Iraq: get yer troops out.

* woodward on larryking: "The day of the indictment, I read the charges against Libby, and looked at the press conference by the special counsel and he said the first disclosure on all of this was on June 23rd, 2003 by Scooter Libby, the vice president’s chief of staff to New York Times reporter Judy Miller. I went whoa whoa, because I knew I learned about this in mid-June, a week, ten days before. Then I say something’s up. There’s a piece that the special counsel does not have in all of this. Then I went into incredibly aggressive reporting mode…" (link)
hmmm. incredibly agressive. thats the spirit. he's also continuing to be very shy about the date he spoke to his source - presumably that date is the key.

* " Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held for three years as an enemy combatant suspected of plotting a "dirty bomb" attack in this country, has been indicted on charges that he conspired to "murder, kidnap and maim" people overseas... Gonzales declined to comment on why none of the allegations involving attacks in America were included in the indictment." (link)
fukkers

* "Leaders of Iraq's sharply divided Shiites, Kurds and Sunnis called Monday for a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces in the country and said Iraq's opposition had a ``legitimate right'' of resistance.
The final communique, hammered out at the end of three days of negotiations at a preparatory reconciliation conference under the auspices of the Arab League, condemned terrorism, but was a clear acknowledgment of the Sunni position that insurgents should not be labeled as terrorists if their operations do not target innocent civilians or institutions designed to provide for the welfare of Iraqi citizens." (link)
hmmmm.

* hilight from the server logs - someone searched for "dog's wot dans". odd. apparently the person is searching for stories about dancing dogs. can you imagine being functionally illiterate and trying to use a search engine? that would totally suck. i'd have to imagine that you'd give up pretty quickly.