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- The second wave against Mearsheimer and Walt: A well-tempered smother-out as a new war looms
The Last Ditch, May 25, 2006 - Bush, Blair admit mistakes in Iraq
Washington Post, May 25, 2006 - Iran color-coded religious badges story 'untrue'
Csmonitor.com, May 25, 2006 - Joe Galloway, Nearing Retirement, Hits Rumsfeld in E-mails
Editor & Publisher, May 24, 2006 - Fairy Tales
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Following 9/11, President Bush and seven top officials of his administration waged a carefully orchestrated campaign of misinformation about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
By Charles Lewis and Mark Reading-Smith ( The six retired generals who stepped forward last spring to publicly attack Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's handling of the Iraq war had to overcome a culture of reticence based on civilian control of the military.... more Neo-CONNED News recently conducted an interview with Ibrahim Ebeid, an Editor with the Arab website, Al-Moharer.net. The interesting site has frequently been the primary source of statements from leading Iraqi government... more This Thursday,... more In a short but important introduction to Chapter 25 of Neo-CONNED! Again, the editors... moreDate Added: January 23, 2008Night of the Generals
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- The second wave against Mearsheimer and Walt: A well-tempered smother-out as a new war looms
The Last Ditch, May 25, 2006
More on the controversial academics, and the propaganda push in the face of a potentially pending war in Iran, by a Neo-CONNED! Again author. - Bush, Blair admit mistakes in Iraq
Washington Post, May 25, 2006
Too little, too late. Because the mistakes are inextricably tied to the motives for going into Iraq in the first place, and no one is willing to touch that. - Iran color-coded religious badges story 'untrue'
Csmonitor.com, May 25, 2006
A glimpse into what went on in the case of Iraq? - Joe Galloway, Nearing Retirement, Hits Rumsfeld in E-mails
Editor & Publisher, May 24, 2006
Some things just never seem to sink in, even with 1400 pages of documentation. - Fairy Tales
Harper's, May 18, 2006
Lousy intel got us into war, and it's keeping us from getting out. - The case for pre-emption: Alan M Dershowitz reviewed
OpenDemocracy.net, May 18, 2006
Seems they never learn, Iraq and Abu Ghraib notwithstanding. A disgusting 'tour de force' by one of America's premier anti-legal minds. - Abuse Trial Revives Old Questions
Washington Post, May 22, 2006
This further testimony from officials such as GEN Sanchez, Col. Pappas, CAPT Wood, and the whole case of Abu Ghraib characters, implicates Rumsfeld, Cambone, and Boykin in the application of 'pressure' to obtain more intelligence. As we've been saying. - The Storm over the Israel Lobby
New York Review of Books, June 8, 2006
The controversy over Mearsheimer-Walt continues. Dissected nicely by Michael Massing of the NY Review of Books. - Misjudgments Marred U.S. Plans for Iraqi Police
New York Times, May 21, 2006
This is the same police force that GEN Barry McCaffrey calls 'key' to the US exit strategy and ultimate victory. - Lawyer thrown out of Saddam trial
BBC News, May 22, 2006
The silliness of this trial makes it increasingly hard to imagine that fairness is one of its attributes, as pointed out by Dr. Doebbler in Neo-CONNED! Again several months ago. - Abu Ghraib dog handler on trial
BBC News, May 23, 2006
Another instance of the troops taking the fall for bad, probably illegal policy. Col Smith's piece in Neo-CONNED! Again is still one of the only sources for a clear, convincing case on the entire torture scandal. - Why Iraqis Aren't Cheering Their New Government
TIME Magazine, May 20, 2006
The more things change.... The political chaos currently reigning stems from errors dating back before the January 2005 election, as detailed by Mark Gery in Neo-CONNED! Again. - Rumsfeld Reveals Split Over Interrogation
Charlotte Observer, May 17, 2006
The question of Geneva protections for non-POWs, i.e. the protections of the 4th Convention, continues to be begged. For an education, read Col. Smith's chapter in Neo-CONNED! Again. - Hussein Is Formally Charged for War Crimes
New York Times, May 15, 2006
Saddam's insistence that he remains Iraq's legitimate president isn't as 'outrageous' as it seems; see Chapter 40, Neo-CONNED! Again - The attack on Mearsheimer and Walt
The Last Ditch, April 20, 2006
The author of the essay on Israel and the war in Iraq in Neo-CONNED! Again tackles the Mearsheimer-Walt paper and controversy - Army Rules Put on Hold
L.A.Times, May 11, 2006
Readers of Neo-CONNED! Again's chapter on torture by Col. Dan Smith won't be surprised that the government is attempting to retain the 'freedom' to treat certain detainees worse than others. - A parallel universe
Open Democracy, May 11., 2006
The increasingly large disconnect between Bush Administration rhetoric and reality. - Clash Foreseen Between C.I.A. and Pentagon
New York Times, May 9, 2006
So much for 'I'm not in the intelligence business,' Mr. Rumsfeld. - Clark assails Iraqi trial of Saddam Hussein
Reuters, May 9, 2006
His points are substantiated by the essay of Curtis Doebbler in Neo-CONNED! Again, chapter 40. - The USDA on Iraq: Everything's Coming Up Rosy
The Washington Post, May 8, 2006
Things are getting bad when the farmers have to explain why Iraq will 'no longer' be a terrorist haven. - Spy Czar, Rumsfeld in a Turf War
Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2006
And yet he tells Ray McGovern that he's 'not in the intelligence business.' - Destroying Iraq To Save It
TomPaine.com, May 8, 2006
Dreyfuss's conclusions are exactly ours in his dismissal and criticism of the 'partition Iraq' plan. - Rumsfeld denies making claims Iraq had WMDs
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 8, 2006
The more backtracking there is, the more we are proven right. - The uproar over the Israel lobby
The Free Press, May 5, 2006
Alex Cockburn on the hot topic. - 'Quote of the Day' from Ray McGovern
TIME Magazine, May 5, 2006
Ray's challenge to Rumsfeld continues to make headlines. - Rumsfeld Heckled by Former CIA Analyst
ABC News, May 4, 2006
Our own Ray McGovern takes on SECDEF. See the full video here. - Americans Decry Iraq War Casualties, Cost
Angus Reid Polling, May 2, 2006
A majority now think that the casualties and cost of removing Saddam from power was not worth it. - Baghdad morgue receives 35-50 bodies daily
Reuters, May 4, 2006
A tragic and telling metric. Before the fall of Saddam, it received 7 to 10. - US denies terror suspect torture
BBC, May 5, 2006
We've not progressed very far. Those held 'accountable' are not the authors of the failed, evil policy, but only those implementing it. - Policy is More Important than Personnel
by Congressman Ron Paul, April 24, 2006
Echoing the sentiments of Neo-CONNED, Congressman Paul urges a focus on 'how, when, and why the United States uses military force.' - When the President Joked About Not Finding WMD
Editor and Publisher, May 1, 2006
Evidently it's not all that funny after all. - US does not consider Taliban terrorists
Christian Science Monitor, May 2, 2006
Exposing the weakness of the U.S. approach to 'terror,' the distinction finally emerges between criminals and patriots. - A Spy Speaks Out
CBS News, April 23, 2006
Further confirmation that the predominant thesis of the Neo-CONNED! set is right on the money. - More Retired Generals Call for Rumsfeld's Resignation
New York Times, April 14, 2006
Too little too late? Probably. Not to mention that the main question remains unaddressed: was the war right or wrong? - Magic Carpet Ride Over Iran
by Arnaud de Borchgrave NewsMax.com, April 12, 2006
Someone's been reading Neo-CONNED! and vowing not to repeat the history of the last war, evidently. - Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War
Washigton Post, April 12, 2006
The misrepresentation continued through the war (and continues today). As the Neo-CONNED! volumes indicate, this is, of course, just the tip of the iceberg. - Special prosecutor links White House to CIA leak
San Francisco Chronicle, April 11, 2006
Evidence of the White House's 'clandestine' spin efforts continues to leak out. - RAF doctor faces court martial over 'illegal war'
The Telegraph (UK), April 11, 2006
Is it finally sinking in? - The Numbers War
The Atlantic Monthly, May 2006
More confirmation of de Grand Pre's article from September 2005, in Neo-CONNED! Again: the insurgency isn't going away. - Shadow Falls Over U.S. Military Tribunals
Associated Press, April 5, 2006
Military commissions are still plagued by the chaos that was inaugrated by the Appeals Panel's overturning of Judge Robertson's ruling against them. Will the SC have enough sense to force them to comply with domestic and inatl. law? - No, international law doesn't have to be dumped because of al-Qaida
The Guardian, April 5, 2006
Further testimony that the chapters on Geneva and International Law in Neo-CONNED! Again were right on the money. - Testimony: Bush OK’d leak to derail critic
Kansas City Star, April 7, 2006
As Steinberg reports in Neo-CONNED! Again, the real issue in the CIA leak case is a White House operation to use jounalists to carry water in defense of the decision to invade Iraq. - US 'in talks with Iraq militants'
BBC, April 7, 2006
As is typical, these claims of negotiations with 'insurgents' are unsubstantiated and omit the Saddam loyalists who arguably are fighting for their legitimate rights. See de Grand Pre's chapter in Neo-CONNED! Again for a more accurate perspective. - Libby Says Bush OK'd Leaks, Filing Alleges
Associated Press, April 7, 2006
As Jeff Steinberg reported six months ago in Neo-CONNED! Again, the nortorious leak was a White House sponsored operation. - THE IRAN PLANS
The New Yorker, April 17, 2006
Are we headed towards the same mistake in Iran? - Of Course There Is an Israel Lobby
The Independent Institute, April 6, 2006
Ambassador Peck, who heavily endorsed the Neo-CONNED! volumes, on the Walt/Mearscheimer paper - Abuse trial begins for Abu Ghraib dog handler
Reuters, March 13, 2006
Yet another low-ranking soldier claims to have been 'just following orders.' Still no one is prepared to investigate those orders or examine U.S. policy. See Dan Smith's 'A Torture(d) Web' in Neo-CONNED! Again. - U.S. Said To Misread Hussein On Arms
Washington Post, March 14, 2006
The evidence continues to mount that the Iraqis indeed were making every effort to comply with UN demands. - Study: U.S. Middle East policy motivated by pro-Israel lobby
Haaretz, March 17, 2006
The comments posted on this article alone reval the firestorm that this issue tends to provoke. Remember: you read it first in Neo-CONNED! Again. - The Israel Lobby
The London Review of Books, March 23, 2006
