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Following the terrorist playbook, Iranian 'diplomat' claims CIA tortured him. US denies.

Coalition forces assault town held by Mahdi Army. This is excellent news for Iraqis. We can't let the Mahdi Army just wait us out.

Iran thinks Britain should be grateful it released the hostages it captured in an act of piracy. Iran is nuts. To answer this article, no, Iran didn't blink. They never had intended a long hostage crisis. The kidnapped the Britons, milked the most PR out of them they could, then released them. All on their own initiative. Neither Britain nor the US had any control over the situation. Iran won, and the west lost. Hostages feared death. Even Brits are questioning the comportment of the hostages. Quickly surrounded.

Pakistan to crack down on radical cleric. Just one?

Top hurricane researcher calls Al Gore a gross alarmist. He's half right. Al Gore is also a con-man, using global warming hysteria for his personal gain.

Bees continue to disappear. I bet it's because of the weakening magnetic field, and we'll see more drastic effects on animals as the shift gets closer. I think effects from the impending pole shift are often erroneously attributed to global warming.

Missile defense test successful.

Article blasts misleading Time article that claims US military is broken.

Justice Department aid Monica Goodling, who had promised to take the 5th in congressional hearings, resigns. Still subject to testify. I'm sure Democrats love the destruction their witch-hunts are wreaking. Oversight is one thing. This is not oversight. Monica Goodling graduated from Pat Robertson's law school. Interesting, but she's still smart to refuse to testify in this witch-hunting environment created by Democrats.

WSJ asks if Democrats want to get something done or just wage war on the President. The more government does, especially liberals, the worse it is for the people, so maybe waging war on the President full time is a good thing.

Paul Graham says Microsoft's domination is over. About time.

Interesting interview with a moderate Muslim leader.

American security contractor wrongly held in Iraq.