House of Horrors...
by Riverbend

It sat on my PC desktop for five days. The first day I read about it on the internet, on some site, my heart sank. White phosphorous in Falloojeh. I knew nothing about white phosphorous, of course, and a part of me didn’t want to know the details. I tried downloading the film four times and was almost relieved when I got disconnected all four times. E. had heard about the film too and one of his friends S. finally brought it by on CD. He and E. shut themselves up in the room with the computer to watch the brief documentary. E. came out half an hour later looking pale- his lips tightened in a straight line, which is the way he looks when he’s pensive... thinking about something he'd rather not discuss. “Hey- I want to see it too…” I half-heartedly called out after him, as he walked S. to the door. “It’s on the desktop- but you really don’t want to see it.” E. said.

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Iraq War Debate Eclipses All Other Issues
GOP Flounders as Bush's Popularity Falls; Democrats Struggle for a Voice

Losing two wars
by Steve Gilliard

How U.S. Fell Under the Spell of 'Curveball'
The Iraqi informant's German handlers say they had told U.S. officials that his information was 'not proven,' and were shocked when President Bush and Colin L. Powell used it in key prewar speeches.

  thanks to Politics in the Zeros

This is a must read. A depressing read. Like all the rest isn't depressing.

Facing reality
by Steve Gilliard

Losing the Fear Factor
How The Bush Administration Got Spooked

Iraq's Oil: The Spoils of War

Bush as Press Assassin?
Baathist in a Mirror

Peace Talk
Shiites, Kurds and Sunnis are trying to sort things out in Iraq. Too bad the Bush administration isn’t in on the plan.

Murtha's lips are moving, but is it the uniformed military that's really speaking?