A total confirmation of the Sniegoski chapter in Neo-CONNED! Again on the same subject. - 03/17/06 — Official Says Shiite Party Suppressed Body Count
Al-Jaafari accuses 'Saddamists and Baathists' of execution-style killings, while the evidence points rather to his Iranian-trained Dawa- and Badr-affiliated Interior Ministry. - 03/17/06 — Iraqi Police Are Tied to Abuses and Deaths, U.S. Review Finds
Another success story from the U.S. toppling of the former Iraqi government. - 03/17/06 — Elite Troops Get Expanded Role on Intelligence
Evidently the 'law of armed conflict' -- which prohibits extra-judicial killing of individuals not immediately involved in belligerent acts -- scandalously isn't one of the main criticisms of DoD's new deployment of SpecOps forces at American embassies. - 03/17/06 — Gonzales Defends U.S. Policy on Torture
But he admits that 'torture' means different things to different people. It's only 'our' torture that we repudiate. - 03/17/06 — Rumsfeld Says Iran Interfering in Iraq
So we are supposed to believe -- even after reading the political chapters of Neo-CONNED! Again that Iran is sponsoring an effectively anti-Iranian insurgency in Iraq? - 03/17/06 — U.S. Is Seeking Better Balance In Iraqi Police
Illustrative confirmation that Iraqi police are 90% Shiite and filled with 'militia,' and that the 'Iraqi army' remains under direct 'U.S. operational control.' The points that Col. de Grand Pre made 6 months ago in Chapter 38 of Neo-CONNED! Again - 03/17/06 — Iran's best friend
How serious can we take the 'concerns' voiced over Iran when we've done nothing but aid the Iranian faction in Iraq since March 2003. See Mark Gery's Chapter 39 of Neo-CONNED! Again for the inside story. - 03/17/06 — A Place That Is Rougher and Bleaker Than Guantanamo
Neo-CONNED! Again makes reference to 'the snowballing of American lawlessness.' Here's evidence that the book is right. - 03/17/06 — Bin Laden aide snubs tribunal
Legal chaos continues to surround the military commissions that will go before the Supreme Court on March 28, and which Prof. Boyle calls a 'kangaroo court' in Chapter 25 of Neo-CONNED! Again - 03/17/06 — Knight Ridder: White House Warned of Civil War in Iraq in 2003
Chapter 38 of Neo-CONNED! Again is confirmed by CIA: 'the insurgency was fueled by local conditions -- not foreign terrorists -- and drew strength from deep grievances, including the presence of U.S. troops.' - 03/17/06 — Poll: Troops signal desire to come home
The desire to come home is to be applauded. What's disturbing is the percentage of servicemembers who think we're in Iraq as retribution for 9/11. - 03/17/06 — The case for complacency in Iraq
Though the title should read 'The Case for Withdrawl from Iraq,' the piece offers an excellent perspective on the politico-strategic situation of Iran in light of the continuting insurgency in Iraq. - 03/17/06 — In the Battle for Baghdad, U.S. Turns War on Insurgents
In spite of claims that 'Iraqi' forces are improving, the piece also reveals that U.S. forces still do the bulk of the fighting, and Baghdad in the hands of the native 'Army' is 'worse than ever.' - 03/17/06 — FBI Interrogators in Cuba Opposed Aggressive Tactics
Newly released FBI memos confirm Col. Smith's contentions in Chapter 31 of Neo-CONNED! Again - 03/17/06 — Review of the Arab Press on Sammara Mosque bombing
Some Arab papers offer interesting viewpoints on the motives of those attempting to increase sectarian strife in Iraq. - 03/17/06 — The light dawns -- belatedly
Confirming our bloggers' suspicions, Joe Galloway gets to the point: contra Rumsfeld, it's not the media that's the problem, it's the message - sent by our words and our actions. - 03/17/06 — Iraqi Leader Scolds U.S. on Politics
From no matter what perspective, it's laughable when Jaafari says, 'We think that sovereignty means no one interferes in our affairs.' He's ignoring his own ties to Iran, and naive about his patrons' 'disinterestedness.' - 03/17/06 — A bomb goes off. Iraqi troops flee. And the US has a problem
As Col. de Grand Pre predicted in Neo-CONNED! Again Chapter 38, the 'Iraqi forces' cannot operate without US forces' support. They are adjuncts -- some would say 'collaborators' -- in the (illegal) occupation of thier country. - 03/17/06 — U.S. Still Planting Stories in Iraq Media
Who's in charge here? After SECDEF promises to end the practice of planting stories in the Iraqi media, we find, alas (!), that it goes on. Sounds familiar. - 03/17/06 — Senior Lawyer at Pentagon Broke Ranks on Detainees
Further discussion of Alberto Mora's failed effort to craft a sane and legal interrogation policy. - 03/17/06 — The Memo
Jane Mayer chronicles Alberto Mora's struggle to keep Pentagon lawyers on the legal and moral high road. Her piece, and Mora's revelations, confirm Col. Smith's contention in Neo-CONNED! Again, Chapter 31. - 03/17/06 — Report: Pentagon ignored repeated warnings on torture and abuse
There was a good man in government, after all. 'Was' is the problem, though. - 03/17/06 — Documents Boost Case Against Saddam
Despite the claims of the headline, the trial, which a Neo-CONNED! Again author has called unfair, partial, and illegitimate, still fails to produce credible evidence. - 03/17/06 — A permanent basis for staying in Iraq
What, then, of claims that the 'occupation' won't last a very long time? - 03/17/06 — Iraq Interior Ministry Looks Into Reports of Death Squads
