[July 25 2007] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: The Art Of Negative 'Spin' - The Republican Party's Obstructionism Left 11 Of 13 Bills Undone In The Last Legislative Session, So They 'Spin It!'

In The News: Capitol Hill - The House Judiciary committee may vote contempt-of-congress charges due to Harriet Miers and others failure to comply with congressional subpoenas, and the Senate Judiciary practically threatens AG Gonzales. Arelen Specter, a Republican, suggests it may be time for a special prosecutor to probe the US District Attorney firings, apparently for no good reason. During a speech in South Carolina, president Bush refers to al Qaeda as a reason we can't leave Iraq 95 times. **Juan Cole** has more about the non-threat, almost non-existence of AQ in Iraq.

Bush made al-Qaeda in Iraq the central group in the insurgency. In fact, Pentagon statistics indicate that the US holds in captivity 19,000 Iraqis suspected of insurgent activities, whereas it has only 135 foreign fighters currently in custody. "Al-Qaeda in Iraq" is mostly foreign fighters. Obviously, it just is not that important, though it gets off some bombs, which is not to be taken lightly. Bush says that tribal sheikhs in al-Anbar province have now taken on the foreign jihadis. But if that is so, why should we worry about them taking over Iraq? They cannot and the Iraqis would not let them (even the Sunni Iraqis would not let them, much less the Shiites or Kurds!) 1200 foreign volunteers cannot take over a country, and the US does not need 160,000 troops in Iraq to fight this small group. In fact, Bush risks raising the question of why 160,000 US troops have not made better progress against the small cohort of foreign fighters. An analysis of persons named as fighters on internet sites 18 months ago vigorously contests Bush's allegation: [**In Full**]

San Francisco yesterday... the electrical grid spasms and then a transformer under Mission Street goes down... taking out computers and other sensitive electronic devices all around the city. The Senate begins the Homeland Security budget debate today and **Permanent military bases in Iraq** comes up on the agenda today as well. A full list of all U.S. facilities in Iraq is **here**, at globalsecurity.org

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