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McClatchy: Bush Wrong to Blame Iraq Woes Mainly on Al-Qaeda

McClatchy: Bush Wrong to Blame Iraq Woes Mainly on Al-Qaeda : "McClatchy: Bush Wrong to Blame Iraq Woes Mainly on Al-Qaeda By E&P Staff Published: June 29, 2007 10:55 PM ET NEW YORK For the past week, E&P has noted the Bush administration's rising use of blaming much of the insurgency in Iraq on al-Qaeda operatives. Some news outlets have gone all along with this, others not. We pointed out that McClatchy Newspapers seemed to be questioning this trend. 'We cannot attribute all the violence in Iraq to al Qaida,' retired Army Maj. Gen. John Batiste, who commanded the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq before becoming an opponent of Bush's strategy there, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday. 'Al Qaida is certainly a component, but there's larger components.' Today McClatchy's Jonathan Landay, in a report from Washington, threw more cold water on this. His article opened as follows. * Facing eroding support for his Iraq policy, even...

Egypt officials ban female circumcision - Yahoo! News

Egypt officials ban female circumcision - Yahoo! News : CAIRO, Egypt - The death of a 12-year-old Egyptian girl at the hands of a doctor performing female circumcision has sparked a public outcry and prompted health and religious authorities to ban the practice. "The girl, Badour Shaker, died this month while undergoing the procedure in an illegal clinic in the southern town of Maghagh. Her mother, Zeniab Abdel Ghani, told the Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper that she paid about $9 to a female physician to perform the procedure"

DesertPeace: PEACE LOVING ISRAELI OCCUPATION

DesertPeace: PEACE LOVING ISRAELI OCCUPATION Presented here are six videos that will not be screened on American or British http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHbnenfZrYc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e05mhZY-Psw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTfHgmxY6m8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mxfM2vnoi0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqb4llfXph4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfi88rxLUs4