'According to Maj. Gen. Hussein Kamal, Maj. Gen. Joseph Peterson, the American who oversees training of Iraqi forces, said he had discovered a death squad operating with Interior Ministry uniforms and ID cards.' No kidding. - 03/17/06 — Abu Ghraib leaked report reveals full extent of abuse
More detail on why Col. Smith's chapter in Neo-CONNED! Again, putting together the various strands on the Abu Ghraib scandal, is definitive. - 03/17/06 — In Their Own Words: Reading the Iraqi Insurgency
Report referred to below in ABC News story exactly confirms the perspective of Neo-CONNED! authors Margolis, de Grand Pre, Gery, and others. - 03/17/06 — Iraqi Insurgents Increasingly Using Internet as Propaganda Machine
One man's 'propaganda' is another man's 'news.' In light of U.S. activities (see the 'media' section of Neo-CONNED! Again) the story takes on quite a different light. - 03/17/06 — Quick Rise for Purveyors of Propaganda in Iraq
Former Rendon partner is as incompetent as it is duplicitous. For background on Rendon, see chapter 34 of Neo-CONNED! Again. - 03/17/06 — Italian Court Upholds Terrorism Acquittals
Confirming the conclusion of chapter 38 of Neo-CONNED! Again, the Italian court rules: 'The recruitment of volunteers in Iraq to fight against the Americans cannot be considered under any circumstance terrorist activity.' - 03/17/06 — Rice grilled over Iraq rebuilding pace, costs
2300 dead, for this: '...in access to drinking water, electricity, and sewer service, Iraqis are worse off than before the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, according to statistics released last week by the U.S. special IG for Iraq reconstruction.' - 03/17/06 — New inquiry urged over Abu Ghraib
It's not likely - from all that Col. Smith reports in Neo-CONNED! Again - that further calls for investigations will be heeded. - 03/17/06 — Iraqi Shiite Bloc Showing Cracks
The much-malined al-Sadr is still the only public Shiite voice of reason. See Neo-CONNED! Again chapter 39 for an honest assessment of all the political players in Iraq today. - 03/17/06 — Abu Ghraib reopens old wounds for US
The article begins with a somber reminder: Abu Ghraib is a 'scandal for which no senior US military officer or official has ever been sanctioned.' See Col. Smith's piece in Neo-CONNED! Again for the story behind the story. - 03/17/06 — Iraq Death Squad Claims to Be Investigated
See Chapter 38 of Neo-CONNED! Again, on the resistance in Iraq, for more on this story. The Shiites operating now against Iraqi civilians are members of the same groups that operated against the Iraqi government before March 2003. - 03/17/06 — Iraq calls on US to hand over Iraqi detainees
Notwithstanding the claims from the occupuing powers of Iraqi 'sovereignty,' Iraqi puppet government calls for the turnover of Iraqi detainees go unheeded. - 03/17/06 — New Abu Ghraib pictures anger Arab nations
A useful overview of reaction in the press both in the U.S. and throughout the Arab world. - 03/17/06 — Salon exclusive: The Abu Ghraib files
A visual representation of Neo-CONNED! Again, Chapter 30, by Col. Dan Smith: 'A Torture(d) Web.' - 03/17/06 — UN says Guantanamo must be shut down and 'torture' outlawed
Though U.S. officials dismiss the UN report for judging according to 'peacetime' human rights law, intl. humanitarian law (the law of war) remains neglected. See Chapter 28, Neo-CONNED! Again. - 03/17/06 — Report: U.S. Is Abusing Captives
This new draft UN report 'focuses on the U.S. government's legal basis for the detentions' at Gitmo. Here's hoping the report is as thorough as Neo-CONNED! Again chapters 28-31, which look candidly at the 'war on terror,' and cry foul. - 03/17/06 — Army Offers Incentives to Try to Retain Officers
'The percentage of officers -- from lieutenants to colonels -- who leave the Army each year has been rising since 2004.' Wonder why? - 03/17/06 — Saddam is forced to attend trial
Chapter 40 of Neo-CONNED! Again says Saddam's trial is unfair and illegitimate. With a chief judge convicted in the 1970s for activities against the regime he's now prosecuting and coerced witness testimony, 'unfair' is putting it mildly! - 03/17/06 — Experts say U.S. in Iraq for long haul
Gen. Casey is quoted as saying, 'Because of the nature of counterinsurgency, it's often hard for people to define what victory is.' What a lovely position for our troops to be in. The answer? COME HOME NOW. - 03/17/06 — Report: Iraq war costs could top $2 trillion
Sure, Ma and Pa America would certainly have supported this disastrous escapade in Iraq if they new in advance it would cost 2300 lives and $2 trillion. - 03/17/06 — Jaafari looks set to keep PM job
After nearly 2300 dead and a projected cost of $2 trillion, we've succeeded in permanently installing a pro-Iranian Shiite at the helm in Iraq, never mind our apparently increasing readiness to go into Iran to get rid of a few dozen of his sympathizers. - 03/17/06 — Intelligence, Policy,and the War in Iraq
Further confirmation from CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar of what we've known all along and what the Neo-CONNED! set conclusively demonstrates: 'The administration used intelligence not to inform decision-making, but to justify a decision already made.' - 03/17/06 — Dec. 15 Iraqi Election Results Certified
The transfer of political power to pro-Iranian, radical, unrepresentative Shiites is legally 'complete.' See Mary Gery's piece (chapter 39, Neo-CONNED! Again) for the details and the background. - 03/17/06 — US offered to exile Saddam if he curbed insurgents: lawyer
