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Defending Death and Destruction

U.S. Diplomat Nicholas Burns Stepping Down
“This is a very bittersweet time for us because Nick Burns has decided that it is time for him to retire,” Ms. Rice said in announcing Mr. Burns’s resignation in the State Department’s ornate Treaty Room. “He has decided that it’s the right moment to go back to family concerns.”
Precision Bombing In Iraq And Afghanistan
It's part of the return to the post-Vietnam tactics that worked so well for Washington, substituting US bombs for US troop deaths: lessening the political damage in the US by increasing the physical damage in the place you're bombing. Marc Garlasco, a Human Rights Watch military analyst: "My major concern with what's going on in Iraq is massive population density...you have the potential for very high civilian casualties."

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State Department exodus continuesKuwait Times 21:20 19-Jan-08
humbling of the neoconsblogs World War 4 Report 21:21 19-Jan-08
Ottawa to rewrite controversial training manualThe Toronto Star 19:35 19-Jan-08
A US group lobbying for Washington to engage Tehran...TurkishPress.com 16:25 19-Jan-08
Jomaa brings a touch of Tunisia to Ankara thanks...Today's Zaman 12:29 19-Jan-08
No. 3 U.S. Diplomat, Lead Negotiator on Iran, RetiresThe New York Times 10:04 19-Jan-08