Security forces in Baghdad have full control in only 40 percent of the city five months into the pacification campaign, a top American general said Saturday as U.S. troops began an offensive against two al-Qaida strongholds on the capital's southern outskirts.
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Let me get my head around this statistic.
What the military is telling us is that, after 4 years of war in Iraq, we only control 40% of Baghdad.
That amounts to 10% control of the capital PER YEAR since the war began.
So will we need to be in Iraq at least ANOTHER 6 YEARS just to control Baghdad????
How many more years to control the entire country?
10?
20?
50?
e shtunë, qershor 16, 2007
U.S.: 60 Pct of Baghdad Not Controlled
UN Kosovo Resolution Calls For More Talks
Western powers have drafted a new U.N. resolution on Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province calling for another 120 days of talks.
Families bury 80 Bosnian war victims
BRČKO -- Up to 10,000 people attended the funeral Saturday of 80 civilian victims killed in the Bosnian city of Brčko in the 1990s.
Reuters: Bush do të caktojë së shpejti datën e pavarësisë së Kosovës
Presidenti Xhorxh Bush së shpejti do të caktojë një datë për pavarësinë e Kosovës. Agjencia Reuters shkruan se, gjatë takimit Bush - Putin që do të mbahet me 1 dhe 2 korrik, do të vendoset për një datë të shpalljes së pavarësisë. Në të kundërtën, thuhet se Bush do ta caktojë vet datën e pavarësisë së Kosovës.
Bob Barker backs Rosie O'Donnell for 'The Price is Right'
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This post was for you Emin HAHAHA!
This post was for you Emin HAHAHA!
Welcome to 'Palestine' -
How troublesome the Muslims of the Middle East are. First, we demand that the Palestinians embrace democracy and then they elect the wrong party - Hamas - and then Hamas wins a mini-civil war and presides over the Gaza Strip. And we Westerners still want to negotiate with the discredited President, Mahmoud Abbas. Today "Palestine" - and let's keep those quotation marks in place - has two prime ministers. Welcome to the Middle East.
So what will we do? Support the reoccupation of Gaza perhaps? Certainly we will not criticise Israel. And we shall go on giving our affection to the kings and princes and unlovely presidents of the Middle East until the whole place blows up in our faces and then we shall say - as we are already saying of the Iraqis - that they don't deserve our sacrifice and our love.
How do we deal with a coup d'état by an elected government?
BBC sorry for calling Jerusalem capital of Israel
In a letter to the complaining NGOs, Fraser Steel, head of editorial complaints at the BBC, said: "We of course accept that the international community does not recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and that the BBC should not describe it as such. I was therefore pleased to see that Katherine Tsang [BBC Information adviser], when she wrote to you in April, acknowledged the error and apologized for it. [Presenter] Steve Boulton and other senior managers in BBC Sport told us they very much regret the mistake and apologize for it."
London-based Arab Media Watch told The Jerusalem Post: "Under international law, neither east nor west Jerusalem is considered Israel's capital. Tel Aviv is recognized as Israel's capital, pending a negotiated settlement between Israel and the Palestinians."
DOES ANYONE EVEN GIVE A DAMN? (ABOUT PALESTINE)
For almost 60 years everyone but the Palestinians have had a say in 'what is good for Palestine'. Six decades of being treated as a non entity in the world community has led to a collective frustration compared to none.
Push for Blair as new EU president
Tony Blair, the British prime minister, could end up swapping Downing Street for a job as the first full-time European Union president, under a plan being actively touted by Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president.
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This tells us all a very great deal about Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president.
WHO IS THE US CONGRESS LISTENING TO?
WHO IS THE US CONGRESS
LISTENING TO?
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/whoiscongresslisteningto.html
ANALYSIS-West's Kosovo strategy prey to familiar strains
BELGRADE, June 15 (Reuters) - Once again Western strategy in the Balkans is under strain, with the United States calling clearly for independence for Kosovo while the 27-member European Union worries about legal technicalities and internal divisions
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL15303137
U.S. says more Kosovo talks possible
PRISTINA, Serbia (Reuters) - Serbs and ethnic Albanians may need more talks on the fate of Kosovo to overcome fierce Russian opposition to its independence from Serbia, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
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Wait a sec dident bush say ‘Enough is enough — Kosovo is independent,’???
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSL1575598120070615
Crisis European arms pact talks end in deadlock
VIENNA (Reuters) - Russia warned it could be driven to suspend its part in a major arms control accord after talks with NATO states ended on Friday without headway in revising a pact seen as vital for stability in Europe.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1554654020070615
U.S. envoy hints at more talks on Kosovo status
PRISTINA, Serbia (Reuters) - U.S. Kosovo envoy Frank Wisner raised the possibility of further talks between Serbs and ethnic Albanians on Kosovo's status on Friday, hinting at a delay in settling the breakaway province's future.
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSL1566100620070615
Michael Moore's 'Sicko' Leaked Onto Web
http://adage.com/article?article_id=117350
Folks, I still have not forgiven Michael Moore for the blatant propaganda of Fahrenheit 9-11...
BUT.
Of you like Michael Moore's work, and F9-11 aside I do like his work, then please have the courtesy to pay for a ticket.
Here is a good reason why. Sicko looks like it will be a good film and my wife and I are planning to see it when it opens in theaters. If we PAY FOR AS TICKET, then Michael Moore will have enough money to make another film after Sicko, then another after that and another after that.
If you all download his film for free and watch it, it may well be the last Micheal Moore film made, because nobody will invest money in his future projects if they do not make a profit.
Now, I know in an age where the President has lied about other nations in order to steal their resources it is hard to view copying a file as any big deal, but look at it this way. When you pay for a ticket to see Sicko, you have a chance to prove you are morally superior to the President of the United States. And that right there is worth the price of a ticket!
Russia warns Nato on arms treaty
Russia has warned Nato it could freeze its participation in a key arms control treaty in Europe, after talks on the issue ended in deadlock.
"The current CFE treaty has for all intents and purposes become meaningless. It's no longer viable," Russian delegation chief Anatoly Antonov said after the four-day extraordinary talks called by Russia.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6757729.stm
Wisner urges patience in Kosovo
PRIŠTINA -- Frank Wisner, the U.S. Kosovo envoy visiting the province Friday, said the status negotiations were "complex and time consuming".
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=06&dd=15&nav_category=92&nav_id=41815
Fresh Kosovo talks possible?
BELGRADE -- Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema proposed Friday that Belgrade and Priština should resume talks on Kosovo’s future status.
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=06&dd=16&nav_category=90&nav_id=41840
Maqedoni: Një kosovar akuzohet për trafikim me njerëz
Ministria e Punëve të Brendshme të Maqedonisë paraqiti kallzim penal për trafikim të qenieve njerëzore ndaj një kosovari dhe një personi tjetër nga Suedia. Dy të dyshuarëve u është shqiptuar masa e paraburgimit në kohëzgjatje prej 30 ditësh për shkak se kanë organizuar transportin e 17 migruesve, prej të cilëve 6 fëmijë banorë të Kosovës, me dokumente sudeze të udhëtimit, që nuk ishin të tyre.
http://www.rtklive.com/?newsId=8329&PHPSESSID=bf8f52c561cea0f3e518792f68b950d6&PHPSESSID=a4b1a062ef23b322fccec2bc7f186651
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