More than 1,300 people have been killed since the bombing of the shrine last week.

This Frontline Special about the insurgency in Iraq will help explain why.

The sick bastard.

"Guantanamo was a lightning rod," said a former senior administration official who like many of those interviewed would discuss the matter in detail only on the condition of anonymity. "For some reason, people did not have a problem with Bagram. It was in Afghanistan."

Larisa Alexandranova say to watch Tim Russert on CNBC tonight Saturday at 10:00pm Eastern. All about the NSA watching your ass. Update: I hope you're watching this. Update II: Audio here. It's bad news. Very little really new though.

Well, since it isn't true these days unless the National Review thinks so, here you go, you bitches: "I can tell you the main reason behind all our woes -- it is America." The New York Times reporter is quoting the complaint of a clothing merchant in a Sunni stronghold in Iraq. "Everything that is going on between Sunnis and Shiites, the troublemaker in the middle is America." One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed. The same edition of the paper quotes a fellow of the...

Bob Dreyfuss explains the ethnic/religious tension in Iraq, and how David Wurmser predicted it - citing it as a reason to invade, rather than stay out. "For the most radical-right neoconservative Jacobins amongst the Bush-Cheney team, the possibility that Iraq might fall apart wasn

Historian Gareth Porter explains, "How the Neocons Sabotaged Iran's Help on al-Qaeda," "The United States and Iran were on a course to work closely together on the war against al-Qaeda and its Taliban sponsors in Afghanistan in late 2001 and early 2002

"Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society."- George...

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In this country, more than a third of all the people produce is now confiscated by the State. To that extent, then, this is a socialistic country. This accumulation of property in the hands of the State makes it the biggest single buyer of goods, the biggest employer, the biggest dispenser of alms, the biggest factor in the economic life of the community. Either through direct employment by the State, or indirect employment by its contractors, or by virtue of its dispensation of subsidies or...

Well folks, it doesn't look like Harry will be writing any more articles, so as a little tribute, I thought I'd reprint his last essay, from December 12th of last year, Why you are a libertarian You

Rumsfeld at the CFR: "Some humility is in order." Of course, all he means by that is that it's hard to Karen Hughes people into believing you're trying to help them while you're setting them on fire. Also: "I do not believe we have reached the end of history." Of course, all he means by that is that there are wonderful new weapons systems out there to purchase that haven't even been invented yet. I must say, it's an interesting thing to watch Rumsfeld spin at the Council on Foreign Relations -...

As the assistant editor - or something - of Antiwar.com, I'm the guy who answers the letters to the editor that are directed to AWC in general rather than a particular writer. Generally they make completely unfounded assertions, and then I sort of go off. It usually goes something like this for example: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:57:33 -0800 (PST) >From: "Antiwar.com -- Backtalk" >Reply-To: Backtalk@antiwar.com >Subject: Fwd: Letter to the Editor: Right cause, wrong strategy >To: Eric Garris ,...