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| Wed, 31 May 2006 16:00:00 EST Ambassador from Iraq knows firsthand of trouble in Haditha |
| For Iraq's new ambassador to the United States, Samir Sumaydi, representing his nation is painfully personal. Sumaydi's family hails from the western town of Haditha, the site of an alleged massacre of civilians by U.S. marines last November. His father was born in Haditha; Sumaydi used to spend his summers there. |
| Wed, 31 May 2006 16:00:00 EST Why talk with Iran? |
| Here is my Creators Syndicate column on how to deal with Iran. And here is the latest offering on Iran from the invaluable Michael Ledeen, on National Review Online, with a link to Der Spiegel's interview of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It is astonishing to me that so many people are treating Ahmadinejad's letter to George W. Bush as an invitation to dialogue, when it is no more an invitation to dialogue than Mein Kampf. A high-ranking Bush administration official has told me that the most important lesson to be drawn from our experience with Iran since the mullahs' revolution of 1979 is that there is nothing to be gained from negotiating with so-called moderates in the regime. But the people urging negotiations with Ahmadinejad do not even claim he is a moderate. They seem to assume that we lose nothing by negotiating publicly. But we do. Here is a good analysis of the reasons by David Frum. |
| Wed, 31 May 2006 16:00:00 EST Another turn on the immigration issue |
| The Senate passed an immigration bill last week with border security, guest worker, and legalization provisions. Now the issue presumably goes to conference committee. But the initial word is that House Republicans, who passed a border security measure last December, are not inclined to go along. They've evidently been hearing a lot of negative things about the legalization (=amnesty?) provisions, and it's beginning to sound like the deal I suggested—give every side a lot of what they want—may not work. |
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| Wed, 31 May 2006 20:59:30 EDT Anti-terror grants rile 9/11 targets |
| New York and Washington will get less in federal anti-terror money this year, while other areas will see increases in their funding. Under one program, New York still gets the largest grant but it is $83 million down on last year, while the capital's funding is cut by $31 million. "Somehow this administration thinks that Georgia peanut farmers are more at risk than the Empire State Building," said N.Y. Sen. Charles Schumer, referring to a 40 percent rise in Georgia's grant. |
| Wed, 31 May 2006 19:40:42 EDT Suspect in cuffs as abducted attorney freed |
| A gunman abducted a 34-year-old lawyer Wednesday, forcing her to drive off in her silver Lexus SUV, Birmingham, Alabama, police said. |
| Wed, 31 May 2006 15:44:20 EDT Military rapes shock Congolese president |
| As Congo President Joseph Kabila watched an exclusive CNN video report of the systematic raping and mutilating of women by members of his military, he squirmed in his chair. Shook his head. Narrowed his eyes. Then he said: "These kinds of acts are simply unforgivable." |
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