Blue Herald » 2007 » March

From the Nation:
The Wars of Sudan
Alex de Waal
When history repeats itself for a third time, it is beyond tragedy. Since its independence fifty-one years ago, Sudan has suffered two civil wars between North and South, each of them as bloody as–and much longer than–today’s crisis in the western region of Darfur. Quietly, Sudanese military [...]

11 Mar

Who Else is Running Walter Reed?

QuestionGirl 1:44 pm (Military, Veteran's Affairs)

Guest post by JoeWo
Dan Quayle is on the Board of Directors for Walter Reed military Hospital.
Check out Dan Quayle’s personal website where he lists his board memberships
and one of them isIAP, the board that runs Walter Reed hospital into the
ground. So the former Vice President under Reagan couldn’t see the
problems.
If they really supported [...]

11 Mar

From Project Hamad

QuestionGirl 1:35 pm (Guantanamo, Habeas Corpus)

Thanks to all of you who have signed up as members, who have protested in Adel Hamad’s name, or who have helped to spread word of his story. People have risen to the occasion, and we appreciate that very much.
We wanted to let you know that lawyers for Adel Hamad recently received word that he [...]

11 Mar

A Predator Becomes More Dangerous When Wounded

QuestionGirl 1:15 pm (Middle East)

by Noam Chomsky:
In the energy-rich Middle East, only two countries have failed to subordinate themselves to Washington’s basic demands: Iran and Syria. Accordingly both are enemies, Iran by far the more important. As was the norm during the cold war, resort to violence is regularly justified as a reaction to the malign influence of [...]

11 Mar

The IRack

QuestionGirl 11:55 am (Humor)

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From MadTV…..the IRack

11 Mar

Gonzales Gots to Go!!

QuestionGirl 11:48 am (Alberto (I don't recall) Gonzales)

From a New York Times Editorial:
During the hearing on his nomination as attorney general, Alberto Gonzales said he understood the difference between the job he held - President Bush’s in-house lawyer - and the job he wanted, which was to represent all Americans as their chief law enforcement officer and a key defender of the [...]

11 Mar

Democrats Cancel Fox News Presidential Debate

QuestionGirl 11:39 am (Fox News)

This does my heart good. Now if they would all refuse to appear on Fox…that would be even better.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) — A Nevada Democratic presidential debate that was to have been co-hosted by Fox News Network was canceled by organizers, in part because of a joke by Fox Chairman and [...]

11 Mar

We Got Him! Ahhhhhh No We Didn’t

QuestionGirl 11:27 am (Iraq, More Dumb Shit)

Sound familiar?
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A man Iraqi officials arrested Friday was not militant leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi as previously claimed.
Instead, he is a religious leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, a northern group associated with al Qaeda in Iraq, a high-ranking Iraqi Defense Ministry official told CNN on Saturday.
The official, who spoke [...]