Month: August 2006

Jerusalem Post: U.S. Urges Attack on Syria

No, this doesn’t come from the Conspiracy Free Press.  It’s from Sunday’s Jerusalem Post: [Israeli] Defense officials told the Post last week that they were receiving indications from the US that America...

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Lamont: The Long Road Back

Some good stuff to read: Letter from an American in Ramallah and Tom Hayden’s Democrats Pull Down Party Pillar Supporting Iraq War. But I am going to concentrate on E.J. Dionne’s A Primary Lesson for Lieberman....

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Son Enfant Mort

Originally posted at Liberal Street Fighter Robert Fisk reporting from Lebanon I went to Tyre, Amy. By the time this has happened — to get from Beirut now to the south takes four to six hours, because of the broken bridges...

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When will there be a Cease Fire in Lebanon?

Update [2006-8-1 10:59:29 by Steven D]: Things look even bleaker for a cease fire than I first reported. Check out this story which indicates Israel has decided to expand it’s ground campaign in South Lebanon: JERUSALEM...

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Tuesday News Bucket

“The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces...

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