The Grand Ayatollah Behind the Curtain- October 28, 2006 The question directed this week to the National Security Council press office was straightforward: "Has the Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani met with any American official, either military or civilian, since the U.S. invasion in 2003" The answer reveals the extent to which the Bush administration is now, and always has been, out of its depth in Iraq.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... The Real 'New Iraq'- October 21, 2006 Christians are being targeted in Iraq. It's not because they are one of the dominant groups vying to run the country. They aren't. Their clerics also are not part of Iraq's religious elite, although Christianity has deep roots in that country.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... What Rosenbaum Case Investigators Weren't Told- October 14, 2006 There are reasons journalists approach "official" government reports with a healthy dose of skepticism. Case in point The D.C. inspector general's June final report on the death of New York Times reporter David E. Rosenbaum in January.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... What's Wrong With Washington: Exhibit A- October 7, 2006 The powers that be, from Capitol Hill to the White House, will deny it, but the face of Washington these days is former Florida Republican congressman Mark Foley and the House GOP leadership, represented by Speaker J. Dennis Hastert. Together the two men serve as proxies for much that is wrong with this town.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... |