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Japanese readers looking for a slightly different tale can now curl up with “Get Out of Here, Curse You” — a novel by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

The book, believed to have been written on the eve of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of
Iraq and titled “Devil’s Dance” in its Japanese translation, hit stores around the nation Friday.

Jordan banned the book on the grounds it could damage ties with Iraq, but pirated copies of the tale of an Arab tribesman who defeats foreign invaders became a bestseller in Amman.

The original manuscript was smuggled out of Iraq by one of Saddam Hussein’s daughters, Raghad, and a copy given to Japanese journalist and translator Itsuko Hirata.

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idredit on May 21, 2006 at 3:54 pm

FWIW

Marc Ash Truthout.org’s editor gives a two-part update on the Leopold Rove saga Forum in progress at truthout blog…encountering internal server overload.

covers
‘what we know’
and

‘what we believe’

idredit on May 21, 2006 at 4:16 pm

The link to Marc Ash’s piece on Rove

Information Sharing on the Rove Indictment Story

By Marc Ash

Selected Excerpts

I’d like to break this posting into two categories: What we know, and what we believe. They will be clearly marked.

We know that we have now three independent sources confirming that attorneys for Karl Rove were handed an indictment either late in the night of May 12 or early in the morning of May 13. We know that each source was in a position to know what they were talking about. We know that the office of Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald will not confirm, will not deny, will not comment on its investigation or on our report. We know that both Rove’s attorney Robert Luskin and Rove’s spokesman Mark Corallo have categorically denied all key facts we have set forth. We know we have information that directly contradicts Luskin and Corallo’s denials.[.]

We know that we have not received a request for a retraction from anyone. And we know that White House spokesman Tony Snow now refuses to discuss Karl Rove – at all.[.]

[Ideredit: from what they believe, emphasis mine]

Further – and again this is “What We Believe” – Rove may be turning state’s evidence. We suspect that the scope of Fitzgerald’s investigation may have broadened – clearly to Cheney – and according to one “off the record source” to individuals and events not directly related to the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame. We believe that the indictment which does exist against Karl Rove is sealed. Finally, we believe that there is currently a great deal of activity in the Plame investigation.[.]

dada on May 21, 2006 at 4:19 pm

in the Sunday mailbag:

Water Power, H2O to HHO

Hmmmmmmm…..all I can say…

Note: first try at linking video. <fingers crossed>

Peace

NorthDakotaDemocrat on May 21, 2006 at 5:13 pm

sort of reminds me of the cold fusion controversy.
- dada on May 21, 2006 at 5:31 pm
  
  Here’s all I could find regarding this. BTW, Ch 26 in Clearwater, Fla, is a real Faux affiliate, and the broadcast is legit.
  
  Peace

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