Monday, July 24 06

Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki says that foreign troops could leave his country 'within months', but senior Iraqi government officials report that sectarian break-up of Iraq is inevitable. In the words of Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari; "Iraq as a political project is finished". Nepal's rebels have agreed to extend June 16th's ceasefire, which could breathe life into peace talks. Chomsky debates NATO's inconsistency and credibility in the Kosovo bombing campaign.