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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
National Security / Foreign Affairs U.S. Politics
- A Date With a Dangerous Mind
Scott MacLeod
Time
Face to face with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the man whose swagger is stirring fears of warwith the U.S.- How Iran's Populist Lost His Popularity
Azadeh Moaveni
Time
With prices rising and the economy stagnating, Iranians view their President as less a national hero than the latest in a long line of ineffectual bureaucrats- Iran's Freeze on Enrichment Could Wait, France Suggests
Elaine Sciolino
The New York Times
Clearly, Mr. Chirac's remarks took Bush administration officials by surprise- The Face Of Haditha
Sally B. Donnelly
Time
Frank Wuterich led the Marines accused of the massacre in Iraq. He talks here for the first time- Hezbollah gained on intelligence front
Mohamad Bazzi
Newsday
The Boston Globe
Hezbollah guerrillas were able to hack into Israeli radio communications during last month's battles in south Lebanon, an intelligence breakthrough that helped them thwart Israeli tank assaults- Shock and Awe in Lebanon
William M. Arkin
The Washington Post
Israeli bombers did not fly over Beirut and unleash loads of bombs. Each individual building was the quarry; the intent was there, and the technology existed, to spare the rest- New Chief Is Critical Of Barriers Within CIA
Walter Pincus
The Washington Post
The CIA's new director, Gen. Michael V. Hayden, told agency employees yesterday that their intelligence activities are too segmented, saying that operations officers who collect intelligence need to work more closely with the analysts- Bush Detainee Plan Adds to World Doubts Of U.S., Powell Says
Karen DeYoung and Peter Ba
The Washington Post
Colin L. Powell said yesterday that he decided to publicly oppose the Bush administration's proposed rules for the treatment of terrorism suspects in part because the plan would add to growing doubts about whether the United States adheres to its own moral code- Q&A: Sen. Lindsey Graham on Torture
Michael Isikoff
Newsweek
Sen. Lindsey Graham discusses why he is so opposed to President Bush's plans on military tribunals and why the United States should never sanction torture- The Prisoners Speak
Jonathan Raban
The N.Y. Review of Books
Most moviegoers whom I've watched leaving the cinema after seeing The Road to Guantánamo have been wordless and whey-faced, numbed, as I was, by the film's distressingly vivid recreation of brutal interrogations in the American detention camp on Cuba's south coast- Prison Radicalization: Are Terrorist Cells Forming in U.S. Cell Blocks?
Hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs- Brazil's Lula poised to earn four more years at the helm
Andrew Downie
The Christian Science Monitor
Despite a corruption scandal in his party, Brazilians are set to reelect President Luiz Ignácio Lula da Silva on Oct. 1- Venezuela tightens Iran links with trade pacts
Phil Gunson
The Financial Times (UK)
Hugo Chávez's efforts to build an anti-US coalition received a boost on Monday following a visit by Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iran's president, to Venezuela and the signing of trade agreements- A Poor Yield For Afghans' War on Drugs
Pamela Constable
The Washington Post
Foreign backers of the government of President Hamid Karzai are growing impatient with the continuing production and trafficking- In Kabul schools, fear of Taliban return
Scott Peterson
The Christian Science Monitor
This recently opened school - along with many other language and computer schools in the capital - would be closed; women would be forced again to wear burqas- Russia's Downward Spiral
Rajan Menon and Alexander Motyl
Newsweek
What the West must live with is a weak Russia. And history shows that states that talk loudly while carrying a small stick often overreach, creating problems for themselves and others- Online survey axed after most reject Chinese identity
Jonathan Watts
The Guardian (UK)
Chinese authorities have shut down an online survey that found most respondents would prefer a different nationality if they were born again- Al Gore Gives Policy Address at NYU on Solving the Climate Crisis
New York University
Many scientists are now warning that we are moving closer to several "tipping points" that could - within as little as 10 years - make it impossible for us to avoid irretrievable damage to the planet's habitability- Aid: Can It Work?
Nicholas D. Kristof
The N.Y. Review of Books
It's easy to build a clinic, but harder to ensure that doctors and nurses actually report for work in the days that follow
- Poll finds rebound in Bush approval
Jill Lawrence and Susan Page
USA Today
Amid falling gas prices and a two-week drive to highlight his administration's efforts to fight terrorism, President Bush's approval rating has risen to 44%- Democrats Meander in a New New Direction - washingtonpost.com
Dana Milbank
The Washington Post
Among the party's campaign slogans this year: "Culture of Corruption," "Culture of Cronyism," "Do-Nothing Congress," "Rubber-Stamp Congress," "Together, We Can Do Better," "Together, America Can Do Better" and, most recently, "Six for '06"- Cheney: The Fatal Touch
Joan Didion
The N.Y. Review of Books
The question of where the President gets the notions known to the nation as "I' the decider" and within the White House as "the unitary executive theory" leads prett fast to the blackout zone that is the Vice President and his office- McCain Stand Comes at a Price
Janet Hook and Richard Simon
The Los Angeles Times
Conservative activists are heaping criticism on Sen. John McCain for fighting President Bush over proposed rules for the interrogation of terrorism suspects, a dispute that has reopened long-standing divisions- The denial industry
George Monbiot
The Guardian (UK)
For years, a network of fake citizens' groups and bogus scientific bodies has been claiming that science of global warming is inconclusive. They set back action on climate change by a decade. But who funded them?- Editorial: Congress Bustles With Busywork
Jonathan Weisman and Shailagh Murray
The Washington Post
While Frist tries to decide between the frying pan and the fire, the Senate will keep busy with consideration of the Oman Free Trade Agreement and the nomination of Alice S. Fisher to serve as assistant attorney general The Right Wing Funny stuff
- Editorial: Tortured Debate
National Review
It is essential that this wartime Congress preserve the CIA's ability to question jihadists aggressively - and that McCain & Co. lose their battle to destroy one of our most important tools in the War on Terror- McCain's Dubious High Ground
Rich Lowry
National Review
John McCain and his band of Republican rebels defying President Bush on the issue of interrogation have a strange attachment to confused argumentation- When Miranda Met Osama
Brendan Miniter
The Wall Street Journal
Will terrorists get lawyers the moment they're captured on the battlefield?
