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Turkey looking to invade North Iraq
ecthompsonmd October 17, 2007

This is a problem. Colin Powell was required to personally intervene in order to stop a Turkish invasion back in 2003. We took our eyes off of the ball. Yes, there are many balls but the Kurds pestering the Turks was one of the balls. This was identified as a problem or potential problem early on. Now what? ———– From MSNBC.com: Turkey’s Parliament on Wednesday was expected to approve a possible cross-border military incursion into northern Iraq to chase separatist Kurdish rebels despite international calls for restraint. Turkish leaders have stressed that an offensive against the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers

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NTSB looking into bridge collapse
ecthompsonmd August 2, 2007

This maybe interesting.  The MSM nonstop coverage has been nauseating. ——– From CNN.com: Federal officials and Minnesota lawmakers will travel Thursday to the Twin Cities to begin investigating the collapse of an interstate bridge into the Mississippi River in Minnesota. The National Transportation Safety Board will be sending a team of investigators, NTSB spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz said. The team will be accompanied by the chairman of the NTSB, Mark Rosenker, Lopatkiewicz said. Meanwhile, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters was flying to the Twin Cities Thursday morning along with the state’s two U.S. senators, Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Amy Klobuchar.  (more…)

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Looking for more excuses
ecthompsonmd July 14, 2007

What more do we need? Al-Maliki says we can go. Look for the Bush Administration to spin this on the Sunday talk shows. Again, I would point out that George doesn’t want to go. That’s the deal. —— From CNN.com: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki shrugged off U.S. doubts of his government’s military and political progress Saturday, saying Iraqi forces are capable and American troops can leave “anytime they want.” One of his top aides, meanwhile, accused the United States of embarrassing the Iraqi government by violating human rights and treating his country like an “experiment in a U.S. lab.” (more…)

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