we killed a lot of [them], I saw a lot of dead people — when I realized the people we were killing had nothing to do with 9/11, that's when I was, like, 'Okay, this is not for me
Corrupt police and tribal leaders are stealing vast quantities of reconstruction aid that is intended to improve the lives of ordinary Afghans and turn them away from the Taliban. Half of all aid is failing to reach the right people.
Democratic complicity in this futile and increasingly dangerous conflict is only underscored by the weakness of the party's ostensible opposition to it: they say they're against it, but they refuse to take meaningful action to end it.
