In today's Washington Post, Colum Lynch reports on UN General Assembly President Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann and the US government response to him. Lynch explains that D'Escoto Brockmann was in Tehran yesterday and stated that, among other things, the US was not cooperating with other nations in the U...

Rebecca: We're doing a roundtable Friday on Iraq. That is not this roundtable. This roundtable is on Afghanistan. Participating are The Third Estate Sunday Review 's Dona, Ava, and C.I. -- C.I. also of The Common Ills , me -- Rebecca -- of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude , Betty of Thomas ...

Tuesday, March 10, 2009.  Chaos and violence continue, the US military announces another death, another deadly Baghdad bombing with mass fatalities, Lourdes Garcia-Navarro and Thomas E. Ricks talk Iraq realities while Phyllis Bennis sounds like a raving lunatic, and more.   Let's start wit...

"It used to be that going to America was a dream. No more," said Raheem, 56, a former teacher and experienced reporter who is one of the local cast of journalists, interpreters, drivers, guards, technicians and general fix-it men and women who have kept The Times running here since the war began. Th...

Monday, March 9, 2009.  Chaos and violence continue, the US military announces another death over the weekend, Iraqi women get some media attention, Turkey and the US increase their ties, Gen Ray Odierno speaks to Martha Raddatz (ABC News) about how the US could remain in Iraq past 2011, and mo...

February was not the lowest month for violence in Iraq according to statistics released by al-Maliki's government -- it was the second lowest. January was the lowest and February saw a 35% increase from January. Marc Santora misses that in "Suicide Attack Kills 28 in Baghdad" (New York Times) but ot...

Yesterday a bomber killed himself outside Baghdad's police academy on Palestine Street and also killed at least 30 others with at least sixty-one left injured. Anthony Shadid (Washington Post) reports: In Sunday's attack, the assailant detonated bombs that were strapped to his body and the motorcycl...

Isaiah's latest The World Today Just Nuts "The Feminist Barack." Barack strikes a pose and declares, "I believe in holding hands with the Taliban. And as a show of good faith, I've put Michelle in a burqa. This what feminism looks like! How do you like me now, Robin Morgan?" Robin Morgan, wearing he...

Today is International Women's Day and there's no celebrating in Iraq. IRIN notes Oxfam International's [PDF formart warning] "In Her Own Words: Iraqi women talka bout their greatest concerns and challenges," a survey of 1,700 Iraqi women -- approximately 60% of whom say that security is their first...

Kat : U2's new album is finally out, their first since 2004's disappointing How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. For those who thought that was the lowest U2 could go, welcome to No Line On The Horizon. You're clued for disappointment when you play the first track and hear the recycled music of "Desire"...