Interesting how this changes every other day: Sectarian violence in Iraq has become “self-sustaining,” increasing the challenge of stabilizing the country, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Friday. “Violence between the Sunnis and Shia has become self-sustaining and has spread out to a wider range of … groups and actors,” said John Negroponte, the […]
Here is a real sign of the pending doom for the Republicans this mid-term election: The chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee accused U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte’s office on Thursday of downplaying the significance of chemical weapons finds in Iraq. Rep. Peter Hoekstra, a Michigan Republican, said in a letter to Negroponte […]
A mysterious letter appeared this week in the media. It was a letter from Al Qaeda’s second in command intended for the head of Al Qaeda Iraq, but its authenticity is in serious question. U.S. intelligence officials who released a letter purporting to be from an al Qaeda leader to Iraq insurgency leader Abu Musab […]