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  • Hot Off The Presses - Radio

    President Big Hat No Cattle Talks Tough

    NPR : U.S. Detains 6 Iranians in Irbil Raid Bush's new strategy, however, ignores key recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, which in December called for a new diplomatic offensive and an outreach to Syria and Iran. Instead, the president accused both countries of aiding terrorists and insurgents in Iraq. "We will disrupt the attacks on our forces," Bush said. "We will interrupt the flow of support from Iran and Syria." Audio of speech plays under sweetened video of the exercise. Meanwhile, video of Syrian government officials making conciliatory statements about a more cooperative relationship with the Americans is being cued up…

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    But…isn’t this an act of war?

    NPR : U.S. Raids Iranian Consulate in Iraq U.S.-led forces raided Iran's consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on Thursday and detained five staff members. Let's see: Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Iran (symbolically) and by extension our staunch allies in Iraqi Kurdistan. Any Muslim countries we're NOT going to attack? This is a foreign policy?