IRAQ'S FIRST EZINE: http://www.shakomako.net/home.html
MORE FUN WITH MAPS: WSJ'S INTERACTIVE BATTLEGROUND STATES/ZOGBY OPINION POLLS http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-battleground04.html
2,000 PAGES MAY BE MISSING FROM PRISONER REPORT At least 2,000 pages might have been missing from the copy of the Army report on soldiers' abusive treatment of Iraqi prisoners that was delivered to the Senate Armed Services Committee. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/nation/2587902
CHALABI CHIT TIMELINE (Why is everyone falling hook, line, and sinker for this story?) http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_05/003991.php
FROM FRIEND TO FOE After a startling raid in Baghdad, the U.S. launches an investigation into its former ally Ahmad Chalabi. Was he working for Iran? http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1101040531-641077,00.html
FORMER SOLDIER CLAIMS HE WAS BEATEN DURING TRAINING EXERCISE IN CUBA In an exclusive interview with LEX 18's Leigh Searcy, a central Kentucky soldier says he was told to pose as the enemy for a training exercise at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in January 2003 - and it nearly cost him his life. http://www.lex18.com/global/story.asp?s=1891343&ClientType=Printable
'SPRAY AND SLAY': ARE AMERICAN TROOPS OUT OF CONTROL IN IRAQ? [uhm, duh?] ...Here we examine new evidence that suggests the lawlessness in the American military was never confined to the prison camps and torture rooms but extended to the streets and homes of Iraq http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=523993
KEN BURNS CRITICIZES BUSH AT YALE http://www.wnbc.com/entertainment/3338882/detail.html
YALE PROTESTORS: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040524/photos_wl_me_afp/040524082838_3l14lyrl_photo0
FAMILIES: SCARE TACTICS USED TO MAKE RESERVISTS RE-ENLIST As part of an aggressive recruiting effort, Army and National Guard officials have warned inactive reservists that they could face being sent back to Iraq unless they re-enlist in the active reserves or join their local Guard units, according to a published report. http://www.nbc4columbus.com/news/3339123/detail.html?treets=col&tml=col_12pm&ts=T&tmi=col_12pm_1_10500005242004
WASHINGTONIENNE BLOG 'SCANDAL' [SU alum!] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48909-2004May22.html
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Kelley
"We're in a fucking stagmire."
--The Sopranos