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Now that Julian “Clean” Sanchez has left the Reason nest (popping back only often enough to do laundry and bum money from the ‘rents), his personal blog, Notes from the Lounge, is once again a required daily stop, because that’s where new Julian Sanchez material is reliably to be found. See “Do They Think They’re [...]

During the three-month period from Feb. 11 to May 12, weekly attacks by insurgents averaged more than 600, a 13 percent rise over the previous six months and higher than any other time frame detailed in the report.
From Reuters’ account of the latest quarterly report on the Iraqi insurgency. On the good news front, though, [...]

The MI-6 Telegram claims that “Saudi fighters” are behind an upsurge in attacks on British troops:
The Saudi influence on terrorism in Shia-dominated Basra has not been previously reported but has caused concern among military commanders because of their training, technology and finance.
Although the majority of Saudi Arabians are Sunni, the minority Shia have taken part [...]