links for 2006-11-30

• Saudi will intervene in Iraq if US withdraws
• In following his own script, Webb may test Senate’s limits
• Bush adviser’s memo cites doubts about Iraqi leader
• Al-Sadr loyalists boycott Iraq government
• Colin Powell says Iraq in a ‘civil war’
• Bush and Maliki: Postponing the inevitable collision course

links for 2006-11-29

• News outlets adjust language on Iraq, begin referring to ‘civil war’
• President Bush says Iraq violence part of al Qaeda plot

links for 2006-11-28

• Stakes high as Iraq, Iran officials meet
• Britain may start pulling out of Iraq
• In wake of Richards’ rant, Paul Mooney gives up on the n-word
  Teeth less white, but soul clean.

links for 2006-11-27

• US interference ‘allowed terror gang to escape’
• A year later, little is clear on warrantless U.S. wiretaps
• Baghdad braces for more reprisals
• Dick Cheney’s mission to expand – or ‘restore’ – the powers of the presidency
• Classified report says Iraq insurgency self-sustaining
• Wave of retaliation sweeps Iraq; Shiite bloc’s threatened walkout could lead to the government’s collapse
• Calls for calm as crowd stones Iraq prime minister
• Sen. Lott attacks Rove
• History offers post-midterm survival tips for President Bush

links for 2006-11-26

• Rumsfeld okayed Abu Ghraib abuses says former U.S. general

links for 2006-11-24

• Democrats’ victory is felt on K Street
• More than 140 killed in Baghdad’s Sadr City
• Intelligence agencies to face ‘cleanup agenda’

links for 2006-11-23

• Airline checks claim of ‘flying while Muslim’ discrimination
• 1999 war game predicted Iraq problems, chaos even with 400,000 troops
• Teachers emphasize the Indians’ side
• U.S. officers criticize effort to train Iraqi forces
• Unlike Clinton, Bush sees Hanoi in bit of a hurry
• U.N. says Iraqi civilian death toll reaches new monthly high: 3,709 in October alone
• Democrats say Delay’s overzealous redistricting cost Texas three chairmanships in new Congress
• Report finds honeland security officials lax on contracting procedures
• Top Marine: Troops under too much strain
• Dems want to see citizen-monitoring database; Pentagon has been keeping tabs on groups perceived as security threat

links for 2006-11-22

• Military documents hold tips on antiwar activities
• Former Attorney General Reno files challenge to terror law
• Film director Robert Altman dies
• Former president Bush battles Arab critics of his son
• White House anticipates slower economy
• Family of missing boy’s mother sues CNN, Nancy Grace

links for 2006-11-21

• Opinion: American people just as guilty as Rumsfeld
  I don’t often link to opinion pieces in Reality-Based News, but this letter to the editor is right on the money. Rumsfeld sold us a lie we all believed. We are the United States of Hindsight.
• ‘Kramer’s’ racist tirade caught on tape
  I’m sick to my stomach.
• Don’t believe the media hype: Rangel’s push for draft is strong anti-war statement
• White House brushes off CIA report on Iran’s lack of a nuclear weapons program

links for 2006-11-20

• UN chief: NATO cannot defeat Taliban by force
• Kissinger: Iraq military win impossible
• Embittered insiders turn against President Bush