Iraq
(AP) A chlorine bomb in Baghdad kills "at least" 32. (This number will go higher.)
Same article: (AP) Clashes in Nasiriyah between the Mahdi and the SCIRI supported local government forces kill 9 and wound 75.
(Reuters) Basra, the richest city in Iraq and gateway to the Gulf, could erupt into all-out war between rival Shi'ite groups seeking control of its vast oil wealth as British forces prepare to draw down.
And, a very interesting but vaguely sourced article claiming that new Centcom commander Adm. Fallon "vowed privately there would be no war against Iran as long as he was chief of CENTCOM," even hinting he would resign if ordered to such an option.
Fallon said that he was not alone, according to the source, adding, "There are several of us trying to put the crazies back in the box."
(In "the other war" The NYTimes has a very interesting article on the corruption and failure of the poppy eradication program in Afghanistan.)
Same article: (AP) Clashes in Nasiriyah between the Mahdi and the SCIRI supported local government forces kill 9 and wound 75.
(Reuters) Basra, the richest city in Iraq and gateway to the Gulf, could erupt into all-out war between rival Shi'ite groups seeking control of its vast oil wealth as British forces prepare to draw down.
And, a very interesting but vaguely sourced article claiming that new Centcom commander Adm. Fallon "vowed privately there would be no war against Iran as long as he was chief of CENTCOM," even hinting he would resign if ordered to such an option.
Fallon said that he was not alone, according to the source, adding, "There are several of us trying to put the crazies back in the box."
(In "the other war" The NYTimes has a very interesting article on the corruption and failure of the poppy eradication program in Afghanistan.)
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