mudvillegazette.com - 6/16/2009
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In late March 1991, shortly after the Gulf War, Iraqis were in open revolt. Fighting erupted in all but three of Iraq's provinces, and Saddam's army was left with two days' worth of ammunition. A desperate Saddam sent one of his highest-ranking officers as a "defector" with information that ...
swampland.blogs.time.com - 6/19/2009
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swampland.blogs.time.com —
The Washington Post's increasingly strident op-ed page offers
a double-barreled neocon assault on President Obama's Iran position...
today by Charles Krauthammer and Paul Wolfowitz. And it's interesting to see these fellows--among the smartest of the ...
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There Will Be Blood
attackerman.firedoglake.com - 6/16/2009
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attackerman.firedoglake.com —
Is it possible that the Iraqi election experience
had something to do with Iranian expectations of an...
election? If critics of the war can for just a moment move beyond their own deeply held opinions about the invasion of Iraq -- that this was a war of ...
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Evidence, Pls
michaeltotten.com - 6/13/2009
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michaeltotten.com —
Iran's presidential election isn't real. The four candidates
were hand-picked by the Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei. It's...
turning into something more than he bargained for, though, even if his regime is rigging the outcome for Mahmoud Admadinejad. ...
(more)
A Heaving Volcano*
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Mudville Gazette: ***** In late March 1991, shortly after the Gulf War, Iraqis were in open revolt
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***** In late March 1991, shortly after the Gulf War, Iraqis were in open revolt. Fighting erupted in all but three of Iraqs provinces, and Saddams army was left with two days worth of ammunition. A desperate Saddam sent one of his highest-ranking officers as a defector with information that Iraqs senior military leaders were on the verge of a coup but hesitated as long as they faced the threat of a revolution... Its generally conceded that failing to... read ...
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