- New Bill Would Defend Marriage From Sharks
The Onion
Critics also complained that the language in the bill regarding jellyfish was too vague, leaving a number of loopholes whereby they could escape prosecution- Poll: In Match-up Between Hillary and Kerry, Most Democrats Would Choose Suicide
Andy Borowitz
The Borowitz Report
"Throwing yourself in front of a speeding city bus" was the most popular means of suicide at 22%, with "jumping off the roof of a really tall building or bridge" coming in second at 17%- Tom Toles
Well, it got him to read the paper
Sunday, September 17, 2006
National Security / Foreign Affairs U.S. Politics
- Ties to GOP Trumped Know-How Among Staff Sent to Rebuild Iraq
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
The Washington Post
O'Beirne's staff posed blunt questions to some candidates about domestic politics: Did you vote for George W. Bush in 2000? Do you support the way the president is fighting the war on terror? Two people who sought jobs with the U.S. occupation authority said they were even asked their views on Roe v. Wade- No More of Their Tortured Excuses
Fareed Zakaria
Newsweek
Powell explained to me his deep concerns about safeguarding American troops if "we start monkeying around with the common understanding of the Conventions"- The Battle for Guantánamo
Tim Golden
The New York Times
Despite the intense criticism it has drawn, the detention camp at Guantánamo has proved one of the more resilient institutions of the Bush administration's fight against terror- The View From Guantánamo
Abu Bakker Qassim
The New York Times
I was locked up and mistreated for being in the wrong place at the wrong time during America's war in Afghanistan. Like hundreds of Guantánamo detainees, I was never a terrorist or a soldier. I was never even on a battlefield- Editorial: A License to Abuse
The Washington Post
Allow us to elaborate, again, exactly what Mr. Bush means by "the program." He's talking about the practice of sequestering terrorist suspects indefinitely and without charge in secret foreign locations and holding them incommunicado even from the International Red Cross- Editorial: Bush Untethered
The New York Times
We have lost count of the number of times he has said Americans have to choose between protecting the nation precisely the way he wants, and not protecting it at all- Editorial: No Rubber Stamp for Bush
The Los Angeles Times
The president deserves even more resistance to his method of waging war on terror- A Bold Upstart With CIA Roots
Greg Miller
The Los Angeles Times
In the burgeoning field of intelligence contractors, an especially aggressive upstart is Abraxas Corp., a privately held company that has assembled a deep roster of CIA veterans- IRS Orders All Saints to Yield Documents on '04 Political Races
Louis Sahagun
The Los Angeles Times
Antiwar remarks at All Saints in Pasadena were made two days before the 2004 election. The church is ordered to hand over records- Peacekeeping Grows, Strains U.N.
Colum Lynch
The Washington Post
The United Nations is set to field its largest peacekeeping enterprise in its 61-year history, with more than 100,000 troops and police to be deployed by year's end- The place is a mess, but it beats Plan B
David Rieff
The Los Angeles Times
The hard fact is that, despite its fallen reputation and its many failures, the U.N.'s future is perfectly viable because no one has a good alternative to propose- The World's Elder Statesman
James Traub
The Los Angeles Times
The U.N. Annan inherited was a protector of states and their prerogatives; the one he wishes, somewhat forlornly, to leave behind would be a protector of individuals - even against the state- So this is World War III, and we're going it alone?
Cragg Hines
The Houston Chronicle
Perhaps you'll care when you're in the foxhole outside Tehran alone with Newt Gingrich- The Fight to Rebuild Lebanon
Megan K. Stack
The Los Angeles Times
Sunni governments vie with Shiite-ruled Iran and Hezbollah to prove who is doing more- US, China rivalry spurs debate in India
Jehangir S. Pocha
The Boston Globe
A struggle has developed among India's power elite over which path to follow, toward Beijing or Washington- Global Gun Rights?
Joshua Kurlantzick
The New York Times
Around the world, the N.R.A. is finding that a rights-based approach translates into many languages
- GOP senators heading battle with Bush are heavy hitters / McCain, Graham, Warner have deep military credentials
Jennifer A. Dlouhy
Hearst Newspapers
The San Francisco Chronicle
The three Republican senators leading the fight against the Bush administration's plan for prosecuting suspected terrorists detained at Guantanamo Bay have impressive military credentials- Tribunal Dispute Could Ruin GOP Strategy
Jonathan Weisman
The Washington Post
Instead of fighting Democrats, Republicans find themselves in the middle of an intraparty struggle between an embattled president and two of the most respected figures in their party- Joe Klein: In Pennsylvania, it's the Admiral Vs. the Firefighter
Joe Klein
Time
The Republican, a former volunteer fire chief, has been in power for 20 years but now faces a formidable candidate- Hollywood and the Dems' Battle for the House
Howard Fineman and Holly Bailey
Newsweek
Can Rahm Emanuel deliver the House? His hotshot Hollywood brother is trying to help close the deal The Right Wing Funny stuff
- How the Presidency Regained Its Balance
John Yoo
The New York Times
To his critics, Mr. Bush is a "King George" bent on an "imperial presidency." But the inescapable fact is that war shifts power to the branch most responsible for its waging
- My Satirical Self
Wyatt Mason
The New York Times
Why is this man snorting? I am doing so with relief, saved, as I was, from having to endure another reasonable argument in unreasonable times- Jeff Danziger
Once again, I am opposed by cowards and idiots
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
National Security / Foreign Affairs U.S. Politics
- September 11 stunted America's political growth
Mark Lilla
The New Republic
"September 11 was a wake-up call." No, it was not. It was a hellish lullaby--a brutal sedative. Five years ago, the most powerful nation on earth fell into a slumber- Why Syria May Be the Real Victim of the Attack
Scott MacLeod
Time
The Syrian regime's own long war with Islamic extremists is heating up again- Time to engage Syria?