As asserted by Col. de Grand Pre last year (in Neo-CONNED! Again, chapter 38), Saddam lawyer confirms U.S. understanding of just who can end the insurgency. - 03/17/06 — Libby Says Leaks Authorized, Papers Show
Truth marches on. For the whole story, see chapter 30 of Neo-CONNED! Again. - 03/17/06 — Ex-CIA Official Faults Use of Data on Iraq
Subtitled 'Intelligence 'Misused' to Justify War, He Says,' the article is yet another ringing endorsement of the thesis of the Neo-CONNED! set. - 03/17/06 — Sunni tribes turn against jihadis
Notwithstanding the headline, what the article really says is what Donn de Grand Pre says: native Iraqis oppose both the 'foreign terrorists' and 'foreign occupiers.' - 03/17/06 — Report Says Number of Attacks by Insurgents in Iraq Increases
So, as Col. de Grand Pre predicted in Chapter 38 of Neo-CONNED! Again, the insurgency isn't in its 'last throes.' How often have we been told that? - 03/17/06 — Iraqi construction funds go to security
Iraq reconstruction is still a fiasco, with much of the money going to security for contractors. - 03/17/06 — U.S. officials meet Iraq insurgent groups
This reads like it was written 6 months ago; no details, no confirmation, no nothing, except another assertion that the Iraqis are about to give up. Read Col. De Grand Pre's Chapter 38 (Neo-CONNED Again!) for the real story. - 03/17/06 — Larry Wilkerson on Iraq pre-War Intelligence
In one phrase Col. Wilkerson confirms the truth of both Neo-CONNED! volumes: 'I participated in a hoax on the American people, the international community, and the United Nations Security Council.' - 03/17/06 — Activists on Right, GOP Lawmakers Divided on Spying
It's finally sinking in: something that Prof. Paul Gottfried knew years ago, and expressed persuasively in Chapter 9 of Neo-CONNED!: this is not a Conservative war waged by a Conservative administration. - 03/17/06 — Is CIA Leak Probe a 'Witch Hunt'?
As opposed to the leak probe into the revelation of Valerie Plame's identity (see Chapter 30, Neo-CONNED! Again), this one smacks of retribution against a whistleblower. - 03/17/06 — Stop-loss used to retain 50,000 US troops
Not to mention that the latest Knight Ridder opinion report reveals that at least 47% of Iraqis still favor attacks on American troops. Perhaps Col. de Grand Pre (Neo-CONNED! Again, Chapter 38) was right after all! - 03/17/06 — Lawmakers Fear Lack of Progress on Iraq
Senators blast Rummy over oil, politics, and the insurgency. Imagine the heat they'd just read Neo-CONNED! and Neo-CONNED! Again! - 03/17/06 — Anti-war veterans running for office
These facts give the lie to the crowing about how high morale is and how overjoyed our servicemen are about dying to pur radical, pro-Iranian shiites in power over a formerly secular Arab nation. See Chapters 14, 15, & 16 of Neo-CONNED! Again. - 03/17/06 — US senators to probe general's Abu Ghraib testimony
Could it be that there's something inconsistent in MG Miller's story? The Senators should just read Chapter 31 of Neo-CONNED! Again on the whole torture scandal, and they'd find out all they need to know. - 03/17/06 — Where Iraq Goes Now
A not too forceful reminder of what 'democracy' in Iraq has accomplished. It's also what Mark Gery knew months ago, and put in his Chapter 39 of Neo-CONNED! Again. - 03/17/06 — Iran's nukes are a non-issue
If only this kind of sanity preceded -- persuasively -- the war in Iraq. - 03/17/06 — Taking no legal prisoners
A good primer for discussion by Gabor Rona, Joe Margulies, Rear Adm. John Hutson (ret.), and Col Dan Smith (ret.) on torture, Geneva, and the War on Terror. EXCLUSIVELY in Neo-CONNED! Again. - 03/17/06 — Planted Articles May Be Violation
Pentagon's IO roadmap is said to forbid placing canned stories in Iraqi media. But this 'much ado about nothing' pales in comparison to the real war-PR effort. See Col. Sam Gardiner's Ch. 34, in Neo-CONNED! Again. - 03/17/06 — US audit finds 'spectacular' waste of funds in Iraq
The least noticed of the Inspector General (IG)'s findings is that no overt plans for Iraq reconstruction were made due to a desire 'to avoid the impression that the US government had already decided on [military] intervention.' - 03/17/06 — General sees rift in Iraq enemy
For anyone who's read Chapter 38 of Neo-CONNED! Again, the idea that native pro-insurgency Iraqis are not 'al-Qaeda' sympathizers will be old news. Those that haven't read it should, in order to understand these headlines. - 03/17/06 — Report done for Pentagon says Army close to 'snapping'
'[A] Vietnam veteran and former adviser to three defense secretaries [writes] that the US cannot maintain the rate of troop deployments...to defeat the [Iraq] insurgency....' Where have we heard that before? Chapter 38 of Neo-CONNED! Again - 03/17/06 — New report raises latest concerns on the military's ability to maintain the pace
'...the Army cannot sustain the pace of troop deployments to Iraq long enough to break the back of the insurgency.' Yet another indication that Col. de Grand Pre's work on the insurgency for Neo-CONNED! Again remains on the cutting edge - 03/17/06 — Report alleges 'outsourcing of torture' by US
The Europeans are just now confirming what Neo-CONNED! Again revealed in Chatpers 28, 29, and 31 - 03/17/06 — Hussein Trial Halts Again, Setting Off Wave of Criticism
David Crane, American former chief prosecutor of the war-crimes court in Sierra Leone, calls the proceedings a 'a faltering extrajudicial tribunal.' Don't miss Doebbler's expose on the whole issue in Neo-CONNED! Again. - 03/17/06 — Army Interrogator Reprimanded in Iraqi's Death
