United Nations-mandated auditors have sharply criticised the US occupation authority for the way it has spent more than $11bn in Iraqi oil revenues and say they have faced “resistance” from coalition officials. Mind you, the UN is being a bit of a pot, as it has its own issues with oil and corruption.
SpaceShipOne
The first private manned spacecraft to fly to the edge of space and back.
Control Room
We watched Control Room last night at the Ken. Thought it was a great look at the media, exposing biases on both sides of the world.
I should really learn to sandboard.
Nice: GOP avoiding investigation of prisoner abuse
Al-Qaida may ‘reward’ American president with strike aimed at keeping him in office. A senior US intelligence official is about to publish a bitter condemnation of America’s counter-terrorism policy, arguing that the west is losing the war against al-Qaida and that an “avaricious, premeditated, unprovoked” war in Iraq has played into Osama bin Laden’s hands.
Did Bush know Cheney had given orders to down airliners on September 11? The commission staff wonders and remains at odds with both men over alleged Saddam-Al Qaeda ties.
I love this picture
From foundphotos.
Fresh vegetables
Looks like some things are finally leading back to people at the top; Rumsfeld ordered Iraqi terror suspect to be hidden off the books
Nice: Batter-coated french fries are a fresh vegetable, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture
So the question arises: What if a free press flourishes throughout the Middle East, as one of the many democratic institutions the Bush administration says it is seeking to promote there, and yet it yields coverage that is hostile to the United States? ‘Control Room’ write-up. KPBS interviewed the creator last night, it sounds like an interesting documentary.