Aznar accused on Madrid bombing
Dale Fuchs in Madrid
Thursday June 23, 2005
The Guardian
A parliamentary panel investigating the Madrid rail bombings has concluded that the former government of José María Aznar "manipulated" and "twisted" information about the blasts to further its electoral interests, it emerged yesterday. ...
- Then, Two related stories under the heading; "We told you so, before the election, you dumbasses".
Iraq creating new breed of jihadists, says CIA
Ewen MacAskill, Duncan Campbell and Richard Norton-Taylor
Thursday June 23, 2005
The Guardian
The war in Iraq is creating a new breed of Islamic jihadists who could go on to destabilise other countries, according to a CIA report. The CIA believes Iraq to be potentially worse than Afghanistan, which produced thousands of jihadists in the 1980s and 1990s. Many of the recruits to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida had fought in Afghanistan. ....
British warplanes join assault on Taliban
Scores killed but US spy plane lost after mission
Declan Walsh in Islamabad
Thursday June 23, 2005
The Guardian
Afghan and US troops backed by British warplanes pounded a mountain hideout in southern Afghanistan in a day-long battle that left more than 76 Taliban guerrillas dead. The battle was the bloodiest engagement yet in a summer of escalating violence that has dimmed hopes for an early end to the Taliban insurgency. ....
- And finally tying those two stories together.
Blinded by the light at the end of the tunnel
The American public is increasingly disillusioned by the Iraq war, and Bush's triumphalism only makes things worse
Sidney Blumenthal
Thursday June
23, 2005
The Guardian
