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Arrest of Iraqi Health Minister
This is something new in Iraq. An arrest of someone who is a relatively high ranking official.
From LAT:
Iraqi and U.S. forces on Thursday launched a crackdown on the web of patronage that sustains radical anti-American cleric Muqtada Sadr, detaining a high-level Iraqi official in connection with the killings of Health Ministry officials and the diversion of millions of dollars to a Shiite Muslim militia.
Iraqi special forces, backed by U.S. troops, stormed the Health Ministry complex in downtown Baghdad, detaining Deputy Minister Hakim Zamili, a Sadr loyalist.
It was the second raid at the ministry in six months, but the first high-profile arrest. (more…)
Countdown: Libby Case - Prosecution rests
Keith Olbermann wraps up what has been said in the trial to date. Nice summary.
TCR - Silence
You know, I’m usually surprised and amazed at Colbert. How is he going to make fun of a situation and still make his point. Well, he has done it again. He starts on the Senate’s inability to talk about passing a non-binding resolution.
“We all know that talking is a gateway to thinking.”
“Even John Warner, who introduced the bill, voted against debating it.”
and the best in my opinion
“We went to Iraq to bring Democracy to the Middle East and it looks like the only way that we can bring Democracy there is to silence it here.”
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