F. Michael Maloof
The Washington Times
The CIA jealously coveted its own exclusive back channel to Syria. So the CIA made every effort to scuttle the Syrian opening of a back channel to U.S. policymakers- Taliban adopting Iraq-style jihad
Scott Peterson
The Christian Science Monitor
Among the keys to the Taliban resurgence - which is sparking lethal violence on a scale unknown here for almost five years - are crucial lessons drawn from Iraq- Taliban exposes cracks in Nato
Simon Tisdall
The Guardian (UK)
Nato chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's public plea yesterday for up to 2,500 additional soldiers to fight alongside British, Canadian and Dutch forces in southern Afghanistan has highlighted deep internal strains- Can Lame Ducks Forge a Middle East Peace?
Tony Karon
Time
From Blair to Haniyeh, all the politicians involved in the latest round of talking have domestic political reasons for signaling progress, but it's unlikely that any has the necessary combination of political will and authority- Editorial: Turning around Turkish opinion
The Christian Science Monitor
Give someone the cold shoulder long enough, and the message sinks in. That appears to be happening with NATO member Turkey. Sensing disregard from the West, the Turks themselves are losing interest- Kurd's Testimony Includes Taunt for Hussein: `You Are in a Cage'
Patrick J. McDonnell
The Los Angeles Times
A Kurdish villager mocked Saddam Hussein in court Tuesday as the man recalled the disappearance of his relatives during a 1980s military campaign in northern Iraq- Democrats Call NSA's Input To Senate Panel Inappropriate
Walter Pincus
The Washington Post
On July 27, shortly after most members of the committee were briefed on the controversial surveillance program, the NSA supplied the panel's chairman, Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), with "a set of administration approved, unclassified talking points for the members to use"- Civil liberties crackdown casts long shadow over Chinese leader's visit to Britain
Jonathan Watts
The Guardian (UK)
The Chinese prime minister, Wen Jiabao, flew to London yesterday amid increasing international criticism of his government's crackdown on lawyers, journalists, NGOs and civil liberties activists- Antique Autocrats
Matthew Quirk
The Atlantic
Fidel Castro ruled Cuba for forty-seven uninterrupted years-making him the world's most tenured autocrat-before his grip slipped in August. Below are the next four longest-ruling living dictators
- Lincoln Chafee's Criticism of Bush Foreign Policy -- Including John Bolton -- Gets Boost
Steve Clemons
The Huffington Post
This Chafee victory is also a potential sign that Republicans who "look like Bush" are in trouble -- and that Republicans who are pragmatists and not ideologues may be on the comeback- The Chafee Victory: What Now?
Hotline On Call
Considering how successful the personal attacks on Laffey were in this primary, no doubt the GOP will be mimicking the tactic in other states- Bush Tells Group He Sees a 'Third Awakening'
Peter Baker
The Washington Post
President Bush said yesterday that he senses a "Third Awakening" of religious devotion in the United States that has coincided with the nation's struggle with international terrorists, a war that he depicted as "a confrontation between good and evil"- Dull and duller
Bruce Reed
Slate
The most overlooked reason for Bush's lackluster Republican support was on full display in his Oval Office address last night: He has become boring- Jersey Turns, Dems Panic; Torricelli, Anyone?
Steve Kornacki
The N.Y. Observer
A powerful clue that U.S. Senator Robert Menendez might ultimately be forced to withdraw from his bid for a full term in New Jersey emerged last Friday- Md. Democrats Are Looking Good, Which Has Them A Bit Worried
Robert Barnes
The Washington Post
To a great extent, the outcome of the election and the future of partisan politics in Maryland will depend on how Ehrlich and Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, the U.S. Senate nominee, distance themselves from the GOP's national image- The Big Five: Hot House Race Updates
Hotline On Call
- With No Ideas, The GOP Seeks to Scare
Harold Meyerson
The Washington Post
Wasn't it just a couple of years ago that Republicans were boasting that they were the party of ideas?- It's the (Tanking) Economy, Stupid
Barbara Ehrenreich
AlterNet
Conservatives say struggling Americans are just too dumb to grasp the wonders of our 'knowledge-based economy' The Right Wing Funny stuff
- The "W" Is Not for "Wobble"
Rich Lowry
National Review
Bush's faith in the rightness of his strategy in the broader war is deep-seated - it is, indeed, a product of faith- How to Win by Losing
Ramesh Ponnuru
The New York Times
Do Republicans really want to go into 2008 running a unified government? The last time an election maintained unified party control from one presidency to another was in 1928- Democrats in power?
Bruce Bartlett
The Washington Times
More than likely, not much of anything will change if the Democrats get control of the House or even if they get the Senate, too- Democracy, Our Best Protector
Max Boot
The Los Angeles Times
Even if the president remains personally committed to his freedom agenda, the bulk of the U.S. government is not. Realpolitikers think that's just as well- Enact the President's Code for Military Commissions
Andrew C. McCarthy
National Review
The universal, reciprocal chivalry that guided warriors, and nation-states, when young John McCain's unflinching valor blazed its legend on the honor-roll of American heroes no longer obtains- It's Academic!
Michael Tanji
The Weekly Standard
Why the new Senate report on Iraq fails to take the intelligence situation seriously
- Refreshingly Honest Crate and Barrel Catalog Descriptions
Kyle Killen
McSweeney's
With this, you don't even have to plug it in, and your friends will be too sick with envy to eat anything anyway. Bunch of anorexic morons- Sweat-Stain-Dating Technology Unlocks Age Of Assistant Managers
The Onion
Business archaeologists from the Northern Illinois College Of Applied Business Sciences have developed a sodium-dating technique they said will more accurately determine the age of the world's assistant managers- Bush Vows to Google Bin Laden
Andy Borowitz
The Borowitz Report
The President's decision to use what he called "the most powerful search engine on the Internets" sent a different message- Tom Toles
He never forgets- Tony Auth
If we had it to do over...
