Rumsfeld Visited Baghdad in 1984 to Reassure Iraqis, Documents Show (washingtonpost.com): "Page A42 "

Hussein Enters Post-9/11 Web of U.S. Prisons: "The C.I.A. has quietly established its own detention system to handle especially important prisoners. The most important Qaeda leaders are held in small groups in undisclosed locations in friendly countries in the developing world, where they face long interrogations with no promise of ever gaining release. For example, at least two of the top Qaeda figures captured since the Sept. 11 attacks-Abu Zubaydah and Ramzi bin al-Shibh-were held for a time in a secure location in Thailand. They were later moved to another country, officials said. "

The Unofficial Paul Krugman Web Page The story about Halliburton's strangely expensive gasoline imports into Iraq gets curiouser and curiouser. High-priced gasoline was purchased from a supplier whose name is unfamiliar to industry experts, but that appears to be run by a prominent Kuwaiti family (no doubt still grateful for the 1991 liberation). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers documents seen by The Wall Street Journal refer to "political pressures" from Kuwait's government and the U.S. embassy in Kuwait to deal only with that firm.

After Cheney's Private Hunt, Others Take Their Shots

ON THE STANDS Just in time: George W. Bush GI Joke action figure.

The Pentagon Invades Your Xbox : "Can the day be far off when the Department of Defense gets a producer credit for a Paramount film and Kuma Reality Games is granted office space in the Pentagon?"

U.S.: Hundreds of Civilian Deaths in Iraq Were Preventable
(Human Rights Watch Press release, December 12, 2003) : "Every death of a civilian in wartime is a terrible tragedy. But focusing on the exact number of deaths misses the point. The point is that the U.S. military should not have been using these methods of warfare."