Archive for the 'Turkey' Category

Let us hope our stupidity and arrogance has not reached critical mass.

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Because Part I of this series was so incredible, I could not believe it was true. Patapsco Creek Jack wrote the other day about a
Washington Post on-line discussion with Dana Priest.
Voila.
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PART THE THIRD 

From the Sunday London Times…
January 27, 2008
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Tip-off thwarted nuclear spy ring probe
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Insight: Chris Gourlay, Jonathan Calvert, Joe Lauria in Washington
AN investigation into […]

W got help from Nancy on this one when she correctly in called the deaths of Armenians a genocide…

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

not unlike our handling of the Native-Americans in 18th and 19th centuries.
But, a successful stand-up realizes that timing is everything.
As the Turks could say, “Atta boy, Ataturk!“ 
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U.S. driving Turkey, Iran together, former U.S. envoy warns
By Warren P. Strobel, McClatchy Newspapers Fri Nov 2, 1:00 PM ET
WASHINGTON — The retired general who served as President […]

“‘Midnight Express’ hero returns to Turkey to mend fences”–AFP

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS hero must not be good at taking hints.–DBp
Sat Jun 16, 3:38 PM ET
ISTANBUL (AFP) - Billy Hayes, the American whose ordeal in a Turkish jail provided the basis for the 1978 classic “Midnight Express,” has returned to Turkey in a bid to mend fences over the damage the movie caused to the country’s […]