Articles

Rivalry Brews In Russia's Backyard

Los Angeles Times
December 4, 2004
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Rivalry Brews In Russia's Backyard

Using its energy resources as leverage, Moscow is angling for influence in its former republics in the face of growing U.S. and NATO presence.

By Kim Murphy, Times Staff Writer

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — The Cold War may be over, but U.S. and Russian soldiers are expanding outposts in this mountainous former Soviet republic about 3,200 miles east of NATO headquarters in Brussels and nearly 2,000 miles from Moscow.

Blogging Sells, and Sells Out

By Billmon,

Billmon is the author of Whiskey Bar, online at www.billmon.org.

By most accounts, blogs — web logs to the uninitiated — scored a major coup last week when CBS News admitted that it couldn't vouch for the authenticity of memos supposedly written by George W. Bush's commander in the Texas Air National Guard. The conservative bloggers who led the charge against the CBS story were hailed as giant slayers. And yet it's the blogging phenomenon itself that may need the last rites.

Similar Theft Accounts, From Farmer To Church

Long Island Newsday
August 15, 2004
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Similar Theft Accounts, From Farmer To Church

By Ray Sanchez

Over a week in early August, Newsday spoke with more than three dozen Baghdad residents who said they had had property stolen by U.S. troops - usually money, jewelry or other valuables. Similar cases have been reported by independent human rights groups working in Baghdad.

Iraqis Say Soldiers Rob Them

Long Island Newsday
August 15, 2004

Iraqis Say Soldiers Rob Them

Civilians allege that forces seeking rebels raid homes and take money, other property; U.S. authorities say such incidents are rare

By Ray Sánchez, Staff Correspondent

Arab Terrorists 'Are Getting Into The US Over Mexican Border'

London Sunday Telegraph
August 15, 2004

Arab Terrorists 'Are Getting Into The US Over Mexican Border'

By Julian Coman, in Washington

The Money Quote:

The two groups of Arab males were discovered by patrol guards from Willcox, Arizona. "These guys didn't speak Spanish," said one field agent, "and they were speaking to each other in Arabic. It's ridiculous that we don't take this more seriously. We're told not to say a thing to the media."

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