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The way forward.

“Lan astaslem.”

Update: 4:26pm Eastern. USAToday’s Mark Memmott is trying to get Dems on record regarding the MoveOn.org smear. So far: Two non-response responses from Obama and Clinton’s offices.
More reax “The Peace Racket,” you should. This is what we are up against, people.
And milblogger Austin Bay weighs in on the testimony today, using the microphone failure as [...]

Criticizing Katie Couric is fun, easy, and always good for some red meat-feasting. I’ve done plenty of it and it’s almost always deserved. But this time I’m not going to add my voice to those haranguing her for her decision to go to Iraq. Not yet, anyway.
Conservatives frequently criticize TV personalities for not taking [...]

Bull-ets.

I wanna hold your hand.

Winter Soldier Syndrome will only be cured when the costs of slandering the troops outweigh the benefits.

Update 8/7 9:20pm Eastern. The NYTimes files a story on the latest developments. It closes with this:
In an e-mail message, Mr. Foer said, “Thus far, we’ve been provided no evidence that contradicts our original statement, despite directly asking the military for any such evidence it might have,” adding, “We hope the military will share what [...]

“We sincerely regret this mistake.”

Savor the moment.

“ill (sic) return to america an author.”

Follow the bouncing ball: The newspaper that was hoaxed by Jayson Blair covers the magazine that was hoaxed by Stephen Glass, and which is now under tough scrutiny over the work of pseudonymous soldier “Scott Thomas.” Plus: A Peter Beinart flashback.

Who wrote “Shock Troops?”

Liveblogging the 10:30am Bush press conference. Gen. Helen Thomas speaks: “Bring in UN peacekeepers! Don’t you understand? You brought al Qaeda into Iraq!”

2:00pm Eastern update. All the latest and an amazing photo of the would-be suicide attacker in Glasgow who reportedly yelled “Allah, Allah” during his thwarted attempt to kill in the name of the R.O.P. here.
11:30am Eastern update: Police have conducted a controlled explosion on a vehicle at the hospital treating a suspect in the airport [...]

Scroll for updates.
3:48pm Eastern update. Peter Clark, head of anti-terrorist command, is giving a press conference to announce the discovery of the second explosive device and second vehicle. Similar materials found in second car as in first Mercedes–fuel, “substantial quantity of nails.”
3:31pm Eastern update. New developments…2nd explosive device found, also in Mercedes…Accomplice of AQ henchman [...]

Bill Richardson: Dishonoring the dead
Welcome to Memorial Day 2007. Here’s a lesson in How Not To Honor a Fallen Soldier 101. Don’t do what Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson did to fallen Marine Lance Corporal Aaron Austin:
Get his name wrong.
Exploit his death on the campaign trail.
Insult his mother by claiming she talked [...]

Here’s the Drudge-hyped headline of a morale-undermining NYTimes article just in time for the Memorial Day holiday:

Doubts Grow as G.I.’s in Iraq Find Allies in Enemy Ranks

NYTimes reporter Michael Kamber reports from Baghdad on a story that’s not news–militia infiltration of some of the Iraq security forces being trained by American troops (we noted the [...]

The search continues for our missing soldiers in Iraq. And a few new details emerge:
U.S. troops have questioned hundreds of people and detained 11 in the search for three American soldiers feared captured by al-Qaida during a weekend ambush in an insurgent stronghold south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
“We have conducted more than [...]

The cover story of US News coming out on Monday is a must-read and must-see. It’s a comprehensive multimedia package by US News embed Alex Kingsbury about the life and death of Army Staff Sgt. Darrell Ray Griffin Jr. “Malleus Dei” is Latin for “God’s Hammer”–the phrase Griffin had written in marker on his helmet. [...]

Lots of buzz about the reported death of al Qaeda leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri in Iraq. But take it with a big grain of salt. It’s sourced to the Iraqi Interior Ministry and “U.S. military officials appeared to cast doubt on the report.” Stay tuned.
Meanwhile, there is plenty of other action going on. Take note [...]

Get out the veto pen, President Bush.
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The Tank publishes Joe Lieberman’s floor statement. Here’s a tidbit:
I have great respect for my friend from Nevada. I believe he has offered this proposal in good faith, and therefore want to take it up in good faith, and examine its arguments and ideas carefully and in depth, for [...]

Rich Miniter of Pajamas Media reported yesterday from the International Zone, where the Iraqi Parliament was hit by a suicide bomber:
Even though the blast was less than 15 feet away through a wall, it sounded like a dull thud followed a small tremor.
I was in the shower at 2:30 PM — my first in days [...]

Via Lucianne: Border Patrol Agents Under Attack
Judge rejects Padilla torture argument
Iraqi police recruits killed by female jihadi who hid a bomb under her abaya. Plus: New dispatch from the ground in Baghdad at Iraq the Model.
Ohio soldier missing in Iraq for 3 years
Where in the world is Ali-Reza Asgari?
In defense of Spc. Mario Lozano [...]

No taunts. No snorts. No whitewashing. No candycoating. No drunken snark. Just the facts from Marine-turned-journalist/author W. Thomas Smith, Jr., who’s blogging from Baghdad over at The Tank. Here’s a bit of his dispatch from yesterday. Keep scrolling for more:
BAGHDAD (3:34 am EDT — 11:34 pm Iraq Time): There’s a lot of air activity over [...]

My prediction: The Council on American-Islamic Relations will be hounding this American soldier and milking this incident for every last “Islamophobia”-mongering dime they can raise (via the AJC and hat tip: Laura Mansfield):
Spc. Craig Perkins’ uniform made him a target in Baghdad – and, he believes, again in an apartment complex near Clarkston.
Perkins, who returned [...]

As promised, our full video report on The Gathering of Eagles:

Many highlights there, but take special note of the face-off at the 6:00 minute mark. As you can see, we spent most of the day covering the march on the Eagles’ side of the fence. Why? Because almost all of the news camera crews we [...]

Stryker Soldiers with Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, roll through a village heading towards Baqubah, March 13. The 5-20 Inf. Reg. of the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, arrived in the Diyala province to help maintain the momentum against insurgents that was gained in recent large-scale operations by the 3rd [...]

“What’s the one story, currently not told, that you would want America to know about?“
One of the areas that has improved at CENTCOM Public Affairs is their ability to work with bloggers. I’d like to thank SGT Chris Keller for giving me the green light to interview Teflon Don at Acute Politics. When [...]

“It is not in our power to turn back the clock to the day before the al Askaria Mosque was bombed. We can, however, in partnership with our Iraqi colleagues, help improve the security situation and enable the Iraqi people to control the demons responsible for the vicious sectarian violence of the past year; demons [...]