By Michael Smith, Times of London Read Mick Smith’s defence blog at www.timesonline.co.uk/micksmith [1] The US military is drawing up plans for a ?surgical strike? against an insurgent training camp inside Iran if Republican Guards continue with attempts to destabilise Iraq, western intelligence sources said last week. One source said the Americans were growing increasingly [...]
Archive for May 7th, 2008
7 May
Democrats.com Poll: 68% Want Our Troops Safely Home in 6 Months
Published on AfterDowningStreet.org (http://www.afterdowningstreet.org) As Congress considers President Bush’s request for another $100 billion for Iraq, 68% of Americans want Bush to bring U.S. troops home within 6 months, according to a Democrats.com telephone poll of 628 adults conducted from May 1-4, 2008 by ICR ( http://www.icrsurvey.com [1] ). The poll marks a 14% increase [...]
7 May
Costs Can Vary By $100 or More for Same Drugs
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter Tuesday, May 6, 2008; 12:00 AM MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) — Prices of prescription drugs can vary by $100 or more for the same drug from store to store — and even within the same chain. So it pays to shop around, a new survey found. But the survey [...]
7 May
Center for American Progress
Center for American Progress May 7, 2008 Under current law, Social Security is financed through the payroll tax system that places shared responsibility on workers and business. Employees and employers each pay taxes on wage income equal to 6.2 percent?up to a threshold(currently $97,500). Because of this payroll tax cap, businesses and employees pay a [...]
7 May
Laura Bush’s Disastrous Diplomacy
By Dan Froomkin Special to washingtonpost.com Tuesday, May 6, 2008; 12:38 PM When a country run by a despotic and isolationist regime is laid low by a massive natural disaster, the diplomatic thing to do is to respond with a show of compassion. Not kick ‘em when they’re down. More than 22,000 people have died [...]
