Yearly Archives: 2006

“Iraq’s savage sectarian war is now regarded as a greater obstacle to any semblance of peace returning than the insurgency, and was the main reason for the Americans recently pouring 12,000 troops into the capital – an operation that, they … Continue reading →

This is one of many of these types of articles across America today. Postwar life for Iraq, Afghan vets is anything but normalJames Janega and Aamer MadhaniOctober 29, 2006 3:03 AM CHICAGO – It’s been more than three years since … Continue reading →

Iraqis See the Little Things Fade Away in War’s GloomBy SABRINA TAVERNISEPublished: October 29, 2006 BAGHDAD, Oct. 28 — The things the women missed were almost too small to notice at first. Simple numbers and dates began to elude their … Continue reading →

Saturday, October 28, 10:30AM Dear Friends, A few hours ago it was announced that President Fox had ordered the Federal Police (PFP) to enter the city and they are expected to arrive throughout the day. This follows yesterday’s coordinated attack … Continue reading →

Because someone remarked that the last piece I posted from my Sister Deb Jehn’s recital was ‘amazing and beautiful,’ here is another piece she recorded that day. I could not find the name of it, but it was composed by … Continue reading →

This comes via Ed Alexander and Charlie Loving. It seems to have been sent from Oaxaca on Saturday, 28 October at 8 pm (but that is not entirely clear). I post it with spelling corrections, but otherwise as received. I … Continue reading →

American Journalist Slain in Mexico ShootoutBy COLLEEN LONG, AP NEW YORK (Oct. 28) – Undeterred by violence, journalist Bradley Roland Will felt compelled to document what he called human rights abuses around the globe, so he headed to the volatile … Continue reading →

Special Report: US lackey Alvaro Uribe to spark destabilization in both Colombia and VenezuelaBy Les Blough, EditorOct 27, 2006, 14:40 On Thursday October 19th a car bomb exploded in the heart of the Colombian military headquarters in Bogotá. The so … Continue reading →

This comes from a writer, new to us, discovered today. He is Manuel Valenzuela of Valenzuela’s Veritas. Collaborators of Catastrophe: Inside the Ministry of Truth [snip] With the complete and utter failure of America’s experiment with hubristic imperialism outside its … Continue reading →

… W was dead a long time ago. I admired George Lakoff when I studied linguistics in the late 1970’s. Apparently, I still do. Staying the Course Right Over a Cliff The Bush administration has finally been caught in its … Continue reading →

From Healing Iraq, with an excellent accompanying map of the current situation in Baghdad from an Iraqi perspective. More ‘Coup’ Rumours in Baghdad Baghdad is rife with the strangest rumours again chiefly as a result of the latest deployment of … Continue reading →

One commentor put it, the point isn’t the chair. it’s a demonstration of a given technology. Imagine dropping boxes of parts out of a plane and then having those parts assemble themselves into a shelter, or a bridge, or a … Continue reading →