Archives for June 2005

Rumsfeld on Vietnam and Government Secrecy These quotes from Congressman Rumsfeld, circa 1966, are amusing and tragic in retrospect. ‘ A 1966 article in the Chicago Tribune quoted Rumsfeld as saying the following: “The administration should clarify its intent in Viet Nam,’ he said. ‘People lack confidence in the credibility of our government.’ Even our […]

50 Killed in Guerrilla Violence Al-Hakim: Sectarian War Could Engulf Middle East Al-Akhbar: Internationalize Iraq Crisis Guerrilla violence killed at least 50 persons in Iraq on Sunday and left a similar number wounded, according to Al-Sharq al-Awsat. Among the killed was a US soldier killed by roadside bomb in Baghdad (two other US servicemen were […]

It Depends on What “Throes” Is It started when Cheney went on “Larry King Live” last month and said this: ‘ “I think we may well have some kind of presence there over a period of time,” Cheney said. “The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think, will clearly […]

Al-Hayat on US contacts with AMS Chalabi Favors Timeline for US Withdrawal Gilbert Achcar writes: Quite interesting excerpts from an article written from Baghdad by Basil Muhammad in today’s Al-Hayat, reporting on an interview he made with Abdul-Salam al-Kubaisi, a prominent leading member of the (Sunni) Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS), the most respected Sunni […]

Ahmadinejad Uses Bush’s Tactics Supreme Jurisprudent Ali Khamenei gloated Saturday that the Iranian public had “humiliated” Bush by electing hard liner Mahmud Ahmadinejad as president. But in fact, the campaigning style of the two men suggests that in some ways they are soul mates. Newly elected Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad won in some part by […]

Mosul Police Station blown Up, many Dead 31 Killed Saturday, Dozens Wounded Mosul: A suicide bomber detonated his payload at the central police station in Mosul on Sunday morning, bringing down part of the wall and killing at least 5 persons, 4 of them officers. At least 7 were wounded. The rubble was still being […]

6 US Military Personnel Killed, 13 Wounded at Fallujah Women Targeted A bomber targeted a Marine convoy near Fallujah coming back from a checkpoint, then guerrillas sprayed machine gun fire. They killed 6 Marines, including 4 women, and wounded 13, 11 of whom were women. The American women were deployed at the checkpoint to pat […]

Student Unions [in Iraq] Call for Withdrawal of Occupation Troops Gilbert Achcar kindly sends along his translation of this newspaper article: ‘ Student Unions [in Iraq] Call for Withdrawal of Occupation Troops Baghdad – Abdel-Wahed Tohmeh – Al-Hayat, June 24, 2005 11 Student Unions approved the call made on al-Jaafari’s Government to set a timetable […]

Does Karl Rove Hate our Liberties and Way of Life? ‘ At a Manhattan fund-raiser Wednesday night, the flamboyant architect of Bush’s two presidential campaigns and now White House deputy chief of staff told members of the Conservative Party of New York State: “Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for […]