Zargawi’s wife: ‘al-Qaida sold him out’
July 3, 2006
The wife of slain al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zargawi claims his own organization sold him out in exchange for a U.S. promise to ease up on the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
Red meat for the right-wing
July 3, 2006
As a journalist, I am offended by the latest Republican assault on The New York Times and freedom of the press.
As an American, I am afraid for the future of my country when politicians so casually discard our founders’ belief that a free press is a necessary Constitutional guarantee.
The last time an American president went after the press with such a vengeance was during Richard Nixon’s second term. We all know how that one ended.
Former Navy Sec: Bush, GOP can’t fix Iraq mess
July 3, 2006
Neither President Bush nor the Republican-led Congress can extract the United States from a bloody quagmire of their own making in Iraq, said a former Republican who is seeking a Senate seat in Virginia.
Cheney goes public
July 3, 2006
The stock cars weren’t the only things buzzing the track at Daytona Saturday _ Vice President Dick Cheney made his grand entrance when Air Force II flew in low over the crowd gathering for the start of the NASCAR race.
Pentagon: Bombing Iran won’t kill nuke program
July 3, 2006
Top Pentagon officers have told the Bush administration that bombing Iranian nuclear facilities would probably fail to destroy that country’s nuclear program, the New Yorker magazine reported on Sunday.