Kyrgyzstan: Bush-era deal with a Central Asian ruler may come back to haunt Afghan campaign

A potential logistical nightmare is looming over the Aghan war plans. Is a crooked alliance in the war on terror to blame?

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Bush era crooked alliance behind air base crisis for the Afghan war?

Laura Rozen's piece on what's really behind the potential setback for efforts in Afghanistan, with Kyrgystan's threat to close a US base. She cites a 2006 NBC News piece that raised questions about a deal that gave a dictator's family millions, in US taxpayer dollars.

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A bailout for the firm that hired Congressman Cantor's wife

When a powerful republican congressman's wife is hired by a bank, and the bank gets a federal taxpayer bailout worth hundreds of millions, what does it mean? That will probably shake itself out. The congressman: House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA).

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Eastern Promise: Mysterious Kazakh tycoon and fugitive wants to tell secrets to the US

Palace intrigue: A former intelligence chief, thug and tycoon wants to blow the whistle about the crimes of President of Kazakhstan, a US ally. Obama's administration is inheriting a tough choice about whether to listen to the new informant.

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Neoconservative Richard Perle strikes again

Here, neoconservative leader Richard Perle unabashedly critiques Bush, who had once been so supportive of his vision.

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Yoga adventures

clever review of yoga "retreats"

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Fascinating story of an international fixer

A profile of a mysterious businessman who plunged into business on the fringes of the Iraq war. "This is a story of the other world, the one whose real power players never show up in the CNN headline crawl.

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Gov. Palin sold one state plane, used another

Governor Sarah Palin used her state law-enforcement agency's twin-engine plane to travel around Alaska, accounting for about 20 percent of its flying time, according to a document obtained by NBC News.

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McCain fundraiser's "war profiteering"?

I broke the story on Msnbc.com in May of a military fuel oil contract for Iraq with immense profits and little competition. The company that got the contract was run by a top McCain fundraiser.

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What Do Sarah Palin, Ahmad Chalabi, and the NRA Have in Common?

Mother Jones Magazine takes a look at McCain adviser Randy Scheunemann. Scheunemann used to represent the government of Georgia and the government of Taiwan as well as the NRA and Lockheed Martin. He also was a member of those who worked with Ahmad Chalabi to push for war.

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Neocons' former Iraqi favorite accuses Americans of plotting secret bases in Iraq

Here's Ahmad Chalabi, again, now talking to Iranian reporters, accusing American forces of planning "secret" military bases in Iraq. Chalabi, of course, pushed America to invade Iraq in the first place.

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A Chalabi ally accuses the US of trying to kill the wily Iraqi? That's what Iran's press agency says

This is complicated: An Iraqi with alleged close ties to Iran says the US was behind the assassination attempt against Ahmad Chalabi. This report is in PressTV, an Iranian press service. Chalabi has certainly been trying to remake his image.

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Ahmad Chalabi escapes a suicide attack in Baghdad

The ultimate political survivor, who steered America to war in Iraq, Chalabi just survived a deadly suicide attack against his convoy

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Interview about "The Man Who Pushed America to War"

Here's a q and a with the Georgetowner about book THE MAN WHO PUSHED AMERICA TO WAR

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LA Times on the arrest of a Chalabi aide

The LA Times reports as well on the arrest of Chalabi's aide Ali Al Lami, a member of the controversial deBaathification Commission. Chalabi was the neoconservatives' inspiration, but Al Lami is suspected of helping Iran's "special groups."

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An aide to Chalabi arrested. Was he involved in a bomb attack?

Interestingly, the US military arrested an aide to Ahmad Chalabi, Ali Al Lami, who works with the controversial DeBaathification Committee. Al Lami is reportedly suspected of involvement in a bombing that killed Americans, and of working with Iran backed operations.

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NY Times On McCain's reaction to 9/11

The Times on John McCain's push after the 9/11 attacks of 2001. Here's one section: "Within a month he made clear his priority. 'Very obviously Iraq is the first country,' he declared on CNN. By Jan. 2, Mr.

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Controversial General Boykin Scolds Nbc

Lt. General William Boykin caused a firestorm in 2003 after NBC News disclosed remarks he made about Islam and politics. Now the general is retired and in a new book he scolds NBC News and recalls the phone interview with producer Aram Roston.

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New facts on how Iraqi oil wealth is piling up, unspent

High priced oil means pain at the gas pump, but for Iraq's government it means money. GAO study finds staggering Iraqi oil revenue, but reports that the Iraqi government is not spending enough on reconstruction.

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"Worst" Iraq reconstruction

A $40 million project funded by US taxpayers sits wasted in the Iraqi desert

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Did an Iraqi with a notorious past play a role in Maliki's reaction to Obama

Ahmad Chalabi once again surfaces.

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Review Of The Man Who Pushed America To War, On Chalabi

A nice review from the site of the Kansas City Pitch

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The frontline of the mortgage crisis -- court ordered evictions

Accompanying sheriff's deputies as they go on the grim assignment of evicting people from the homes they live in. It's the up close end of many people's American dream of homeownership.

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Newsvine - more on arms dealer Monzer al Kassar from Haaretz

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Newsvine - McCain adviser Charles Black and Iraqi Ahmad Chalabi

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