Month: August 2007

Evidence, which may be underreported in some cases, continues to show the surge is failing on both military and political fronts: In Iraq, Death Tolls Often in Dispute (Christian Science Monitor) Iraq Violence: Monitoring the Surge (BBC News) Iraqi Progress ‘Disappoints’ US (BBC News) Al-Qaeda ‘Parade’ in Baquba (Adnkronos International) Leader of opposition party freed…

“Turkey has emphatically not backtracked to ‘the road not taken’ and given up on its quest for modernization. But it has struck out on a very different modernization track, one embedded in a cultural conservatism that seeks an appropriate synthesis between Islam, capitalism and liberal democracy.” – Soli Ozel, Professor of Political Science at Istanbul…

Bush administration officials continue to show their contempt for the rule of law as intelligence chief McConnell reveals NSA eavesdropping is just the tip of iceberg and brazenly lobbies for more powers with less oversight while VP Cheney argues against closing Gitmo: NSA Spying Part of Broader Effort (Washington Post) A Push to Rewrite Wiretap…