war is just a contingency (snigger)

WAR
* even cnni is doing the 'did israel do haririkiri?' story

* "In a startling development to which the Western press is paying little attention, the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq has won the provincial governments in 8 of the 18 provinces in the country, including Baghdad. " http://www.juancole.com/2005/02/shiite-iraq-al-hayat-muhammad-husain.html

* "I can't think of another example of a case where the party so generally accused of the crime was more harmed by the results of the crime. Are we supposed to believe that the Syrians are insane and/or stupid? Do they want to invite an American-Israeli attack?" http://xymphora.blogspot.com/2005/02/rafiq-hariri-and-cui-bono.html

* "In other words, the murder of al Hariri has created some extremely fortunate opportunities for both Israel and the US; merging seamlessly with their overall objectives in the region. The likelihood that Syria was involved in the assassination is zilch. One can hardly imagine a greater disaster for poor Syria who has been scrambling to avoid the American bludgeon for the last four years." http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Feb05/Whitney0217.htm

* "With Tehran's alleged nuclear ambitions the new flashpoint in the volatile region, Mr Bush also warned that the US would support Israel in any military action against Iran." http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12296059%255E2703,00.html

AMDOM
* for some reason mcgovern is concerned about the new dni http://www.tompaine.com/articles/hail_hail_the_gangs_all_here.php
* "Up to 12 people wanted over the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri are believed to be Australian citizens who could have returned home after the bombing earlier this week," oi oi oi http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/02/18/1108709439872.html

* " new recruits could be sent to boot camp within two weeks of the draft law's passage. "Everything is in place, ready to go,"" http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2005/02/17expertsseemilit.html

* "According to the AP, the documents show that Ridge met with Republican strategists Frank Luntz and Bill McInturff in May 2004, just before he began a series of 16 trips that would take him to 10 states critical to Bush's re-election effort. Susan Neely, who worked under Ridge at Homeland Security, said the meetings had nothing to do with presidential politics." http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/archive.html?blog=/politics/war_room/2005/02/17/ridge/index.html

* Iain Duncan Smith: "Bloggers will rescue the right: Hatefulness also pours out of the popular websites of Michael Moore and MoveOn.org." sweet http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1417983,00.html

* ive been meaning to comment for a while (and may even have done so recently) but theres something i cant work out in the url's that yahoo uses for AP stories - heres one http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20050217/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_intelligence_chief_23 - i dont know what it means, but this bit "ap_on_go_pr_wh" has me intrigued - i wonder what it means - the 'pr' bit has me especially piqued. they use this nomenclature all the time - theres prolly an reasonable explanation... outside of the one im tempted to wish was true "public relations for the whitehouse"

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