Monday, September 11, 2006
National Security / Foreign Affairs U.S. Politics
- Editorial: 9/11/06
The New York Times
When we measure the possibilities created by 9/11 against what we have actually accomplished, it is clear that we have found one way after another to compound the tragedy- Losing the War on Terror
Ahmed Rashid
The Washington Post
Guerrillas are learning faster than Western armies, and the West makes appalling strategic mistakes while the extremists make brilliant tactical moves- Terrorism’s Grand Tour
The New York Times
The Op-Ed page asked writers who know some of these cities well to describe the events and consider their aftermath- One Million Ways to Die
Ryan Singel
Wired
Comparing official mortality data with the number of Americans who have been killed inside the United States by terrorism since the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma reveals that scores of threats are far more likely to kill an American- Afghan Experiment Marked by Progress And Disillusionment
Pamela Constable
The Washington Post
Since late 2001, the country of 25 million people has undergone an ambitious experiment, backed by international troops, expertise and aid, to bring modern democracy to an impoverished, deeply conservative Muslim society- How drugs brought the Taliban back to life
Johann Hari
JohannHari.com
The Taliban revival is directly, intimately related to the crop eradication programme. It could not have happened if the US was not aggressively destroying crops- The Taliban will be back in power if the west doesn't narrow its ambitions
Max Hastings
The Guardian (UK)
Nato's intervention in Afghanistan has been a disaster. But withdrawal would send the country back to the dark ages- Editorial: Wobbly Diplomacy
The Washington Post
What happened to the support that the Bush administration said it had for sanctions against Iran?- The rising might of the Middle East super power
Ray Takeyh
The Financial Times (UK)
In coming weeks, the UN will issue further invocations condemning Iran, sanctions may be contemplated and the US will issue its veiled threats of military strike. Iran’s nuclear plans will meanwhile continue apace- Worried CIA Officers Buy Legal Insurance
R. Jeffrey Smith
The Washington Post
CIA counterterrorism officers have signed up in growing numbers for a government-reimbursed, private insurance plan that would pay their civil judgments and legal expenses if they are sued or charged with criminal wrongdoing- Daughter of the Constitution
Nat Hentoff
The Village Voice
Judge Taylor has resoundingly told the National Security Agency and the president that they are forbidden to use their surveillance powers in ways prohibited by the Constitution- Editorial: Nothing Less Than Justice
The Dallas Morning News
The pride of the American justice system is transparency, even when it faces the unprecedented challenge of prosecuting terrorist conspirators during an ongoing conflict- German Tap Lessons
Niels C. Sorrells
Foreign Policy
Germany has been eavesdropping on its own citizens for decades. Yet its vast system of surveillance hasn’t helped the country convict terrorists or detect terror plots. Why does the United States think it can do better?- Hidden Depths to U.S. Monitoring
Josh Meyer
The Los Angeles Times
The scope of domestic surveillance has steadily expanded since 9/11. But lawmakers and privacy experts complain of too little information on it- Seeking justice
Nat Hentoff
The Washington Times
Military lawyers -- the JAGs -- were kept out of the particular civilian political decision-making in 2002 and 2003 that ignored the Uniformed Code of Military Justice. Had they not been excluded, the abuses at Abu Ghraib and other prisons are not likely to have happened
- The Middle Is a Bad Place to Be
Joe Klein
Time
This election may provide a historic completion to the sordid business of ideological realignment that began with the decimation of the Democratic Party in the South- Brash GOP challenger presses Chafee in R.I.
Rick Klein
The Boston Globe
Late polls suggest contradictory outcomes -- one has Laffey up 17 points, another Chafee up 14 -- an indication of how difficult it is to gauge a GOP primary in an overwhelmingly Democratic state- Relying on Write-Ins May Cost DeLay Seat
Lianne Hart
The Los Angeles Times
The Texas GOP is fielding a candidate for his unexpired House term. But her name does not appear on the general election ballot- Are you a Republican political operative...
Talking Points Memo
Nelson has the unique distinction of being tied to two of the biggest cases of Republican campaign corruption in the Bush era- ABC's Untrue Path
John Fund
The Wall Street Journal
It's especially iffy to take dramatic license in telling the story of events in which many of the principal players are still living, such as 9/11 or President Reagan's administration The Right Wing Funny stuff
- An NRO Symposium on 9/11
National Review
The Islamofascists seek to advance their agenda of global conquest via totalitarian techniques aimed at subjugating — by force, if necessary — first and foremost anti-Islamist Muslims and then the rest of us- “Dad, What Did You Do in the War?”
