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, …
Preventive Strikes on the Three Gorges Dam
by | 2004-06-17 | No Comments
Under the misleading headline “Beijing Hits Taiwan With War of Words”, the Los Angeles Times reports that a PLA General, Lt. Gen. Liu Yuan, told a state-run newspaper that a pre-emptive strike by Taiwan on the Three Gorges Dam “will not be able to stop war. … It will have the exact opposite of the …
NSPD on Iraqi Reconstruction
by | 2004-06-17 | No Comments
The FAS Project on Government Secrecy has posted the NSPD “United States Government Operations in Iraq,”(May 11, 2004) that defines the organization and structure of the U.S. presence in Iraq after the transition to Iraqi sovereignty by June 30. The New York Times presents a pretty cogent analysis of the implications of the document, noting: …
