Christian Science Monitor: “Did US blow cover on Al Qaeda mole?” Reuters reported on Saturday that Pakistani intelligence officers said US officials blew the cover on an Al Qaeda mole last week, when the mole’s identity was confirmed to The New York Times. The Times originally identified the source of their information as “senior American officials.” The mole, computer expert Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan, was arrested secretly in mid-July in
August 10, 2004
“Terror Group Claims Responsibility for Istanbul Bombings”
“An Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for today’s bombings in Istanbul, Turkey, that killed two people and wounded 11.” In other news, tar is black, Pat Boone is white, and Michael Moore likes stuffed crust pizza.
August 10, 2004
“Terror Group Claims Responsibility for Istanbul Bombings”
“An Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for today’s bombings in Istanbul, Turkey, that killed two people and wounded 11.” In other news, tar is black, Pat Boone is white, and Michael Moore likes stuffed crust pizza.
August 9, 2004
A voice in my head, 12:05 PM, August 9:
American Pie. Let’s watch American Pie! **** update: ”Go trig boy, it’s your birthday…”
August 9, 2004
My second brief conversation with Senator Robert Byrd’s (D-WV) Grand Kleagle hood
me: “…So, big fan of the NBA are you?” hood: me: “Hip hop?” hood: me: “How ‘bout Kool-Aid? You like the cherry Kool-Aid?”* hood: me: hood: me: “Yeah, that’s what I thought you’d say…” hood: me: “…Ofay.”
August 9, 2004
My second brief conversation with Senator Robert Byrd’s (D-WV) Grand Kleagle hood
me: “…So, big fan of the NBA are you?” hood: me: “Hip hop?” hood: me: “How ‘bout Kool-Aid? You like the cherry Kool-Aid?”* hood: me: hood: me: “Yeah, that’s what I thought you’d say…” hood: me: “…Ofay.”
August 9, 2004
Moqtada al-Sadr defiant; says 360 dead “just a flesh wound,” vows to “bite the ankles” of the coalition
Reuters: “A firebrand Shi’ite cleric on Monday defied demands from Iraq’s interim government that his militia pull out of Najaf, after days of fierce clashes with U.S. Marines who say they have killed 360 of his fighters. Heavily armed Marines backed by aircraft tightened their noose around the holy city in heavy fighting Monday, but a senior U.S. military official denied coalition forces were hunting the young cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
August 9, 2004
Moqtada al-Sadr defiant; says 360 dead “just a flesh wound,” vows to “bite the ankles” of the coalition
Reuters: “A firebrand Shi’ite cleric on Monday defied demands from Iraq’s interim government that his militia pull out of Najaf, after days of fierce clashes with U.S. Marines who say they have killed 360 of his fighters. Heavily armed Marines backed by aircraft tightened their noose around the holy city in heavy fighting Monday, but a senior U.S. military official denied coalition forces were hunting the young cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.