marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 12/8/2008
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Since I baldly asserted that Barack Obama was provably a citizen and provably eligible to be president, several readers have written to ask me how I know this to be true.
Well, his birth certificate is valid, for one thing; it's survived scrutiny and has been sanctioned as valid by the ...
Get Ready for a Trade War
redstate.com 11/21/2008 — A Big 3 Bailout Could Kill Thousands of Export Jobs
If nothing else, the Great Depression proved very instructive.
Plenty of commentators and analysts learned one of its important
lessons: protectionist policies are only likely to deepen ...
US military defines Mahdi Army as "militia insurgency group"
longwarjournal.org 11/30/2008 —
Muqtada al Sadr.
The US military has begun to directly identify the Iranian-backed "Special Groups" Shia terror groups with Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army in press information issued in Baghdad.
The direct association between the ...
Obamanomics
firedoglake.com 10/15/2008 —
Is Obama the New FDR?
At this point it's clear that, barring some sort of catastrophic revelation, Obama is going to win the election. The most important task facing him will be fixing the economy. Given his economic proposals to date, what ...
Iraqi Field Artillery: The missing link
longwarjournal.org 1/21/2009 —
New Iraqi Howitzer.
The most significant deficiency of the Iraqi Security Forces is its missing artillery. Artillery is called the "King of the Battlefield" because it is the single largest casualty maker in conventional war. ...
DHL Closing US Service Centers, Cutting 9,500 Jobs
huffingtonpost.com 11/10/2008 — ATLANTA — In a move that could greatly scale back a possible venture between UPS and Deutsche Post's DHL, the German company said Monday it will significantly reduce its air and ground operations in the U.S. and cut 9,500 jobs within the country.
The DHL-UPS deal was expected to last ...
US hits Taliban safe house In North Waziristan
longwarjournal.org 11/21/2008 —
Map of the tribal areas and the Northwest Frontier Province. The government signed peace agreements in the red agencies/ districts (the military said Shangla was under Taliban control in October); purple districts are under de facto ...
International Reaction To Obama's Presidential Election
huffingtonpost.com 11/5/2008 — International reaction to the historic election of Barack Obama as the next President of the United States has begun. Below is a roundup of some reactions from the around the world.
BBC: World Welcomes Obama Victory
The United States has seen the biggest transformation in its standing ...
The Fourth Amendment Abroad:
volokh.com 11/25/2008 — The Second Circuit has just handed down a very important new Fourth Amendment case on how the Fourth Amendment applies overseas: In re Terrorist Bombings of U.S. Embassies (Fourth Amendment...
Iraqi Army Movements In Kirkuk and Salahadin
longwarjournal.org 1/24/2009 —
Iraqi Army Movements in Kirkuk, Salahadin and Sulaymaniyah.
On January 23, 2009, the Kurdish Globe published an article titled "Iraqi army moves closer to Kurdistan" . The very first hand-wringing statement was: "Kurds ...
Board of Directors
iri.org 10/29/2008 — U.S. Senator John McCain, Chairman Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Armed Services Peter T. Madigan, Vice Chairman Principal, Johnson, Madigan and Peck Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of ...
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