Bill's Nibbles, Open Post
Contributed by Bill Faith
Today at Bill's Bites:
Some things worth reading that I didn't devote separate posts to:
- Haditha: Tale of Three Cities
Bruce Kesler: The news coverage of yesterday’s Article 32 hearing at Camp Pendleton of Marine Lance Corporal Justin Sharratt exhibits the different treatment of facts between the New York Times, San Diego’s Union-Tribune and North County Times, and in Haditha. ...
- Gates links Tehran to arms entering Afghanistan
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (Reuters) - Iranian weapons are entering Afghanistan on such a scale that it is hard to believe Iran's government is not aware of the movement, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday. ...
- Brigadier General Kevin Bergner on the Samarra Bombing
Posted By Grim: No transcript yet, but we just spoke with BGen Bergner, who is the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Effects and MNFI Spokesman. He was able to give us some details on the bombing in Samarra today, and how the Iraqi government and its US allies are responding. ...
- Iraq Bombers Topple Samarra Minarets
BAGHDAD (AP) - In a bold blow to Iraqi hopes for peace, suspected al-Qaida bombers toppled the towering minarets of Samarra's revered Shiite shrine on Wednesday, adding new provocation to old wounds a year after the mosque's Golden Dome was destroyed. ...
- 13 Iraqi Police Arrested After Golden Dome Destroyed in Shrine Blast
BAGHDAD — Thirteen Iraqi policemen were arrested Wednesday after two minarets of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra were blown up in a repeat of the 2006 attack that shattered its famous golden dome and unleashed a wave of sectarian violence that still bloodies Iraq. The commander of an emergency response team and 12 other Iraq policemen were arrested after the explosions, officials told FOX News. ...
- Terrorists Blow Up Part of Holy Golden Dome Shrine in Iraq
BAGHDAD — The attack occurred around 9 a.m., despite a police presence at the site, officials said. Police in Samarra spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, and a security official in Baghdad confirmed the account on the same condition. ...
- Anti-Syrian Lawmaker Killed in Beirut Explosion
BEIRUT, Lebanon — An anti-Syrian lawmaker and nine others were killed Wednesday after a car bomb exploded on Beirut's waterfront, FOX News confirmed. State Department officials told FOX News Druze leader Walid Eido, 65, was killed in the blast. He was the seventh opponent of Damascus to be killed in two years in this conflict-ridden country. Eido was close to slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, security officials said. ...
- Hamas launches attack on Fatah strongholds in Gaza
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, JPOST STAFF AND AP: Hamas pounded Gaza City's three main security compounds with mortars, grenades and assault rifles Wednesday, calling on beleaguered Fatah forces to surrender, as it battled to take control of the entire Gaza Strip. In one dramatic victory, hundreds of members of a Fatah-allied clan that had fought fiercely surrendered to masked Hamas gunmen and were led, arms raised in the air, to a nearby mosque. ...
- Hamas Pounds Fatah In Fight For Gaza
- The two-state solution revised
Scott Johnson: As Khaled Abu Toameh explains, Hamas gets Gaza, Fatah gets the West Bank. Long story short: Hamas has routed Fatah in Gaza. Toameh begins his analysis with a powerful lead: ...
- Hamas, Fatah Say Gaza Has Descended Into Civil War
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hundreds of Hamas fighters firing rockets and mortar shells captured the headquarters of the Fatah-allied security forces in northern Gaza on Tuesday, scoring a key victory in the bloody battle for control of the seaside strip. Both sides said Gaza had descended into civil war, as the death toll from two days of Palestinian fighting reached 37. ...
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