The Mess in Iraq, Iran, and Kurdistan
Didn’t Surprise Experts
By Haviland Smith
     The recent crossborder Turkish attacks on Kurdish (PKK) rebels in Northern Iraq provide stark proof that the Bush Administration's foreign policy is based on its own ideology rather than on any imperatives presented by the objective facts that exist on the ground in Kurdish Iraq.
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Terry Marotta:
Maybe I’m Amazed
     Last spring I saw a piece in The New Yorker that I wanted very much to save and write about here in the year’s first week.
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PSB Head Explains Why FairPoint
Bid Rejected
     The Vermont Public Service Board last week released its long-awaited order on the request by FairPoint Communication to acquire all of Verizon’s landline telephone system in Vermont.
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