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1) The following is a long article on the looting of the Baghdad Museum by Matthew Bogdanos, the US Army officer with a classics MA who oversaw recovery efforts in the spring of 2003. Although I have never met Mr. … Continue reading →

1) Fisk in Iraq I. The death counts quoted in this article attracted some attention last week:http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081705B.shtmlSecrets of the Morgue: Baghdad’s Body Count By Robert Fisk The Independent UKWednesday 17 August 2005 Bodies of 1,100 civilians brought to mortuary in … Continue reading →

1) Looks like folks are watching when we protest, dangerous folks. The person who posted this site is a friend of one of this list’s readers, so take it as an eyewitness account: http://www.mindspring.com/~wpoe/RoveCard.htm 2) I think the people who … Continue reading →

1) Naomi Klein, right on as usual: http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1548419,00.html Racism is the terrorists’ greatest recruitment tool The problem in Britain is not too much multiculturalism but too little Naomi Klein Saturday August 13, 2005 The Guardian Hussein Osman, one of the … Continue reading →

1) Move On’s appeal for Cindy Sheehan: Support Cindy Sheehan MoveOn is taking out an ad in President Bush’s local newspaper in support of Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq who is camped outside Bush’s ranch … Continue reading →

1) While I don’t completely agree with Woollacott’s characterization of the role Sunni-Shi’i relations play in Middle East politics, in general I think this op-ed is one of the few I’ve seen in major publications that actually seems to get … Continue reading →

1) If you’ve got the gumption, ability, and inclination, consider going to Crawford, TX and protesting with Cindy Sheehan. She and her several dozen supporters may be arrested today, and it is time they got more support: http://www.meetwithcindy.org/ [It appears … Continue reading →

1) This is an update on that deceased soldier’s mother who’s determined to wait outside Bush’s ranch throughout his 5 week (!) vacation until he meets with her. Apparently she’s facing Secret Service harassment. This issue merits more attention than … Continue reading →

1) Computer games and politics. Remember Friedman’s objection to computer games last week — here’s more on that topic: The Middle East Conflict on PCShooting Baruch Goldstein, Carpet Bombing Beirut The relentless brutality of the Middle East conflict has inspired … Continue reading →

1) “Abu Tamam” Blog has a wildly variant version of what happened to the Marines who died this week. Whatever’s going on, it’s not going well: http://abutamam.blogspot.com/ The posting includes a link to this video, purportedly showing footage from the … Continue reading →