This has a real potential to become a fire storm: Fifteen British Marines on patrol in the Persian Gulf have been “seized” by the Iranian navy, the British Ministry of Defense said. The Marines were “engaged in routine boarding operations of merchant shipping in Iraqi territorial waters,” the ministry said in a statement on Friday. […]
This is from today’s confirmation hearings for Gates: Robert Gates, U.S. President George W. Bush’s choice to take over the Pentagon, said on Tuesday America was not winning in Iraq and warned the Middle East could explode into violence. Appearing at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gates said Bush wanted him […]
Five more soldiers were killed in Iraq today, bringing the October’s toll to 96 soldiers lost. The last time we had this many soldiers killed in Iraq in one month was last October, and that number is certain to go higher. Sidney Blumenthal also has an interesting piece up at Salon regarding Bush and the […]
So this morning I wake up to the news that Bush has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan. This is the first time he has been there since we invaded in 2001. Does anyone else feel this is convenient timing with the Dubai deal? Is he trying to now show that the Middle East is […]
Raw Story has done it again. They are breaking news on a second aide in Cheney’s office now cooperating with Patrick Fitzgerald on the leak investigation. The second aide is Cheney’s Middle East advisor David Wurmser. According to the article Wurmser has agreed to provide evidence to the prosecution that Cheney’s office did in fact […]