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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Monday, January 07, 2008

The world on fire

I've been noting the increased Al Qaeda/Sunni insurgent attacks, especially on the Sunnis working with the US.

(CNN) Anti-al Qaeda leader among 15 killed in Baghdad blasts.

(AP) "the suicide bomber walked up to al-Samarrai... and embraced him before detonating his explosives." (Indicates someone known.)

(Xinhua) "Dozens of al-Qaida gunmen in Iraq attacked the house of a tribal chieftain in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, kidnapping him and 13 of his family members..."

In Afghanistan, more civilians killed, and the NYTimes has a good article on Bagram prison.

(Newsweek) "Attorney general Michael Mukasey's decision to launch a full-scale FBI probe into the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes has sent several alarmed agency employees scrambling to find lawyers."

And, in Pakistan, (Reuters) A new poll by USIP shows Pakistanis want their country to be more democratic, more Islamic, and more anti-US.

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