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
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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.”
CENTCOM: No Damage to the Mosque
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CENTCOM is saying they didn/’t actually hit the mosque: To gain access to the compound housing the mosque, the release continued, the Marines used air support to breach a wall several hundred yards away from the actual mosque structure. One anti-coalition force member was killed in the attack, and there were no reports of civilian …
