Blackwater operatives “plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, ‘snatch and grabs’ of high-value targets[,] … assist in gathering intelligence and help direct a secret US military drone bombing campaign …Â parallel to the well-documented CIA predator strikes”:
- Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan (The Nation)
It seems Obama’s new strategy will not differ much from the strategy laid out in March 2009 …
- War Speech to Outline Escalation and Exit (Washington Post)
… while lawmakers mull the fiscally responsible but politically unpopular move of paying as you go rather than debt spend, that wuld make the true cost of the war more visible:
Fears the expiring deal would bring political chaos rather than democracy reform lead the debate:
- Pakistan Faces Amnesty Deal Turmoil (Al Jazeera)
“The group of 200 chanted slogans such as ‘No to the plot of Persian expansion’ and ‘Yemen will remain free and independent’ and called for the expulsion of Iran’s ambassador” …
- Yemenis Protest at Iran Embassy Over Northern War (Reuters / Washington Post)
Jews as well as Sunnis are targets of the rebels:
- For Jews Roiling Yemen No Longer Place to Call Home (Washington Post)
Analogous to Iraq’s political problems, soccer provides an a medium for understanding Iraq:
- Soccer in Iraq: Another Field for Argument (NY Times)
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