David French
National Review
Why would a 36-year-old lawyer with a beautiful wife and two young kids decide to join the United States Army Reserve? It’s no surprise that the answer starts with 9/11- Patriotism Faded
John O’Sullivan
National Review
If dissent can be patriotic, it is not invariably so. After all, treason is the highest form of dissent- Rules of Evidence
Thomas Joscelyn
The Weekly Standard
A new Senate report on Iraq and al Qaeda ignores everything which gets in the way of its conclusions- Solidarity
Christopher Hitchens
The Wall Street Journal
"We"--and our allies--simply have to become more ruthless and more experienced- The threat then and now
Ed Royce
The Washington Times
Unlike the Clinton administration, we have taken the fight to al Qaeda and are winning
- This Modern World
Tom Tomorrow
Salon
The unbiased and absolutely true story of why Bill Clinton is entirely to blame for 9/11!- Tom Toles
Inflation!Sunday, September 10, 2006
National Security / Foreign Affairs U.S. Politics
- Bin Laden Trail 'Stone Cold'
Dana Priest and Ann Scott Tyson
The Washington Post
The clandestine U.S. commandos whose job is to capture or kill Osama bin Laden have not received a credible lead in more than two years- The age of horrorism (part one)
Martin Amis
The Observer (UK)
The story is grotesque and incredible - but then so are its consequences. And let us keep on telling ourselves how grotesque and incredible it is, our current reality, so unforeseeable, so altogether unknowable, even from the vantage of the late Nineties- 10 Ways to Avoid the Next 9/11
The New York Times
The Op-Ed page asked 10 people with experience in security and counterterrorism to answer the following question: What is one major reason the United States has not suffered a major attack since 2001, and what is the one thing you would recommend the nation do in order to avoid attacks in the future?- At a Secret Interrogation, Dispute Flared Over Tactics
David Johnston
The New York Times
The interrogation of Mr. Zubaydah was fraught with sharp disputes, debates about the legality and utility of harsh interrogation methods, and a rupture between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the C.I.A. that has yet to heal- Darfur Trembles as Peacekeepers’ Exit Looms
Lydia Polgreen
The New York Times
“What happened in Rwanda, it will happen here,” said Sheik Abdullah Muhammad Ali, who fled here from a nearby village seeking the safety that he hoped the presence of about 200 African Union peacekeepers would bring- Sudan's Srebrenica Moment
John McCain and Bob Dole
The Washington Post
Urgent action is required in the coming hours and days- In Search of My Father's Afghanistan
Saira Shah
The Washington Post
Afghan culture is hardly stuck in the 13th century. Since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001, the artistic energies the regime suppressed have exploded, sometimes in unexpected forms- The Taliban, Regrouped And Rearmed
Peter Bergen
The Washington Post
Echoing all other U.S. officers I interviewed in Afghanistan, Sturek emphasized that the Taliban threat required a political solution, not a military one, and that expanding the U.S. presence and reconstruction efforts into remote areas would win the long-term conflict- How US merchants of fear sparked a $130bn bonanza
Paul Harris
The Observer (UK)
With so much money on offer and such riches being made, there is a powerful economic incentive to exploit the threat to America- From Baltimore Suburbs to a Secret CIA Prison
Eric Rich and Dan Eggen
The Washington Post
Family Learned Last Week That Man Was Among 'High-Value' Terrorism Suspects Moved to Guantanamo- Adding Up the Ounces of Prevention
Scott Shane and Lowell Bergman
The New York Times
As time has passed without a new attack, the voices of skeptics who believe that 9/11 was more a fluke than a harbinger are beginning to be heard- The Roots of Hezbollah's Clout Lie in Iran
Borzou Daragahi
The Los Angeles Times
The ties between the militant group and Tehran are complex and go back decades. For many in Lebanon, it's a beneficial partnership- Why the Numbers Don't Add Up in Iraq
Patrick J. McDonnell
The Los Angeles Times
The Pentagon's fondness for secrecy along with partisan agendas in Baghdad often lead to contortions with death tolls and other details- 10 Questions For Gareth Peirce
Jessica Carsen
Time
There is every mechanism already available to the state to properly detect and detain and investigate. What is not just unacceptable, but plain wrong, is to say that a person suspected of terrorism deserves the rule book being torn up- Russia and the Mideast: Talk, No Walk
Steven Lee Myers
The New York Times
IS Russia the new powerbroker — even peacemaker — of the Middle East? It certainly aspires to be- Swedes set for a swing to the right
Alex Duval Smith
The Observer (UK)
The election could see voters reject the welfare model built by the social democrats over 65 years- The Fall of Tony Blair
Stryker McGuire
Newsweek
The problem is not the overall direction of the New Labour agenda, which Blair pursued in partnership with his Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown. The greater concern is the effect of Blair's decline on the party's popular appeal- US accused of covert operations in Somalia
Anthony Barnett and Patrick Smith
The Observer (UK)
Emails suggest that the CIA knew of plans by private military companies to breach UN rules
- Cheney’s Power No Longer Goes Unquestioned
David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt
The New York Times
In retrospect Mr. Cheney’s power was at its peak in 2003 and 2004, before Iraq’s insurgency flared, before the abuses at Abu Ghraib were revealed, before the setbacks in Congress and at the Supreme Court- Why Bush's Security Pitch May Not Work This Time
Mike Allen
Time
Democrats, having largely steered clear of national-security issues in the 2002 and 2004 campaigns for fear their war reservations and civil-liberties concerns would brand them as effete, are embracing the topic, and they appear to have found their voice with a steady insistence that Iraq has been mishandled- How Dems Plan to Exploit War Worries
Jonathan Darman and Evan Thomas
Newsweek
Bring It On: Can the Dems exploit public worry about the war and retake Capitol Hill? A case study in Virginia- In a Pivotal Year, GOP Plans to Get Personal
Jim VandeHei and Chris Cillizza
The Washington Post
Republicans are planning to spend the vast majority of their sizable financial war chest over the final 60 days of the campaign attacking Democratic House and Senate candidates over personal issues and local controversies- 2 Georgia Races May Threaten Democrats' Struggle for Power
Richard Fausset
The Los Angeles Times
Democratic U.S. Reps. Jim Marshall of Macon and John Barrow of Savannah are facing hearty challenges from a pair of former Republican congressmen with name recognition and the ability to raise big money- To Hold Senate, G.O.P. Bolsters Its Most Liberal
