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December 2, 2003, 6:01 PM EST Juan Cole has some noteworthy about the ambush and subsequent firefight this weekend in Samarra. I've been puzzling over this for days now. It seems clear that this was a major development, but the facts remain terribly obscure. And without the facts, it's hard to know just what happened or what significance it has in the larger story. What struck me first about the firefight were the reports that the insurgents were wearing the uniforms of the Saddam Fedayeen - one of Saddam's more vicious paramilitaries. If true, that seems like a very big deal. Guerillas seldom have much to gain by wearing readily identifiable uniforms, save for the psychological message it sends, both to their enemy (i.e., us, in this case) and Iraqi civilians.

And the message seems one of audacity - that they're willing and capable of confronting us as organized paramilitaries and not just by sniping and setting off bombs. The initial reports suggested it was a pretty poor decision on the insurgents' part since the Army opened up with the full force of Abrams tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles and killed three or four dozen of the attackers. But the more we hear about what happened.

(See particularly the letter appended to Cole's.) In initial accounts the Army said that either 46 or 54 insurgents were killed. But battlefield estimates of how many of your enemy you kill are notoriously inaccurate - and most often inflated. And the local hospital says it counted only, most of them civilians. As Cole notes, some of the discrepancy must be due to insurgents carrying their dead or wounded away after the engagement. But it's hard to figure that this accounts for all the difference. And in recent statements, the Army has the original reports that the insurgents were wearing the Fedayeen uniforms.

One other point that I haven't yet seen discussed in much depth is the precision and specificity of the information the attackers seem to have had about the mission to deliver those new bills into the city. I've heard some chatter - though nothing as yet I've been able to nail down - about suspicion in the Army about the security of information given to the CPA and/or the IGC. In any case, this is a post about questions rather than answers. I just don't think we have much of an idea what happened in Samarra. The initial reports seem to have come from soldiers who went into a very rough situation, found themselves in the midst of a horrific firefight, opened up with what are basically battlefield weapons and then pieced together what had happened from observations they collectively made while all of that hellishness was going on.

At this point, neither the Army's initial account of the number of dead or those provided by the local hospital seem particularly credible. December 2, 2003, 2:50 PM EST Does Ray LaHood (R-Ill) know something we don't? Yesterday, at an, Lahood was asked about the impact of Iraq on next year's election. LaHood replied that the US is on the verge of capturing Saddam and once that happens the resistance will collapse.

When a member of the paper's editorial board asked LaHood if he knew something they didn't, the five-term congressman - who sits on the House Intel Committee - said 'Yes I do.' So is LaHood just blowing smoke or does he know something we don't?

Put me down for smoke. But and make your own decision. December 2, 2003, 12:15 PM EST Now that's odd. When I flipped on my computer this morning, CNN was running a breaking news alert that Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri had been captured. Al-Duri was not only one of Saddam's top deputies. He has also allegedly been a key organizer of the post-war resistance.

Now, twenty minutes later, no follow-up story, no alert, no nothing. Looking at the other news sites, it seems that Kirkuk is rife with rumors that al-Duri was captured in a raid last night and that one member of the IGC, Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, made a seeming to imply that he had 'There was a major action against a highly suspicious objective last night in Kirkuk and it is very possible that Izzat Ibrahim has been captured or killed.' Did CNN jump the gun? Presumably we'll know more later this morning. December 2, 2003, 5:10 AM EST A couple months ago I was in a book store in New York leafing through the latest offering from Laurie Mylroie, a book called. I've been thinking a lot about the book business of late and the all-important issue of timing.

And with that in mind I couldn't help chuckling when reading over the liner notes and seeing gems like this: 'Combining important new research with an insider's grasp of Beltway politics, Mylroie describes how the CIA and the State Department have systematically discredited critical intelligence about Saddam's regime, including indisputable evidence of its possession of weapons of mass destruction.' Indisputable evidence. Hmmm, you think, maybe this is a dust-jacket that could have used a touch of last-minute rejiggering. (Amazon says the book came out on July 29 of this year. So you figure those lines were probably written a couple months earlier, just as they were tipping over the edge from mere foolishness to demonstrable ridiculousness, but not quite there yet.) Of course, in some circles, the jarring nature of disconnects between claims and facts ain't quite what they used to be. But whatever you think of Mylroie's work (which posits Saddam's role in everything from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing to the Oklahoma City bombing to 9/11 to the Anthrax attacks), it has been extremely influential with the war-hawks who were the primary architects of our Iraq policy. And that's a frightening thought on a host of levels.