Lenient sentence implies that jurors possibly agreed with the defense's contention (which Col. Smith makes plain in Neo-CONNED! Again, Chapter 31): the torture policy is partly to blame - 03/17/06 — Session of Saddam Trial Cancelled
The latest delay in a trial that international lawyer Curtis Doebbler, in Chapter 40 of Neo-CONNED! Again, calls illegitimate - 03/17/06 — Delicate Dance for Bush in Depicting Spy Program as Asset
Reminiscent of the White House Iraq Group, the PR machine gets into gear. See chapter 34 of Neo-CONNED! Again for an elightening analogy. - 03/17/06 — Army Interrogator Is Convicted of Negligent Homicide
This is just the tip of the iceberg, compared to the revelations in Col. Dan Smith's chapter in Neo-CONNED! Again. As even this NYT piece hints at, it's the policy that has yet to be seriously put on trial. - 03/17/06 — What the Chattering Class Should Be Chatting About From Risen’s Spy Book
An interesting highlight from Risen's book--confirming exactly the contention of Ray McGovern and others in Neo-CONNED! Again--that CIA had reliable confirmation, which it did not share, that Iraq's WMD programs had been abandoned before the war - 03/17/06 — 2002 Memo Doubted Uranium Sale Claim
Surprise, surprise! See Jeff Steinberg's piece in Neo-CONNED! Again for the whole sordid story on the Niger uranium issue, and how it all really points to the White-House led PR campaign. - 03/17/06 — Bush could bypass new torture ban
Bush attaches 'sigining statement' to bill outlawing torture of detainees, reserving the right to 'do what is necessary' in protecting the country. What, then, of the rule of law? See Neo-CONNED Again, Chapters 28 & 30 - 03/17/06 — Supreme Court OKs transfer of Padilla
The high court still needs to hear a challenge to the 'indefinite detention' power claimed by the executive branch as part of GWOT power. There's more on this in Neo-CONNED! Again, Chapters 28-31 - 03/17/06 — Public Divided on Setting Timetable for Withdrawal From Iraq
'Public still doubts Iraq will have democratic government in year,' yet the loss of life continues: for what? - 03/17/06 — US tries to loosen Shiite grip in Iraq
Giving the lie to the 'freedom' created by the new Iraq, our 'shaping' of Iraqi politics continues. See Chapter 39 (Neo-CONNED! Again) for essential background. - 03/17/06 — 4th Circuit Court Refuses Transfer of Padilla to Civilian Court
Court's refusal highlights U.S.'s lawless approach to GWOT in seeking to keep Padilla case away from Supreme Court review; see Neo-CONNED! Again section on the "snowballing of American lawlessness" for more information - 03/17/06 — Insurgents Pledge to Continue Fighting
As Col. de Grand Pre says in Neo-CONNED! Again Chapter 38, the Iraqi resistance is fighting for national liberation, not for 'terror' - 03/17/06 — The Man Who Sold the War
Journalist James Bamford writes of "Bush's general in the propaganda war," echoing Sam Gardiner's essay in Neo-CONNED! Again, Chapter 34 - 03/17/06 — Iraq's "impossible" insurgency
Unsurprising confirmation of Col. de Grand Pre's analysis in chapter 38 of Neo-CONNED! Again - 03/17/06 — Saddam asked to return as President by supporters
An interesting illustration of how, if we were really in Iraq for democracy, we'd let Saddam run for election - 03/17/06 — What "staying the course" really means
U.S. policy in Iraq (unsurprisingly) a complete backfire - 03/17/06 — U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press
More of what Col. Sam Gardiner wrote about in Chapter 34 of Neo-CONNED! Again - 03/17/06 — Killings Linked to Shiite Squads in Iraqi Police Force
Story confirms Neo-CONNED! Again chapters 38 & 39: we've empowered Shiite sects to terrorize the populace - 03/17/06 — Anti-native bias of Iraqi "security forces" more and more evident
Anti-native bias of Iraqi "security forces" more and more evident - 03/17/06 — New Report: Iraqis set to loose massive amount of oil revenue
New Report: Iraqis set to loose massive amount of oil revenue - 03/17/06 — Saddam defiant at trial, with former Atty. General Ramsey Clark present
Saddam defiant at trial, with former Atty. General Ramsey Clark present - 03/17/06 — Saddam trial insists on remaining in Iraq despite concerns for defense counsel security
Saddam trial insists on remaining in Iraq despite concerns for defense counsel security - 03/17/06 — Government charges Padilla and skirts high court fight over his detention
Government charges Padilla and skirts high court fight over his detention - 03/17/06 — NY Times gets it right: new approach to Padilla is a farce
NY Times gets it right: new approach to Padilla is a farce - 03/17/06 — Administration changes course on approach to Padilla
Administration changes course on approach to Padilla - 03/17/06 — Shiites and Kurds in new Iraqi government concede right of resistance to occupation
Shiites and Kurds in new Iraqi government concede right of resistance to occupation - 03/17/06 — Iraqi leaders confirm right of Iraqis to resistance at Arab-League-sponsored meeting in Cairo
Iraqi leaders confirm right of Iraqis to resistance at Arab-League-sponsored meeting in Cairo - 03/17/06 — DoD Inspector General begins investigation into Doug Feith's pre-war intel activities
DoD Inspector General begins investigation into Doug Feith's pre-war intel activities - 03/17/06 — CIA "punished in-house critics" who said "curveball" lied
