Pajamas Media
Archive for January, 2007
Bill Bradley: Arnold and the Green Republicans of California
Think the Republicans of California Support the Bush Administration's Environmental Policies? Think Again.
All they will call you is just “detainees:”
Richard Miniter on Guantanamo and “what happens when a president and his staff listen too closely to critics who have quietly lost their minds.” (PajamasXpress)
Baghdad Today. Quiet. Too Quiet.
An injured man walks out from a hospital after receiving treatment in Baghdad, January 25
by Mohammed Fadhil , PJM Editor and Special Correspondent, Baghdad
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance,
I'm getting used to it now" -- Talking Heads, Life During Wartime
In Baghdad when it is suddenly quiet around you for any length of time you can expect someone nearby to turn to you and say suspiciously, "Isn't it quiet outside?"
ISLANDS IN THE WAR: Part 1
The long war between Manila and the Muslim Moros in the Philippines is fought in the shadows; a deadly mirror image of the terrorist wars in the Middle East. The difference is that the search for a solution has been going on for more than a hundred years. [First of two parts.]
by Richard Fernandez, PJM Sydney Editor on Special Assignment in the Philippines.
Operation Baghdad — A Special Report from the Streets of the City
by Mohammed Fadhil , PJM Editor and Special Correspondent, Baghdad
Apache attack helicopters are constantly hovering over Baghdad now. Tracking them from my home in this city I can often estimate where the action is taking place.
TO ARMS: Still the President of the United States
"On this day, at this hour, it is still within our power
to shape the outcome of this battle.
Let us find our resolve,
and turn events toward victory."
Jules Crittenden follows up on his essay, "The State of the Union is a Disaster," with his analysis of the speech Bush actually gave.
America loves a fighter.
The State of the Union is a Disaster:
The Speech George Bush Should Make Tuesday Night
Exclusive to PJM by Jules Crittenden
Don't bother standing up or clapping, any of you. I already know who won the election, and I know how you feel.
Sanity Squad: Walk Softly and Carry a Toothpick
Benny Morris’s sobering Jerusalem Post article paints a picture of a Second Holocaust–a nuclear-armed Iran willing to sacrifice the loss of millions of its own people to have the satisfaction of destroying Israel, and an Israel whose own nuclear weapons would be of no real use against an enemy so resistant to deterrence. Is there any way out of this dreadful dilemma? The Sanity Squad discusses paranoia vs. denial, the West as the enabler of its own enemies, and Iran’s vulnerabilities. [LISTEN]
FATAL DISGUISE – Iraq the Model Examines the Murderous Impersonation of US Troops in Kerbala
An exclusive report from PJM's Baghdad editor Omar Fadhil on the attack in Kerbala last Saturday, where five US troops were killed by a group who spoke some English, drove SUVs similar to vehicles used by top U.S. military officials, and flashed fake badges.
These days have been terribly bloody for both the American military and the Iraqi civilians as large-scale sweeps in Baghdad are being prepared.
While most attacks have much in common when it comes to their goals and the destruction and pain they leave, some attacks are of a quality that suggest some messages that are more dangerous beyond the immediate harm they cause.
Trapped: Kamalfar Family Still Held in Moscow Airport After 130 Days
by Roger L. Simon for Pajamas Media
Last November 18, Pajamas Media presented exclusive video smuggled out of Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport of Iranian dissident Zahra Kamalfar and her two children who had then been trapped in the airport's transit area - forced to drink and bathe from the toilets - for over 73 days. (See video here, other coverage here and here.) Kamalfar had escaped Iran with her family during a prison furlough and was fighting extradition back to the Islamic Republic while seeking political asylum in other countries.
Incredible as it may seem - despite efforts by the United Nations Refugee Committee, the European Human Rights Court and lawyers and activists worldwide - Kamalfar and her family are still trapped in the same airport transit area over two months later.
