A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.
In the News: (registration may be required to read some articles)
Korean test seen as only partial blast / Bill Gertz “Four days after North Korea tried to set off its first nuclear bomb, U.S. intelligence agencies think the blast detected by seismic sensors was a plutonium-fueled device that did not fully explode.” (READ MORE)
Man pleads guilty in U.S. bomb plot / Jill Lawless “A British man identified by U.S. officials as a senior al Qaeda figure pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to murder in a plot to bomb high-profile targets in the United States including the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington…” (READ MORE)
British Army Chief Who Called for Iraq Withdrawal 'Soon' Denies Rift With Government / Robert Barr “Britain's army chief, who set off a political storm by calling for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq "soon," said Friday he meant a phased withdrawal over two or three years, and denied that he was attacking government policy. Gen. Richard Dannatt gave a series of interviews after newspapers ran front-page stories interpreting his remarks published Thursday by The Daily Mail as a critique of Prime Minister Tony Blair's policy.” (READ MORE)
Yunus, Grameen Bank win peace prize “Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank won the Nobel Peace Prize today for their pioneering use of tiny, seemingly insignificant loans - microcredit - to lift millions out of poverty. Through Mr. Yunus's efforts and those of the bank he founded, poor people around the world, especially women, have been able to buy cows, a few chickens or the cell phone they desperately needed to get ahead.” (READ MORE)
Good News From the Front:
Bandit 36 writes B36 News - 13 October 2006 “It's something of a bitter-sweet occasion today, but a lot more sweet than bitter. I'll soon be meeting the guy who's going to replace me here and will be working to get him spun up on how things work and what his responsibilities will be. As such, my attention may have to shift more away from the blog and towards handover preparation. And now, the good news from Iraq:” (READ MORE)
On the Web:
Marine Historian writes THANK YOU “…to everyone who has exhibited such incredible grace to me and my family as we have prepared for my mobilization. Your support, encouragement and offers of assistance mean more than you can know. I have been humbled by each of the expressions of concern and appreciation, large and small. From the hugs and individual words of compassion, to my cross country team’s awesome new XC/USMC shirts, to the overwhelming conclusion of the school pep rally… every word and every deed has been sincerely appreciated.” (READ MORE)
Dadmanly writes Selective Silencing “I love Peggy Noonan, (spouse alert on) in much the same way I love Abraham Lincoln (/spouse alert off). Noonan’s prose always bears tribute, that her cogent analysis and passionate argument once graced the speech-making of Ronald Reagan. In her Opinion Journal piece today, Noonan reports four occasions of the suppression of free speech, or the advocacy for such suppression. She notes that in each case, partisans and participants of the political left demonstrated a deep-rooted intolerance towards opposed view points and political expressions:” (READ MORE)
Victor Davis Hanson writes Do We Have a Strategy in the War? “It is often said that the United States has neither a long-term strategy in this larger war against terror nor an immediate one in Iraq. Both are unfair charges, since we seem to have both. Against the terrorists, our strategy is a six-pronged approach:” (READ MORE)
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