CIA "punished in-house critics" who said "curveball" lied - 03/17/06 — Germans say CIA knew "curveball" was unreliable
Germans say CIA knew "curveball" was unreliable - 03/17/06 — Thanks Uncle Sam: formerly integrated Iraqi neighborhoods now coming apart
Thanks Uncle Sam: formerly integrated Iraqi neighborhoods now coming apart - 03/17/06 — Fitzgerald to seek new grand jury to continue investigation
Fitzgerald to seek new grand jury to continue investigation - 03/17/06 — Chalabi: incarnating the catastrophe
Chalabi: incarnating the catastrophe - 03/17/06 — Poll: most Americans doubt Bush's honesty
Poll: most Americans doubt Bush's honesty - 03/17/06 — Lawmakers fed up with lack of progress in Iraq; demanding change in strategy
Lawmakers fed up with lack of progress in Iraq; demanding change in strategy - 03/17/06 — Majority of Americans think new Iraqi constitution won't change much
Majority of Americans think new Iraqi constitution won't change much - 03/17/06 — Win some, lose some: Senator Graham denying GTMO prisoners right to challenge detentions
Win some, lose some: Senator Graham denying GTMO prisoners right to challenge detentions - 03/17/06 — Saddam's lawyers protest security conditions after repeated assassinations
Saddam's lawyers protest security conditions after repeated assassinations - 03/17/06 — Iraq reconstruction effort STILL "grim"
Iraq reconstruction effort STILL "grim" - 03/17/06 — DIA report indicates source on Iraq-al-Qaeda connection was unreliable
DIA report indicates source on Iraq-al-Qaeda connection was unreliable - 03/17/06 — House Republicans delay vote on motion to support McCain's amendment to defense bill
House Republicans delay vote on motion to support McCain's amendment to defense bill - 03/17/06 — Cheny continues agitation against all limits on US treatment of GWOT "detainees"
Cheny continues agitation against all limits on US treatment of GWOT "detainees" - 03/17/06 — UK diplomat says Blair blew it
UK diplomat says Blair blew it - 03/17/06 — Supreme Court to hear appeal on military commissions case
Supreme Court to hear appeal on military commissions case - 03/17/06 — "Civil war" perhaps already in progress between regular Iraqis and sectarian militias
"Civil war" perhaps already in progress between regular Iraqis and sectarian militias - 03/17/06 — Constitution facilitates partition of Iraq and overturning of former legitimate government
Constitution facilitates partition of Iraq and overturning of former legitimate government - 03/17/06 — One of best Brit lawyers to challenge legality of Saddam tribunal
One of best Brit lawyers to challenge legality of Saddam tribunal - 03/17/06 — Rove testifies in Plame leak probe
Rove testifies in Plame leak probe - 03/17/06 — Iraq parliament's U-turn on constitution ratification
Iraq parliament's U-turn on constitution ratification - 03/17/06 — Court-martialed Army private: "military commanders...fully aware of what was going on" at Abu Ghraib
Court-martialed Army private: "military commanders...fully aware of what was going on" at Abu Ghraib - 03/17/06 — 72% of Londoners think Iraq war provoked July 7 terror attack
72% of Londoners think Iraq war provoked July 7 terror attack - 03/17/06 — Constitution being "forced" on Iraqis by puppet government rule-change
Constitution being "forced" on Iraqis by puppet government rule-change - 03/17/06 — Army captain and West Point grad alleges abuse and questions approach of Army investigations
Army captain and West Point grad alleges abuse and questions approach of Army investigations - 03/17/06 — Ex-Army chaplain and West Point grad says conditions (and MG Miller) fostered abuse at GTMO
Ex-Army chaplain and West Point grad says conditions (and MG Miller) fostered abuse at GTMO - 03/17/06 — 74% (and 60% of Republicans) say regime change and democracy insufficient reasons for Iraq war
74% (and 60% of Republicans) say regime change and democracy insufficient reasons for Iraq war - 03/17/06 — U.S. blames Zarqawi for insurgency (see Neo-CONNED! Again for refutation of this)
U.S. blames Zarqawi for insurgency (see Neo-CONNED! Again for refutation of this) - 03/17/06 — Simply a few rogue soldiers at Abu Ghraib?
Simply a few rogue soldiers at Abu Ghraib? - 03/17/06 — Another scapegoat sentenced for Abu Ghraib abuse
Another scapegoat sentenced for Abu Ghraib abuse - 03/17/06 — Ashcroft and Mueller told to testify in lawsuit alleging NY police abuse of Muslims
Ashcroft and Mueller told to testify in lawsuit alleging NY police abuse of Muslims - 03/17/06 — Turkish women blast Karen Hughes over Iraq war's effect on women's rights
Turkish women blast Karen Hughes over Iraq war's effect on women's rights - 03/17/06 — Scooter Libby give Judy Miller "permission" to testify in Plame leak investigation
Scooter Libby give Judy Miller "permission" to testify in Plame leak investigation - 03/17/06 — Puppet Iraqi army now "less ready" to fight insurgency than before
Puppet Iraqi army now "less ready" to fight insurgency than before - 03/17/06 — More Abu Ghraib photos released
More Abu Ghraib photos released - 03/17/06 — Less than half of Americans see U.S. victory in Iraq
Less than half of Americans see U.S. victory in Iraq - 03/17/06 — BBC confirms Iraqi police infiltrated by rebels
BBC confirms Iraqi police infiltrated by rebels - 03/17/06 — Saddam trial tribunal compromised
Saddam trial tribunal compromised - 03/17/06 — Former Brit Army Col. questions Iraq war motive: "What was it all about?"
