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Thor Hesla was killed on January 14th, 2008 in an attack by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan. I may have met Thor once or twice, but I didn’t know him.
My perspective on this tragedy is that I know his father, Professor Emeritus David Hesla. David Hesla is a beloved and somewhat eccentric professor, one [...]

I had already begun composing my post on the NIE and the question of when the executive branch was actually aware of this information a couple of days ago, but I became so angry that it was counterproductive. I picked it up again this morning, and was a couple of paragraphs into it when I [...]

Iraq causalities may be more than a million.
…a survey of 1,461 adults suggested that the total number slain during more than four years of war was more than 1.2 million. … nearly one in two households in Baghdad had lost at least one member to war- related violence, and 22% of households nationwide had suffered [...]

Here is a very comprehensive 9/11 timeline.
In New York City, firefighters and first responders at the World Trade Center read the victims’ names for the first time today.
The majority of the 9/11 terrorists were Saudis, but Americans still try to draw some link to Iraq. Meanwhile, al Qaeda is in Iraq now.
This administration has [...]

To my chagrin, I have never seen an episode of Boston Legal. If only it aired an hour (or two) earlier.
It looks like a show to which I could easily have become addicted.
Here’s ten minutes on Guantanamo. What’s not to love? Never mind the cast (wow. the cast.) - this is a succinct overview of [...]

Where have we gone, America?
On Staged “Terrorist” Attacks and Dictatorship
Impeach Now or Face the End of Constitutional Democracy, Paul Craig Roberts, Counterpunch
Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran. Bush has put in place all the necessary measures for [...]

This global incident map of terrorism and other activities updates every 30 seconds.
On 6-24-2007

AFGHANISTAN-NATO Kills 60 Taliban Terrorists In Operations In Afghanistan-Pakistan Border
AFGHANISTAN-Lashkar Gah-Soldiers attacked by Afghan roadside bomb
AFGHANISTAN-Lashkar Gah-Over a dozen Taliban, coalition soldier killed
AFGHANISTAN-Andar-Taliban seize 18 Afghan mine clearing experts
AFGHANISTAN-Musa Qala-Taliban behead local police chief’s son
COLOMBIA-Buenaventura-Bomb kills at least two in troubled Colombia [...]