Adam Nagourney
The New York Times
In an extraordinary pre-emptive announcement, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has said it will concede Rhode Island to the Democrats should Stephen Laffey, the mayor of Cranston, defeat Mr. Chafee- Hillary Cover Vote: the Results
Time
By mail and online, the "love her" camp has an edge The Right Wing Funny stuff
- Yes, We Are Better Prepared
John D. Negroponte
The Washington Post
Through a new focus and better techniques, U.S. intelligence is collecting more information, analyzing it more rigorously and sharing it more broadly- Editorial: September 11 and the Clintonistas
The Washington Times
Executives at ABC began wimping out as soon as Bill Clinton and some other Democrats said, "dare you"- Judgment at Guantanamo
David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey
The Wall Street Journal
The Guantanamo detainees are not entitled to be tried by courts martial unless Congress specifically says so. Congress should now join the president and declare explicitly that they are not so entitled- 'Path' missed real 9/11 story
John Podhoretz
The N.Y. Post
The portrait of Albright is an unacceptable revision of recent history and an unfair mark on a public servant who, no matter her shortcomings, doesn't deserve to be remembered by millions of Americans as the inadvertent (and truculent) savior of Osama bin Laden
- Pearls Before Swine
Stephan Pastis
Does you find it?!Tuesday, September 5, 2006
National Security / Foreign Affairs
- Sudan’s Offensive Comes at Key Time
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/04/AR2006090400100_pf.html
Craig Timberg
The Washington Post
The Sudanese government has dramatically intensified the war in Darfur in a bid to finish off a tenacious, three-year-old rebellion before a U.N. peacekeeping force can deploy there- Editorial: Double or quits for Nato in Afghanistan
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/60b9d70c-3c7a-11db-9c97-0000779e2340.html
The Financial Times (UK)
The rash of recent casualties, particularly among British and Canadian troops, has highlighted the need for a significantly larger and better-equipped Nato force- The 10 Most Brazen War Profiteers
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/41083/
Charlie Cray
AlterNet
Halliburton has become synonymous with war profiteering, but there are lots of other greedy fingers in the pie. We name names on 10 of the worst- Alarm grows over missions as three more soldiers die
http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,,1865037,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1
Richard Norton-Taylor and Declan Walsh
The Guardian (UK)
British military facing ‘more active role than predicted’ in Iraq and Afghanistan- Across Palestinian territories, support for Hamas erodes
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0905/p05s01-wome.html
Joshua Mitnick
The Christian Science Monitor
The militant group that swept the polls in January may form a coalition government with the opposition Fatah Party- Afghan Symbol for Change Becomes a Symbol of Failure
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/world/asia/05afghan.html?ei=5088&en=3c5dce293cc0b7ca&ex=1315108800&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
David Rodhe
The New York Times
An Afghan city known as “Little America” is today the epicenter of a Taliban resurgence and an explosion in drug cultivation- Pakistan: Friend or Foe?
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-harrison5sep05,1,7249622.story?track=rss
Selig S. Harrison
The Washington Post
Pervez Musharraf is supposedly a key U.S. ally in the “war on terror.” But is he, in fact, more of a liability than an asset- Ice core evidence of human impact on CO2 in air
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060904/ts_nm/science_co2_dc
Reuters
Yahoo!
Air from the oldest ice core confirms human activity has increased the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere to levels not seen for hundreds of thousands of years- Don’t be fooled by this reform: the IMF is still the rich world’s viceroy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1864832,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=27
George Monbiot
The Guardian (UK)
What will be passed off as a democratisation is in fact a way of ensuring the poor global majority continue to have no say- Op-Chart: The Toll of Small Arms
http://graphics10.nytimes.com/images/2006/09/04/opinion/05opchart.gif
Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Rachel Stohl, and Mgmt. Design
The New York Times
Suffering will continue until governments recognize the obvious — that the vast majority of illicitly traded arms begin as legally produced weapon- Measures to keep peace in Congo draw fire
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0905/p04s02-woaf.html
Tristan McConnell
The Christian Science Monitor
Critics say the deals run contrary to the UN’s mandate by letting war criminals go free and undermining long-term peace
U.S. Politics
- ’Mortgage Moms’ May Star in Midterm Vote
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/04/AR2006090401108_pf.html
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Chris Cillizza
The Washington Post
In a year when politics is being roiled by angry debates over the Iraq war and immigration, it might seem odd to imagine the midterm elections being waged over square footage and closet space- Security Is Atop GOP’s Agenda
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-congress5sep05,1,3310608,full.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage
Maura Reynolds
The Los Angeles Times
It’s going to be “Security September” on Capitol Hill- The Senate Line: Dems Still Stuck at Five
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/09/the_senate_line_dems_stuck_at.html
Chris Cillizza
The Washington Post
At the moment, five Republican incumbents appear to be in serious danger. But there doesn’t appear—yet—to be a sixth seat to put Democrats over the top- Voters are anti-incumbent and angry, new poll finds
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/04/poll.election/index.html
CNN
A majority -- 55 percent—said they are more likely to back a challenger in races on this year’s ballot. Such anti-incumbent sentiment is higher than the 48 percent recorded as “pro-challenger” in a similar survey in 1994- A Political Blueprint With Room to Build On
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/04/AR2006090401120_pf.html
Jonathan Weisman
The Washington Post
Modest in scope, perhaps even timid, “The Plan” is subtitled “Big Ideas for America,” but it is not the product of Newt Gingrich-type visionaries from the political left. It is the creation of Emanuel and Reed, two top aides from Bill Clinton’s White House who learned the power of small ball and the perils of swinging for the fences- The Rise of the Lincoln Democrats
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/04/AR2006090400701_pf.html
E.J. Dionne, Jr.
