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Assistant U.S. Attorney learns he has to inform the judge of prosecutorial misconduct in Moussaoui trial. in Scribble-in-Law my law cartoon. Scribble's Page Two blog is a pictoral archive, has additional stuff and reader comment.
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From WashingtonPost.com
Looking for a Villain
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Tuesday, March 14, 2006; 12:42 PM
President Bush always does better against an enemy. His strongest public support has come when demonizing Osama bin Laden (not hard), Saddam Hussein (a bit harder) -- and then John Kerry (his finest achievement).
But as the morass in Iraq seems to worsen day by day, identifying the enemy there has become increasingly difficult. Is it Sunnis? Shiites? Foreign terrorists? The insurgency? Saddamists? Independent militias? Is it us?
Yesterday brought two strong signs that even as Bush is trying -- and failing -- to placate the public about Iraq, he's increasingly keen to focus attention on a new villain: Iran.
...As Jim Axelrod reported on the CBS Evening News: "For a speech designed to build support for the war in Iraq, the biggest headline was accusing Iran of being behind some of the worst violence."
Caroline Daniel writes in the Financial Times: "In a sign of hardening US rhetoric against Iran and an effort to shift some blame for the turbulence in Iraq, President George W. Bush yesterday accused Tehran of supplying components for some of the most powerful improvised explosive devices used in Iraq."
From NYTimes.com:
Rumsfeld Hints Troop Level May Increase Slightly in Iraq
By THOM SHANKER
WASHINGTON, March 14 — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld gave a strong hint today that American troop levels in Iraq may be increased in coming days, perhaps only slightly and temporarily.
...One reason for concern, Mr. Rumsfeld said, was the number of pilgrims from Iran who come to Iraq. President Bush, Mr. Rumsfeld and other officials have said in recent days that Iran is intervening in Iraqi affairs and fomenting attacks.
03.15.06
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