How is it with being in Iraq?

Pepe Escobar from Asia Times Online is back in Baghdad. He's in a car with two other Iraqi journalists.

There's a checkpoint ahead. Incoming traffic has to slow down in front of a Hummer of the Iraqi Defense Forces. A soldier is talking to the driver of a van. Suddenly there is a shot. The soldier falls to the ground, right before our eyes, screaming in pain. He is not dead instantly. His companion, by the Hummer, takes some time to react, then also starts shooting. People duck in their cars; general wisdom is that if these were US troops, they would be shooting at random and every car would be sprayed with bullets.

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November Surprise

It's November 1st. Republicans are down 12 points across the board nationally. President Bush is struggling to get to 40% approval ratings. Could there be a better time to "condition the environment"?

Kerry's mispronuncisplained joke was Rove's unintentional October surprise. But could there be a November surprise? Be sure to glance at the last graph of the article.

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Disappeared

This is part one of a trilogy of short films called Disappeared in America - the other two can be watched here.

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