Former Brit Army Col. questions Iraq war motive: "What was it all about?" - 03/17/06 — Commanders in Iraq getting a grasp on the obvious
Commanders in Iraq getting a grasp on the obvious - 03/17/06 — More prisoner abuse allegations
More prisoner abuse allegations - 03/17/06 — Times op-ed says: no peace in Iraq until "Baathists...brought back within the political fold"
Times op-ed says: no peace in Iraq until "Baathists...brought back within the political fold" - 03/17/06 — Soldiers continue to allege Abu Ghraib abuse was in execution of orders
Soldiers continue to allege Abu Ghraib abuse was in execution of orders - 03/17/06 — Iraqi insurgents are not "foreign fighters"
Iraqi insurgents are not "foreign fighters" - 03/17/06 — Polls show continued decline in support for Bush Iraq policy
Polls show continued decline in support for Bush Iraq policy - 03/17/06 — Wanniski went down fighting: his last Q & A on Iraq
Wanniski went down fighting: his last Q & A on Iraq - 03/17/06 — L.A. Times reports Hussein denied right to self-defense as "codified in international law"
L.A. Times reports Hussein denied right to self-defense as "codified in international law" - 03/17/06 — The Bolton-Fleitz connection to the outing of Valerie Plame
The Bolton-Fleitz connection to the outing of Valerie Plame - 03/17/06 — Washintgon Post confirms Bolton visited Miller in jail
Washintgon Post confirms Bolton visited Miller in jail - 03/17/06 — TIME cover story confirms Col. Donn de Grand Pre's chapter in Neo-CONNED! Again
TIME cover story confirms Col. Donn de Grand Pre's chapter in Neo-CONNED! Again - 03/17/06 — Arab sources accuse "rescued" Brits of wearing Arab garb, driving car with explosives
Arab sources accuse "rescued" Brits of wearing Arab garb, driving car with explosives - 03/17/06 — Brits in Basra "rescued" in raid on jail were commandos accused of planting explosives
Brits in Basra "rescued" in raid on jail were commandos accused of planting explosives - 03/17/06 — Approach to Iran shouldn't be based on lies a la Iraq
Approach to Iran shouldn't be based on lies a la Iraq - 03/17/06 — Talabani (unsurprisingly) refuses to commit to U.S. withdrawl from Iraq
Talabani (unsurprisingly) refuses to commit to U.S. withdrawl from Iraq - 03/17/06 — 55% want troops home
55% want troops home - 03/17/06 — Majority in America now recognizes war was wrong
Majority in America now recognizes war was wrong - 03/17/06 — Study asks "Is a dollar better spent in Iraq or is it better spent here?"
Study asks "Is a dollar better spent in Iraq or is it better spent here?" - 03/17/06 — Putting Katrina, 9/11, and Iraq in Perspective
Putting Katrina, 9/11, and Iraq in Perspective - 03/17/06 — Sunni, Shia, Kurdish "division" of Iraq an artificial and unnatural construct
Sunni, Shia, Kurdish "division" of Iraq an artificial and unnatural construct - 03/17/06 — Iraq "reconstruction" an ongoing disaster
Iraq "reconstruction" an ongoing disaster - 03/17/06 — No Consensus on Al-Qaeda Terror Threat
No Consensus on Al-Qaeda Terror Threat - 03/17/06 — U.S. Troops in Iraq for Four More Years?
U.S. Troops in Iraq for Four More Years? - 03/17/06 — Chuck Hagel "Breaking Ranks"?
Chuck Hagel "Breaking Ranks"? - 03/17/06 — Families of Dead British Soldiers Press for Examination of War's Legality
Families of Dead British Soldiers Press for Examination of War's Legality - 03/17/06 — German 9-11 Convict Cleared of Involvement with 9-11 Attacks
German 9-11 Convict Cleared of Involvement with 9-11 Attacks - 03/17/06 — Who Will Be Put on Trial for the Sanctions That Destroyed Iraq?
Who Will Be Put on Trial for the Sanctions That Destroyed Iraq? - 03/17/06 — An(other) Unsurprising Reversal of Bush Administration Rhetoric
An(other) Unsurprising Reversal of Bush Administration Rhetoric - 03/17/06 — Bush & Co. Overcome with Sense of Truthfullness....sort of
Bush & Co. Overcome with Sense of Truthfullness....sort of - 03/17/06 — There is at least one knight left in Camelot
There is at least one knight left in Camelot - 03/17/06 — House Reform Committee Democrats post archive of administration lies
House Reform Committee Democrats post archive of administration lies - 03/17/06 — Neo-CONNED! author testifies before House Judiciary Democrats on Downing Memo
Neo-CONNED! author testifies before House Judiciary Democrats on Downing Memo - 03/17/06 — Neo-CONNED! author testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee on GTMO
Neo-CONNED! author testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee on GTMO - 03/17/06 — More UK memos proving war was hatched in 2002 (at least)
More UK memos proving war was hatched in 2002 (at least) - 03/17/06 — Interview with Jude Wanniski on his contribution to Neo-CONNED!
- 03/17/06 — Ex-CIA chief eats humble pie