A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.
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Iran-Saudi proxy war in Iraq feared “U.S. and Iraqi officials fear the sectarian conflict in Iraq will become a proxy war pitting Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Muslim nations against Shi'ite Iran if a U.S. drawdown in Iraq leaves a weak government in place.” (READ MORE)
Senator's final days pay tribute to troops “Lawmakers who lost their November races chose different ways to use their waning time on Capitol Hill -- some finishing legislation or positioning themselves for a future run. Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio's last task was more solemn.” (READ MORE)
Imams seek to settle with airline “A group of Muslim imams is seeking an out-of-court settlement with US Airways, saying they should not have been removed from a Minnesota-to-Phoenix flight last month and were not behaving suspiciously.” (READ MORE)
A Chilean Dictator's Dark Legacy “Gen. Augusto Pinochet, 91, the former Chilean dictator whose government murdered and tortured thousands during his repressive 17-year rule, died yesterday at a Santiago military hospital of complications from a heart attack, leaving incomplete numerous court cases that had sought to bring him to justice.” (READ MORE)
U.S. Report Rejected By Iraqi President “Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Sunday strongly rejected a bipartisan U.S. panel's report on U.S. war strategy in Iraq, calling some of its recommendations ‘dangerous’ and a threat to his country's sovereignty.” (READ MORE)
Jefferson Win Poses Dilemma for Party “Rep. William J. Jefferson may be a pariah in some Washington political circles, but voters in this storm-battered city weighed in over the weekend with their own verdict regarding their scandal-plagued congressman: He's still our guy.” (READ MORE)
Taliban and Allies Tighten Grip in North of Pakistan “Islamic militants are flouting a recent peace deal and fortifying alliances with Al Qaeda and foreign fighters, creating a virtual Taliban mini-state.” (READ MORE)
News From the Front:
Bill Roggio writes al-Zawraa: Muj TV “The information front in the Long War is perhaps the war's most vital. And it is one front where the West is perceived as losing.” (READ MORE)
Bill Roggio writes Hearts & Minds “Fallujah continues to remain a dangerous place for the U.S. military, Iraqi Army and the Iraqi police. Insurgents lobbed three 120 millimeter mortars inside the Fallujah Government Center this afternoon.” (READ MORE)
GWOTdotUS writes University of Oklahoma: Milblogs do not pose a security threat “After taking a break from the ISG report I started surfing the web and ran across a pdf document of a study of milblogs. University of Oklahoma students completed a study on a few key aspects of milblogs. The areas studied were:” (READ MORE)
On the Web:
Jules Crittenden writes George Bush, Still President “George Bush is supposed to be on the ropes right now, pummeled by the mid-term elections, having been compelled to show Donald Rumsfeld the door, and having most recently received his marching orders from the Iraq Study Group. The Has-Beens dictated that he must follow their instructions in total, without deviation. Hillary Clinton called for an ‘Iraq Results Group’ to implement those recommendations. And George Bush said no.” (READ MORE)
Victor Davis Hanson writes Our Pearl Harbor “On Dec. 7, 1941 — 65 years ago this week — pilots from a Japanese carrier force bombed Pearl Harbor. They killed 2,403 Americans, most of them service personnel, while destroying much of the American fleet and air forces stationed in Hawaii. The next morning, an outraged United States declared war, which ended less than four years later with the destruction of most of the Japanese empire and its military.” (READ MORE)
Paul Greenberg writing at Townhall.com writes The one sure guide in Iraq “The special issue of The New Republic that arrived in the other day's mail was devoted to the choices confronting American policymakers in Iraq.” (READ MORE)
Armstrong Williams writing at Townhall.com writes The NATO Summit “On the eve of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit last week, President Bush urged NATO allies to do more to tackle the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.” (READ MORE)
Jeff Jacoby writing at Townhall.com writes Oh, Brother “New York City's board of health voted last week to ban the use of trans fats in restaurants, a step that will force many of the Big Apple's 26,000 eating establishments to radically alter the way they prepare food.” (READ MORE)
Jeff Emanuel writing at Townhall.com writes Political correctness run amok This November, a Christian fraternity at the University of Georgia, Beta Upsilon Chi (BYX, which stands for ?Brothers Under Christ?), was prevented from completing its required annual re-registration for student organization status.” (READ MORE)
T.F.Boggs writes Where do we go now? “Since I have expressed my disdain for the ‘findings’ of the ISG I suppose I should offer my opinion on what course I believe our military should take to win the war in Iraq and against the greater war on terrorism in general. First off when we find ourselves engaged in a war our military are more often than not the ones fighting it. ” (READ MORE)
Allahpundit writes AP to Bloggers: Stop Maligning Our Stringers, Chickenhawks “Another volley from Kathleen Carroll, the executive editor. Last Friday, according to Times writer Tom Zeller, she told reporters it would be the height of foolishness to continue to engage the ‘mad blog rabble’ (Zeller’s words). And yet, here we are.” (READ MORE)
Captain Ed writes Connecting A Few Dots With The Flying Imams “Kathryn Kersten decides to do what her employer has thus far refused through its news division and report on the terror connections of the Flying Imams. In her latest Star Tribune column, Kersten notes the affiliations of the six imams who got booted from a US Air flight for their suspicious behavior:” (READ MORE)
Don Surber writes ISG offended the Iraqis “Corey Flintoff of NPR did something that no other American reporter did: He got Iraq reaction to the Iraq Study Group's 79 recommendations (also as 79 ways to surrender). Flintoff reported that Iraqis are none too pleased:” (READ MORE)
Right Wing Nut House writes OUR GOVERNMENT IS UNSERIOUS ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY “I don’t care how many elections Republicans lose or if a Democrat is elected President in 2008, the Democrats still have a long way to go in convincing me that they are as serious as I and many conservatives are about national security. And those in government – the bureaucrats and policymakers in the agencies who are charged with counterterrorism – have an equal distance to travel in order to lift the impression that our entire government is at war with an enemy that they don’t understand and have made precious little effort in trying to change that singular fact.” (READ MORE)
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