The United States has dropped its effort to secure a Security Council exemption for U.S. forces under the ICC, after a revised resolution circulated Tuesday night failed to garner sufficient support. James Cunningham, U.S. deputy ambassador to the U.N., told reporters that “The United States has decided not to proceed further with consideration and action …
Emerald City
by | 2004-06-22 | No Comments
Emerald City — That is what some in the Washington Post newsroom are calling Baghdad/’s “Green Zone.” This and other fascinating tidbits emerged at the 2004 Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference. There is a bunch of stuff that I need to follow-up on before its blog ready, but here is one amusing tidbit: Linton Brooks, administrator …
American journalism
by | 2004-06-20 | No Comments
As some of you know, one of the big themes here at Armscontrolwonk is wondering what to do about the apparent inability or unwillingness of the American media to challenge how the Administration frames security issues. Michael Massing has a detailed indictment in the New York Review of Books of the New York Times and, …
Airstrike in Fallujah
by | 2004-06-19 | No Comments
The Washington Post is reporting that “the U.S. military launched precision weapons into a poor residential neighborhood of Fallujah on Saturday to destroy what officers described as a safe house used by fighters loyal to Abu Musab Zarqawi and perhaps, at times, by the fugitive terrorist leader himself.” “Residents said about 20 people were killed, …