The Washington Post
To put it in historical terms, if Democrats have suffered in the states of the Old Confederacy, many of their best opportunities in November are in states carried by the first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, in the 1860 electio- Kansas Republicans evolve—into Democrats
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/09/05/sebelius/print.html
Nadia Pflaum
Salon
A popular incumbent governor persuades social moderates alienated by fights over abortion and Darwin to quit the GOP and run for office as Democrats- Ehrlich, Steele Absent From President’s Md. Visit
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/04/AR2006090400366.html?nav=rss_print/asection
Philip Rucker
The Washington Post
On a day considered the launching point of the fall election season, Maryland’s top two Republicans—Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich and Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele—did not appear with the president in the St. Mary’s County town- Bold plan for an exit strategy from failed war on drugs
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/4162437.html
Neal R. Peirce
The Houston Chronicle
The uncomfortable truth is that despite decades of aggressive government crackdowns, U.S. drug use and drug-related crime are as high as ever
The Right Wing
- (PDF) National Strategy for Combating Terrorism
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/NSCT0906.pdf
The White House
Today, we face a global terrorist movement and must confront the radical ideology that justifies the use of violence against innocents in the name of religion- A Little Bit Country
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110008898&mod=RSS_Opinion_Journal&ojrss=frontpage
Brendan Miniter
The Wall Street Journal
The heartland is a sea of red now. Will it long remain so if Democrats ever figure out how to reach out to rural voters?- Editorial: Congress’s Last Stand
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008896
The Wall Street Journal
Republicans could still help their prospects, and motivate their own supporters, if they use the next month to advance sound policies that highlight differences between the two parties- Elites and the military
http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060904-095448-5331r
Brendan Conway
The Washington Times
How much does the “elite” disconnect with the military even matter? Clearly it’s a problem, but how serious is it?- Everything You Know About the Recent Mideast War Is Wrong
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjFjNzM2NWFmZDA5NjU4YjA2YTJhOGFkMTZjYThkNjU=
Emanuele Ottolenghi
National Review
The myth about Hezbollah’s victory is therefore just that: a myth. This means that Israel did not lose. Israel certainly did not win either- Laboring to Victory
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjcwNjgwOTgwYzk3NzE2NjljZTE1Yjg5ZjFlMjk1MDk=
John J. Miller
National Review
Democrats must gain a total of six seats in order to take over. That’s going to be tough
Funny Stuff
- Charlie Brown Has Never Knowingly Taken Steroids.
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/9/5kirkpatrick.html
Andrew and Edward Kirkpatrick
McSweeney’s
Snoopy gave me something to make me throw harder, but he said it was flaxseed oil and vitamin drops. I was tired of having the ball hit back up the middle and all my clothes torn off- Airport Security Cartoons
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/09/airport_securit_1.html
Bruce Schneier- Caltech Physicists Successfully Split The Bill
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/52324?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=RSS
The Onion
Sequestered in a private booth at a Pasadena-area Cheesecake Factory for nearly 25 minutes, a party of eight California Institute Of Technology physicists emerged exhausted but visibly excited Friday evening after successfully splitting the bill- CNN Switches to All-Polygamy Format
http://www.borowitzreport.com/archive_rpt.asp?rec=6578
Andy Borowitz
The Borowitz Report
“This is going to be a big change for all of us, but sometimes change is just what’s needed,” said Wolf Blitzer, host of the rechristened CNN show “The Polygamy Room.”- Dilbert
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2040718060905.gif
Scott Adams
Wow! You’re a decorated army combat veteran- Rob Schneider Lands Role Originally Written For Chimp
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/52330?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=RSS
The Onion
“Sure, there are things the chimp could do better, but Rob’s working with a speech coach, and he brings just as much name recognition to the project”- Ted Rall online
http://www.gocomics.com/rallcom/2006/09/04/
Ted Rall
It isn’t a dictatorship unless the man in the box says so!
Monday, September 4, 2006
National Security / Foreign Affairs
- Al-Qaida tape seen as PR bid
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4160998.html
Associated Press
The Houston Chronicle
The new al-Qaida video featuring an American calling for his countrymen to convert to Islam raised fears it signaled an imminent attack, but experts in the region said Sunday it is more likely a bid to soften the terror group’s image- Conversation: The world after 9/11
http://www.newyorker.com/online/content/articles/060911on_onlineonly02
The New Yorker
Amy Davidson talks to Seymour M. Hersh, Jon Lee Anderson, and George Packer about Iraq, Afghanistan, the war on terror, and whether America is stronger now- Junior
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060911fa_fact
Jane Mayer
The New Yorker
For nearly a decade, a former Al Qaeda operative named Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl has been living in the United States government’s witness-protection program- Osama’s bank account
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/060911ta_talk_coll
Steve Coll
The New Yorker
Family members of those killed have sued individuals, banks, and corporations that allegedly provided support to Al Qaeda as it grew, thus entering the foggy precincts of terrorist finance- Lebanon’s Coast Is Drowning in Oil
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-lebsea4sep04,1,3716383.story?track=rss
Borzou Daragahi
The Los Angeles Times
A spill caused by an Israeli airstrike has blackened popular beaches and threatens the economy and delicate ecosystems- This war has taught us that Israel must revise its military approach
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1864021,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=27
Shimon Peres
The Guardian (UK)
The frontlines have disappeared in this new kind of conflict, and our old deterrent weapons are no longer enough- War fails to dim Hizbullah’s beacon
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1864254,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12
Declan Walsh
The Guardian (UK)
Terror group’s scatterred journalists feed stories through hidden studios- Troops Cut Death, but Not Fear, in Baghdad Zone
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/04/world/middleeast/04dora.html?ei=5088&en=11056f26f6f74b1a&ex=1315022400&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
Damien Cave
The New York Times
Dora represents only the embryo of progress. It was the first of several violent neighborhoods covered by a new Baghdad security plan- Terrorism Prosecutions Drop
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/03/AR2006090300768.html?nav=rss_print/asection
Dan Eggen
The Washington Post
Justice Department prosecutions of international terrorism cases, which surged in volume after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, have nearly returned to the levels seen prior to the hijackings- From bad to worse
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=7877055&fsrc=RSS
