Ladies, please allow apologies for my half of humanity which allows (forces?) us to see life and express ourselves in terms of male genitalia. Really, you can't make this stuff up: just like during Second Indochinese war when US could not withdraw from Viet Nam 'cause would show weakness or lack of resolve.
Turning 50 and Goddess knows, the Cheney admin makes me miss Nixon.
[In an interview yesterday, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa cited recent overtures between Iran and Arab countries and said Arab nations are exercising a prerogative to set their own course on Iran. "As long as they have no nuclear program . . . why should we isolate Iran? Why punish Iran, now?" he asked.
One senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak publicly about the trip said many Middle Eastern governments were "confused" by the NIE. "No Arab regime understands why the United States would publish an intelligence estimate." The official said Iran will be an important focus of Bush's conversations with regional leaders, with the president seeking to reassure them of U.S. staying power in the Middle East]
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22531798/
[Iraq death rate belies US claims of success
By Kim Sengupta
Published: 07 January 2008 London Indepependent
The death rate in Iraq in the past 12 months has been the second highest in any year since the invasion, according to figures that appear to contradict American claims that the troop "surge" has dramatically reduced the level of violence across the country.
The research comes from Iraq Body Count (IBC), which has extensive experience of working in the country, and concludes that deaths outside Baghdad actually rose until September.
However, the group also concludes that the number of those killed in Baghdad, where the majority of American reinforcements for surge operations were deployed, has fallen significantly.]
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