Bruce. R. over on Flit has more detail on fuel-air explosives, including this cool, multi-stage image.

Has Charles Krauthammer been reading protein wisdom’s posts? Well, of course not (he’s Charles Krauthammer, after all!). Still, ‘tseems he’s been keepin’ tabs on the Arab street his own self. From Time: Look around. The Arab street is deathly quiet. The mobs, exultant on Sept. 11 and braying for American blood, have gone home. There are no recruits headed to Afghanistan to fight the infidel. The old recruits, battered and

Has Charles Krauthammer been reading protein wisdom’s posts? Well, of course not (he’s Charles Krauthammer, after all!). Still, ‘tseems he’s been keepin’ tabs on the Arab street his own self. From Time: Look around. The Arab street is deathly quiet. The mobs, exultant on Sept. 11 and braying for American blood, have gone home. There are no recruits headed to Afghanistan to fight the infidel. The old recruits, battered and

The Times of London is reporting that Pakistan and India are on the brink of war. Via Alex Knapp’s indispensible Heretical Ideas: Last week, Pakistani militants led a suicide attack on the Indian Parliament. India blames the Pakistani government. Likely, this is not true. As I’ve been reporting on this site, portions of the Pakistani military and intelligence services are controlled by Islamic fundamentalists, and the Times reports that those

The Times of London is reporting that Pakistan and India are on the brink of war. Via Alex Knapp’s indispensible Heretical Ideas: Last week, Pakistani militants led a suicide attack on the Indian Parliament. India blames the Pakistani government. Likely, this is not true. As I’ve been reporting on this site, portions of the Pakistani military and intelligence services are controlled by Islamic fundamentalists, and the Times reports that those

Marianne Manilov

Administration officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity,

Administration officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity,

Chris Mooney, writing in The American Prospect, takes to task Boston Phoenix writer Chris Wright for his December 22 article

Remember those inadvertent October bombings of the Red Cross warehouses in Kabul, the ones Defense Department spokesmen were compelled to apologize for again and again at press briefing after press briefing (Al-Jazeera broke the story, I believe, and CNN, bless them, ran with it)? Well, The Washington Times is running an interesting follow-up today on the Centcom investigation into those bombings (follow link and scroll down). Back in October, the