Wolfowitz, in October 2003, responding to suggestions that an ambush that killed several Ukranian soldiers might dash hopes for a more international force: Actually, I visited down in that area. I met with the commander of the multinational force. It/’s in the Shia heartland where some people predicted we/’d have all kinds of trouble after …
Zhang Aiping and the Giant Wave (Julang)
by | 2004-04-08 | No Comments
As I try to write a section in the dissertation on the principles of design behind the Chinese nuclear arsenal, I am confronted by the following two passages, both written by the eminent political scientist John Lewis (no relation): “Zhang [Aiping] attached great importance to project JL-1, and soon after his appointment in March 1975, …
US Strikes Mosque in Fallujah
by | 2004-04-07 | No Comments
The Associated Press is reporting that we struck a mosque in Fallujah with three missiles, killing 40 people. The Washington Post reports that a command post authorized the strike after several requests from local commanders for air strikes against the Mosque, from which five Marines were reported shot. I think you can track the slow …
Rumsfeld Grudgingly Admits Obvious
by | 2004-04-07 | No Comments
Al-Jazeera has a priceless photo of Rumsfeld admitting we have a “serious problem” in Iraq. In the “possibly fabricated evidence of a serious problem” department, alongside Iraqi WMD programs, the Evening Standard reports “Saddam Hussein has been moved out of Iraq because of fears he would be rescued from American captivity by insurgents.”
