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Saddam, the FBI and Cliocide in Iraq

Top notch critique from Juan Cole on the FBI questioning of Saddam after his capture. The GWU page- as well as the documents themselves- are worth a read too.

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'Iran trial' for UK embassy staff

Some UK embassy staff detained in Tehran and accused of inciting protests over elections will face trial, a top Iranian cleric says.

Guardians Council chief Ahmad Jannati said: “Naturally they will be put on trial, they have made confessions.”

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Cheney Worries about Wasting the Sacrifices made in Iraq on behalf of Big Oil

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gattphotos: Ric [via]

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Government bans former anti-terror chief's tell-all book

We may have ditched compuslory ID cards here in the UK, but now we ban books.

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Ant mega-colony takes over world

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“The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States.”

That this is on Fox News- on Glenn Beck, no less- is no surprise. But Michael Scheuer? I always thought of him as a fairly sensible guy. [via]

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New photos from Iran (I may be wrong but I suspect these are new as in ‘newly released’ rather than new new as in ‘newly taken’). [via Huffington Post]

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“ The Iranian rebel tweeters have melted away.

— The Times’ Judith Evans balances offensiveness with condescension. I enjoyed Scott Lucas’ reply.

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Why Wikipedia was right to stop the revelation of David Rohde's kidnapping

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Why gardening is more dangerous than cycling

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Persepolis 2.0 [via]

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