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Sympathy for Al Qaeda Surges in Pakistan
Jan 23, 2006 While our missile attack may have killed some top Al Qaeda leaders, it has also led to thousands of protesters chanting, "Long Live Osama bin Laden!" | storyThe really scary thing: Look at how young some of the protesters are.Finally, Brokers Get Sued for Selling Private Phone Records
Jan 23, 2006 Illinois becomes the first state to bring suit against companies that sell logs of private phone calls. | story
McCain Calls Spying Program Illegal
Jan 23, 2006 Think Progress notes that the Arizona senator is the latest in a long list of Republican conservatives who have expressed strong doubts about the program's legality. | blogCrooks and Liars has the video.
In Iraq, It Keeps Getting Worse and Worse
Jan 23, 2006 The rebuilding of Iraq was hobbled and mismanaged from the get-go, according to an official history of the program leaked to the New York Times | story The Kurds, in exchange for a quasi-autonomous secular state of their own, will allow Shiite theocracy to dominate the rest of the country Hardly the neocon fantasy of a secular, united and American-friendly Iraqlatimescom/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-alliance22jan22,0,6427404story?coll=la-home-world" title="story">storyMeanwhile, a mass exodus of Iraq's professional, educated class is resulting in a brain drain, just when the country needs its thinkers mostwashingtonpostcom/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012201112html" title="story">storyAlso, an influential cleric who has led uprisings against the US says that his militia would defend Iran if it was attacked | story.Targeted UCLA Prof Speaks Out
Jan 23, 2006 She slams the hypocrisy of a right-wing academic witch hunt. | story"I'd hate to be mistaken for a 'conservative,' " she says, "but the barbarians really are at the gates."Bush-Abramoff Photos Percolating Through Media
Jan 23, 2006 Time magazine describes--but doesn't publish--pictures of the president and the radioactive lobbyist. | storyDemocrats are sensing blood--the Republican equivalent of Clinton-Lewinsky hug videos.
Struggling Back From the Wounds of War
Jan 22, 2006 Finally, an in-depth report on Iraq's forgotten wounded. | story and slideshowAlso, read Truthdig's Ron Kovic on his personal journey as a wounded veteran. | reportLibby Plans to Subpoena Journalists
Jan 22, 2006 Just when you thought you had heard the last of Judy Miller | story.
Pakistan’s Push in Border Areas Is Said to Falter
Jan 22, 2006 The war on terror bogs down in Al Qaeda's base on the Pakistan border. | storyU.S. Lowers Expectations in Post-Election Iraq
Jan 22, 2006 We're settling for reducing the pro-Iranian militia's influence over the military and police. | storyForget What You Searched For? Google Didn’t
Jan 22, 2006 A Google beta tester says that we're barely conscious of the level of privacy we're ceding to the search company. columnAlso, Maureen Dowd doesn't want Cheney ogling her Googling. columnDeath Toll Rises to 90 After Mexico Earthquake
Sep 11, 2017 President Enrique Pena Nieto says a third of the homes in the city of Juchitan are uninhabitable.