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Gaza Update: Some Things Are Not What They SeemFiredoglake - Jan 4, 2009 Yesterday, a video started circulating with claims that it showed the immediate aftermath of the bombing of a market in Gaza. Many of you by now may have seen it – it is horrifying. Even though I’ve seen an awful lot … Also tagged: israël, uncategorized |
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Shoe Trial PostponedFiredoglake - Dec 31, 2008 Aswat al Iraq reports that Al Zaida's trial, scheduled to begin today has been postponed: A lawyer of Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaydi, who threw a pair of shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a press … Also tagged: human rights |
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They Really Go Crazy For The Sharp Dressed ManFiredoglake - Dec 29, 2008 A Turkish shoe manufacturer is claiming that he makes the kinds of shoes that Muntader al-Zaidi threw at George Bush. Can't knock the hustle: Still, Baydan says that demand for the shoe – now renamed the "Bye Bye … |
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Iraqi Politics Moves Toward a Post-Occupation Phase (Perhaps Too Soon)Firedoglake - Dec 27, 2008 Alissa Rubin writes in Friday's New York Times: With provincial elections scheduled for the end of January, Iraq appears to be plagued by political troubles that seem closer to Shakespearean drama than to nascent … |
Firedoglake - Dec 23, 2008
As Laura Doty mentioned over at Oxdown, more accounts of the abusive treatment of Al Zaida are appearing at the same time that Prime Minister Maliki is attempting to slander the show thrower with claims that: Mr …
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We Wanna Stay in Iraq!Firedoglake - Dec 21, 2008 Really? Could someone explain this to me? Here’s the puzzle: as we saw last week, Gen. Odierno is making statements about breaking the SOFA by keeping troops in Iraqi cities past June and also suggesting that the date … Also tagged: uncategorized |
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FDL Book Salon Welcomes Steve Fainaru: Big Boy RulesFiredoglake - Dec 20, 2008 If you prefer to think of the United States' wartime guns-for-hire as unthinking, unfeeling, heavily-armed Neanderthals, Steve Fainaru's new book, Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq , probably isn't … Also tagged: mercenaries, fdl book salon |
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The Cost of Conservatism, in TrillionsFiredoglake - Dec 20, 2008 Let's engage in a back of the envelope exercise for a moment: the cost of conservatism to America. Right wingers want to de-emphasize the costs, and pump up the virtues. They want to account for every penny of liberal … Also tagged: afghanistan, uncategorized, economics, war on terror, conservatism |
Firedoglake - Dec 20, 2008
This Sunday, the Washington Post will feature a little advice for President-elect Obama from Lieberman, McCain and Graham, those experts on our occupation of Iraq. Their advice is really simple – just listen to General …
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Where is the Shoe Guy? Beatings, Apologies and CensorshipFiredoglake - Dec 19, 2008 by Mike Licht Badger has a very interesting bit of information from the Egyptian paper alMesryou: It was learned that the American embassy in Cairo asked the Egyptian Minister of Information to close the office of … |