links for 2006-09-28
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Most US papers agree the release of the extracts from the National Intelligence Estimate report which finds that US involvement in Iraq has fuelled global terrorism does not reveal anything new.
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Sixteen U.S. intelligence agencies contributed to the NIE report that concludes Iraq “has become the cause célèbre for jihadists.” Bush ignores them all.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 27 — The radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr has lost control of portions of his Mahdi Army militia that are splintering off into freelance death squads and criminal gangs, a senior coalition intelligence official said Wednesday.
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Sadr has modeled his organization on Hezbollah. However, he may have misunderstood the raison d’etre of Hezbollah, which is its ability to win 4G wars against encroaching nation-states. This ability provides it with the legitimacy they need to persist and
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The new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq has admitted that more than 4,000 foreign fighters have been killed in the country since the US-led invasion in 2003, according to an internet recording.
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US economic growth slowed more than expected in the second quarter of 2006, according to the latest revised data from the Commerce department.
It said that gross domestic product (GDP), which measures economic activity within a country, rose at an annua -
People who are readily disagreeable in their youth may end up being smarter than their laid-back contemporaries in their golden years, a new U.S. study says.
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NEW YORK—December 6, 2005—A new analysis, which ranked the 50 worst cities for respiratory infections in the United States, was released today, naming Greenville, South Carolina as the top city for respiratory tract infections. Rounding off the top 10
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A sprawling array of cases challenging the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance of Americans’ domestic and international communications may be moved to an obscure secret court in Washington, if a pending bill to alter the nation’s surveilla
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As we approach the end of the fourth year of George Bush’s war in Iraq—when this conflict will have endured as long as the American Civil War—the struggle continues to establish exactly how Bush and his minions built their basis for war, by manipula
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While Congress rushes to pass the torture bill, it’s worth remembering just who gets to decide who is an enemy combatant:
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The Bush administration’s domestic spying program that intercepts international phone calls and e-mails of suspected Al-Qaeda members without court orders can continue for seven more days, a federal judge in Detroit ruled Thursday.
U.S. District Judg
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Researchers have simulated what would happen to Internet reliability in the United States if terrorists were able to knock out various physical components of the network.
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Some African-American stars have been ridiculed for trying to lighten their skin color, but many Caucasians go to tanning salons to darken their skin. A new study by University of Missouri-Columbia researcher Cynthia Frisby found that people perceive a li
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