Daily Archives: 5 August 2007

WaPo Tomorrow: US Loses Track of 190, 000 Weapons in Iraq

“They really have no idea where they are ….”

Tomorrow’s news today:

From Editor & Publisher:

‘Wash Post’: U.S. Loses Track of 190,000 Weapons in Iraq

By E&P Staff
Published: August 05, 2007 10:10 PM ET

NEW YORK In a front page report for The Washington Post on Monday, veteran reporter Glenn Kessler reveal that the U.S. military ” has lost track of about 190,000 AK-47 assault rifles and pistols given to Iraqi security forces in 2004 and 2005, according to a new government report Continue reading

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The Assault on Beauchamp, Kos, Reason, et al

Was the West Wing of the White House the originator of this multi-pronged attack against a private serving in combat in Iraq?

Bob Owens, the current torch-bearer in THE WEEKLY STANDARD’s* blogger-cum-editor Michael Goldfarb’s orchestrated attack on THE NEW REPUBLIC, is now getting to the real meat of the crucifixion: bloodying and perhaps destroying THE NEW REPUBLIC — who will have to, at a minimum, either fight back against this swiftboating, or else sacrifice editor or editors. One is named in today’s “exposé” — horrifically reminiscent of what they did to Dan Rather (Little Green Footballs, who led that charge, is in on this one, HERE). From the Confederate Yankee (sic, I believe he means “Yanker”):

[*owned by Rupert Murdoch] Continue reading

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