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Archive for March, 2007
Divestment: Will California Take On the Mullahs?
The divestment tool, often used by enemies of the state of Israel, may now be used by the state of California against Iran's mullahs. Iranian-American filmmaker Ardeshir Arian has the story direct from "Tehrangeles" for Pajamas Media.
Politics @ The Half-Shell: The Corn & Miniter Show – Episode 2
In their second show, Pajamas Media Washington Editor Richard Miniter and Nation Washington Editor David Corn eat oysters, drink martinis and Arnold Palmers and duke it over John Edwards, the Pajamas Poll and the rise of the Fred Thompson.
UPDATE: This video has now been viewed over 500,000 times.
“Carterizing” Tony Blair – Iran’s Hostage Ploy
"What should truly worry Washington is that if this plan is successful, US soldiers are likely to be next in line for capture by Iran."
by Meir Javedanfar
Baghdad Report: Taking a Breather
Surge Operations Plateau - for Now
"U.S. soldiers of the Delta company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment are seen through a night vision device as they enter a house in Baghdad early March 26, 2007, during a search mission to find German woman Hannelore Marianne Krause and her son. The two are being held hostage at an unknown location by an Iraqi Islamist militant group named The Arrows of Righteousness. Krause is married to an Iraqi physician."REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
by Omar Fadhil, PJM Baghdad editor
Paris Blues Free Speech for Me But Not for You
"It's hard being loved by idiots."
Muslim chiding French magazine Charlie Hebdo defends freedom of speech...sometimes.
by Nidra Poller, PJM Paris editor
Presidential Straw Poll 2008 – Week 10
The tenth week of the PAJAMAS MEDIA PRESIDENTIAL STRAW POLL has officially begun. Rudy Giuliani and Bill Richardson were again winners in the ninth week. Barack Obama continued as runner-up to Richardson on the Democratic side, but Newt Gingrich (trending upwards) once more moved past Mitt Romney for the Republicans. Be sure sure to follow the ins and outs of the poll and the campaign on the Corn & Miniter Show. Pajamas Washington editor Richard Minter and Nation Washington Editor David Corn duke it out from the right and the left weekly on Pajamas Video. See the latest Corn & Miniter HERE.
EMPIRE OF THE MULLAHS: Iran’s imperial project in the Shatt al-Arab
British patrol on Shatt Al-Arab waterway
The seizure of 15 British Sailors and Marines by Iran was not an isolated incident, but part of a long-running Iranian program to control the Shatt al-Arab. The Narrows: A waterway beset by ethnic cleansing.
- Native Arab population of up to 500,000 "relocated."
- Resistance jailed, forced to confess, and executed.
- Most politically sensitive area in the Middle East.
- Controls oil shipments and trade routes
- Iranian zone is the launch point for Iranian covert operations in Iraq.
- Iran now controlling up to 40,000 agents in Iraq.
BREAKING: US Holds 300 Prisoners Linked to Iran
Exclusive to PJM by Richard Miniter, PJM Washington Editor
American forces in Iraq now hold some 300 prisoners tied to Iran's intelligence agencies, Pajamas Media learned from both diplomatic and military sources.
Blog Week in Review: Bill Roggio on Iraq
Bill Roggio talks about the surge, security in Iraq, and holding our ground in Afghanistan with host Austin Bay in this week's podcast. Roggio says that even though "we lost a lot of ground" in 2006, "There's a very good chance of success for this plan." Bill is currently filing several reports a week on Iraq that can be found at the Weekly Standard. Produced by Ed Driscoll. Brought to you by Volvo USA.
Pajamas Weekend Review
The best of the week @ Pajamas:
Zimbabwe Now: Dictatorship, Oppression and a Diet of Rats – An Interview by Richard Fernandez, PJM Sydney
Smashing Dissent in Egypt – Egypt Moves to Eliminate Freedom to Protest, Freedom to Assemble, Freedom to Speak
Blog Week in Review: Groupthink
The Cool Water of the Koran (Part IV)
Mario! Mario!> – Never trust a thin chef.
The Gospel of John & Yoko: The Origins of Mad Morality
Four Years In. 300? It’s Just a Movie. – by Jules Crittenden
BAGHDAD REPORT: Checkpoint and Double Checkpoint
Exclusive to PJM: Fred Thompson on “300″
Airbus A380, You Are Clear to Land
Sanity Squad: Killer Confession
The Calm Between the Storms – Allison Kaplan Sommer reports on the direction in which the winds are blowing in Israel
The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon Reports on the Surge