The Economist (UK)
Sudan’s government rejects both African Union peacekeepers and UN soldiers in Darfur. With a military offensive underway, the situation in the region looks more dreadful than ever- Why Mexico Keeps Burning
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1531294,00.html
Tim Padgett
Time
With a new President finally set to take office, a seething opposition is putting democracy to the test- After Beslan, the Media in Shackles
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/03/AR2006090300743.html?nav=rss_opinions/columnsandblogs
Masha Lipman
The Washington Post
If there is one lesson the Kremlin has learned—or had confirmed for itself—since Beslan, it is that by maintaining tight control over political life and major media coverage, it can efficiently minimize the political fallout- Rules Ignored, Toxic Sludge Sinks Chinese Village
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/04/world/asia/04pollution.html?ei=5088&en=3624d1fd1e9d3ef7&ex=1315022400&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
Jim Yardley
The New York Times
The destruction of Sugai is a lesson in the difficulty of enforcing environmental rules in China
U.S. Politics
- G.O.P. Seen to Be in Peril of Losing House
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/04/washington/04campaign.html?ei=5094&en=6e1428a2510550a2&hp=&ex=1157428800&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all
Robin Toner and Kate Zernike
The New York Times
Sixty-five days before the election, the signs of Republican vulnerability are widespread- ‘A horror show for Republicans’
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0609040148sep04,1,7057351,print.story
Jill Zuckman
The Chicago Tribune
Numerous political analysts are forecasting that a tidal wave of voter dissatisfaction will wash Republicans out of office on Nov. 7 and possibly hand control of the House back to Democrats- GOP candidates stress independence
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14666184/
Associated Press
MSNBC
Republicans who were once cozy with President Bush are distancing themselves from both the president and their party in campaign ads- Independent bid for Chafee ‘off the boards’
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060903-112743-1440r.htm
Eric Pfeiffer
The Washington Times
Sen. Lincoln Chafee, Rhode Island Republican, says he will not follow the path of Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut by running as an independent if he loses his party’s Sept. 12 primary election- Meet the Press September 3
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14568263/print/1/displaymode/1098/
NBC News
This morning we kick off our 2006 SENATE DEBATE series with one of the most closely watched races of the year, Pennsylvania, where incumbent Republican Senator Rick Santorum faces off against Democratic challenger, State Treasurer Bob Casey- Rick Santorum is still in trouble
http://www.slate.com/id/2148757/fr/rss/
John Dickerson
Slate
The exchange on Meet the Press was largely a wash, and that’s not good for the Republican who is behind in the polls by as much as 18 points- Voters anxious in Ohio River Valley
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14661972/print/1/displaymode/1098/
Associated Press
MSNBC
In the valley where Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky meet, people complain about the state of the nation, voicing as many frustrations as there are turns in the Ohio River- The war on workers
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/04/EDG3BKSCQI1.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
David Sirota
The San Francisco Chronicle
Who are these supposed threats to America? No, not Osama bin Laden followers, but labor unions made up of millions of workers
The Right Wing
- Not Wanted: An Exit Strategy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/03/AR2006090300740.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
Jackson Diehl
The Washington Post
Mahdi, Sistani and other Shiite leaders in the government don’t share Washington’s perception of a downward spiral. They also don’t buy the American sense of urgency- Confirm Bolton now
http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060903-095538-6217r
Jeffrey Gayner
The Washington Times
Confronting the crisis in the Middle East has been characteristic of how Mr. Bolton has tackled tough problems at the United Nations for the last 12 months- Probe more damaging than leak
http://www.washingtontimes.com/commentary/20060903-095539-7630r.htm
Dan K. Thomasson
The Washington Times
The CIA pressed the matter as a diversion from the mounting furor over its own inadequacies in counterintelligence
Funny Stuff
- This Modern World
http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2006/09/04/tomo/index1.html
Tom Tomorrow
Salon
Yes, going to war in Iraq was definitely a good decision—
Sunday, September 3, 2006
National Security / Foreign Affairs
- How Americans Have Adapted to Terrorism
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1531267,00.html
Time
In a new TIME poll, a majority sees little prospect of winning the war on terrorism within a decade- A New Middle East
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19301
Robert Malley
The N.Y. Review of Books
Of late, international attention has shifted to Lebanon, but Palestinian suffering has not eased- Editorial: The Wrong Battle in Pakistan
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/opinion/03sun2.html?ex=1314936000&en=35e70291246acc3b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
The New York Times
The government of Gen. Pervez Musharraf too often acts like a garden-variety military dictatorship- How U.S. dollars disappear in Afghanistan: quickly and thoroughly
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/03/INGR0KRGMF1.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Ann Jones
The San Francisco Chronicle
To understand the failure—and fraud—of reconstruction in Afghanistan, you have to take a look at the peculiar system of U.S. aid for international development- Opium Harvest at Record Level in Afghanistan
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/world/asia/03afghan.html?ei=5088&en=77aca21e09c8576e&ex=1314936000&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=allCarlotta Gall
The New York Times
Officials blame the increase in cultivation on the resurgence of Taliban rebels in the south- War Within War
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19250
Max Rodenbeck
The N.Y. Review of Books
This Israeli campaign appears to have had two purposes- A power broker to be reckoned with
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/03/MNG4FKUNEA1.DTL&feed=rss.news
Anna Badkhen
The San Francisco Chronicle
Experts say his extensive social, religious, political and paramilitary network has made al-Sadr the second-most powerful force in Iraq, after the United State- Endurance Meets Doubt in Iraq
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/weekinreview/03gordon.html?ei=5088&en=7d6ab21e94cd70a1&ex=1314936000&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=allMichael R. Gordon
The New York Times
Many of the city’s residents believe that the surest way to put an end to the roadside bombings, sniper attacks and mortar rounds would be for the Americans to deprive the insurgents of their target by leaving- The Spoils of War
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/31/AR2006083101162.html?nav=rss_nation/special
Michael Hirsh
The Washington Post
To this short list of indispensable accounts detailing how what was supposed to be a liberation became a quagmire, I would now add T. Christian Miller’s Blood Money- If America Wanted to Talk, Iran Would ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/weekinreview/03slackman