OUTLOOK: Start of Ramadan marked by violence in Iraq

Ramadan has begun. In normal times, it marks the beginning of the ninth month, and the beginning of the revelation of Islam's most holy text, the Q'uran.Ramadan is a time for spiritual reflection, prayer, altruism, and family. For the entire month, devout Muslims fast during...

From the "well, duh" Dept: Israel troubled that war in Lebanon drove its enem...

The Christian Science Monitor posts this  epilogue to the 2006 war in Lebanon:"Israelis say the war that started July 12 with the capture of two of its soldiers has created a much more dangerous enemy as the conflict has deepened ties between Lebanese guerrillas and...

Secret Transcript of Bush online chat with Pope: Dept. of LMHO

The following purports to be part of a top-secret transcript of an IM session between US President George Bush and Pope Benedict 16 at Huffington Post.  Get the full transcript by clicking on the link."Ben16: But forgive me for burdening you with my own troubles. Ben16:...

OUTLOOK: Israel cluster bomb use in Lebanon "outrageous": UN

LEbanese bloggers: please respond."BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel scattered at least 350,000 unexploded cluster bomblets on south Lebanon in its war with Hizbollah, mostly when the conflict was all but over, leaving a deadly legacy for civilians, U.N. officials said on...

OUTLook: U.S. war prisons legal vacuum for 14,000

Secret prison system holds 14,000, reports say. (Tailrank lists several conversations, clustered around this AP wire story):"9/17/2006 11:15:28 AM In the few short years since the first shackled Afghan shuffled off to Guantanamo, the U.S. military has created a global network...