- an Italian prosecutor has requested that a US soldier be charged in the shooting of Nicola Calipari in 2005. You can read more about that controversial incident here and you can read about the content of the prosecutor's filing here.
- Chuck Guite has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in the Canadian sponsorship scandal.
- PM Stephen Harper is defending multiculturalism. That ought to piss off some of his supporters who believe that multiculturalism is an anvil around Canada's neck.
- an al Quaeda linked group has allegedly claimed responsibilty for kidnapping the two US soldiers who went missing last week. The same group claims it also kidnapped four missing Russian diplomats.
- The US Deputy Secretary of State has resigned and will be heading for Wall Street to join the greener$$$ pastures at Goldman Sachs.
- Democrats are set to call for a 'phased pullout' of troops for Iraq.
The resolution, expected to come to the floor as early as tomorrow, also would call on Bush to provide a plan to redeploy remaining troops after 2006, but it does not specify where troops should be moved and how many might come home.
Under the proposal, a small contingent of American troops would be kept in Iraq to train local forces so they can take control of their own country.
- Bush's friend (whose name Bush loves to pronounce), Prime Minister Koizumi of Japan, is considering pulling his country's troops out of Iraq.
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