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Revenge of the Drones An Analysis of Drone Strikes in Pakistan

2009-11-25T14:33:24Z

[link]
Revenge of the Drones
An Analysis of Drone Strikes in Pakistan
By Peter Bergen, Katherine Tiedemann, New America Foundation
October 19, 2009
As a result of the unprecedented 41 drone strikes into Pakistan
authorized by the Obama administration, aimed at Taliban and al Qaeda

Reid Furious about Insurance Companies interfering with Govt Health Policy

2009-11-25T12:56:35Z

To: Durland.f...@yale.edu, A...@columbia.edu, gary_worm...@nymc.edu,
scientificintegr...@ostp.gov, pkrug...@princeton.edu,
Stanley.f...@fiu.edu, emcswee...@niaid.nih.gov, afa...@niaid.nih.gov,
SpinL...@yahoogroups.com, kshep...@calea.org, fitz...@gmail.com,
patrick.fitzger...@usdoj.gov, modelt1...@sbcglobal.net,

Christmas in Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, and Hanoi...

2009-11-25T12:36:29Z

[note: Despite the whining of alt.war.vietnam's Crybaby Vets who
continue believing old U.S. propaganda lies, Vietnam has been open
since mid 1980s, gets millions of foreign tourists every year who
can freely go most anywhere and freely talk to Vietnam's people]
;-)
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Probe reveals lead-up to Iraq war

2009-11-25T11:09:18Z

by Alice Ritchie Alice Ritchie
LONDON (AFP) - The first full-scale inquiry into Britain's role in the
Iraq war opened Tuesday with testimony suggesting Washington was
gearing up for possible conflict two years before Tony Blair led
London to war.
A protestor wearing a Tony Blair mask covers his hands with fake blood

Pregnant woman thrashed, paraded naked in Uttar Pradesh

2009-11-25T10:37:35Z

IANS
LUCKNOW: A group of locals thrashed a pregnant woman and paraded her
naked through a village in Uttar Pradesh after she objected to
encroachment on her land, police said on Monday.
The incident took place Sunday evening at Karnawala village in Bijnor
district, about 400 km from Lucknow.
Of the four people who were primarily behind the incident, two have

Indian brinkmanship

2009-11-25T10:17:11Z

The Nation
INDIA'S military leadership has once again raised the issue of Limited
War being a viable option within the overarching nuclear environment.
This is part of a renewed belligerency on the part of the Indians,
being orchestrated both at the diplomatic-political level and as well
as the military. In fact the new pronouncements by the Indian Army

2/3rds of Us Are US War Machine Beneficiaries (Raimondo thinkin up a new AntiWar rally)

2009-11-25T09:39:31Z

Vajpayee, Advani pseudo-moderates, Liberhan says in Babri report

2009-11-25T06:50:02Z

The Times of India
NEW DELHI: The top BJP leadership including Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K
Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi have been severely indicted and called
"pseudo-moderates" by a Commission that probed the demolition of Babri
Masjid 17 years ago.
The Justice M S Liberhan Commission of Inquiry also attacked former

Germany attacks Israel settlement plan before visit

2009-11-25T06:32:44Z

BERLIN, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Germany on Monday criticised Israeli plans
to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank, in unusually explicit
terms a week before the two countries' leaders meet in Berlin.
The comments, made by Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman, coincide
with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle's first trip to Israel

America Between Morality and Imperialism

2009-11-25T06:21:12Z

Muqtedar Khan
On November 5th, I had the privilege of testifying to the House Armed
Services Sub-Committee on Oversight and Investigations. These hearings
are part of the lengthy ongoing deliberations in Washington D.C.
searching for a new direction in Afghanistan. The Hearing was chaired
by Chairman Dr. Vic Snyder (D-Ark) and Ranking Member Rob Whitman (R-

Saudi Arabia goes to war

2009-11-25T06:06:45Z

By attacking the Houthi rebels of Yemen, Riyadh is ill-advisedly
turning up the heat on the region's cold war
Mai Yamani
A crucially important conflict, woefully under-reported in the west,
has now come to a head in the Middle East. In response to an ongoing
fight that could spill out beyond the Arabian peninsula, Saudi Arabia

When data squared is negative, the data is.................

2009-11-25T05:31:11Z

In one of the e-mails from the hacked list from the University of East
Anglia on the subject of Climate Change and global warming, a
programmer complains that the data is so bad that for some reason the
sum of the data squared keeps coming out negative. This means the
data must be................ (try to remember your middle school math

Navy SEALs face charges

2009-11-24T22:00:28Z

Navy SEALs face charges for capturing terrorist.
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OT: Apologies

2009-11-24T19:13:05Z

If I haven't responded to, or 'maintained' as the usage used to be,
postingsit's because my net connections are seriously foutues, as we
say in France. Your magic broadband box is now activé, they announce.
But since they haven't sent me the fucking magic box, what they have
actually done is grabbed by landline telephone; thus re,omoving both

The Wrong Word

2009-11-24T19:05:42Z

The Wrong Word
Joe Klein
Over at the Commentary blog, Max Boot notes
([link])
that even the gung-ho U.S. special forces seem "a bit worn down and
pessimistic" in recent conversations he's had with them about the
situation in Afghanistan. I've had similar conversations with rank-and-