For more on Mylroie, her work and her influence, read Peter Bergen's on her in The Washington Monthly. December 1, 2003, 7:36 PM EST There were, of course, two instances this year of mid-decade redistricting that came, shall we say, straight outta Washington. Because more seats were at stake and the process prompted more theatrics, the double-dipping in Texas got much more attention. But the same thing happened in Colorado. And today the State Supreme Court said the whole sorry episode was unconstitutional. 'If congressional districts,', 'were to change at the whim of the state Legislature, members of Congress could frequently find their current constituents voting in a different district in subsequent elections.'

Now for the court case in Texas, where we're still waiting to hear whether House Majority Leader Tom DeLay will be able to avoid being deposed about his role in the redistricting battle. November 30, 2003, 6:03 AM EST My posts have been sparse for the last few days in part because of the holidays but also because I am poring over a stack of books about empire for an upcoming essay. And with these various thoughts about empire swirling through head, reading this about our ever-evolving Iraq exit strategy plan in tomorrow's Post is an exercise in sinking feelings and dark humor. The essence of the story is that the plan for a political handover that we announced just weeks ago is already on the fast-track to dead letterhood.

And it's happening because the plan is being gamed by Iraqi political leaders who've clearly got more power on the ground than we do. Our lack of effective power, as opposed to main force, of which we've got plenty, is what's pushing us to get out of the country in the first place. But our efforts to get out have further weakened our position, thus diminishing our ability to get out on our own terms. It's a vicious cycle, and as difficult to remedy as it is vicious. Back on Wednesday the Post had a about how Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani was largely responsible for scuttling our original plan to appoint the drafters of the constitution, rather than have them elected. Now he's come out for electing these folks through a complex series of town caucuses and called instead for direct nationwide elections. It's pretty hard to fault Sistani's positions on democratic procedural grounds.

But the bigger point, again, is our impotence in the face of his expressed views. He's calling the shots; we're not. And then there's the Interim Governing Council, the IGC. The greatest deceit perpetrated by the architects of the war turns out to have had nothing to do with weapons of mass destruction or ties between Saddam and al Qaida. The profoundest deception was the claim that the IGC was designed to be a transitional governing authority when in fact, as is now becoming clear, its true purpose was to provide a sort of dark, Falstaffian comic relief to balance out the ominous backdrop of postwar Iraq.

Much of the jockeying we're now seeing involves efforts by the IGC to perpetuate its power into post-occupation Iraq even though - with the exception of the Kurdish faction leaders - few of its members have any serious base of political support in the country or, to put it bluntly, any armies on hand for when things really get fun next fall. So, while the real players jockey for position and await our departure, these boneheads are trying to use the paper power we've given them against us in order to hold on to authority even after we leave. That's just great. Here's a prime example.

Even if the United States can broker a compromise formula, council members are still trying to retain their leverage by arguing that the council should remain as a second legislative body, the equivalent of a senate, an idea likely to ignite further controversy, Iraq experts warn. Alternatively, the council could try to slow the process, hoping to preempt the latest U.S. Their leverage. Like I said, dark comic relief. We can't even get our puppets in line. Undemocratic or imperfectly democratic upper houses of parliaments usually justify themselves by their partial remove from the bustle of democratic politics or their identification with national unity or ancestral wisdom or some such thing. Think the British House of Lords or at the turn of the last century the United States senate.

Such arguments are always strained. But why the council we installed in the first months of the occupation should play this role is a little hard to figure. And then another nice passage. One way or another, key council members are vying either to shape the transition or ensure the council remains intact and a powerful body, as the U.S. Plan envisions. Because many of the 24 council members probably would not fare well in open elections, they pressured Bremer to establish an indirect three-step system to select a new national assembly, which in turn would pick a prime minister and cabinet, a process so complex that many Iraqis and U.S.

Experts doubt it will work. A former U.S. Adviser to Bremer described the plan as 'an insane selection system of caucuses, like the Iowa caucus selecting those who will vote in New Hampshire.'

Plan effectively gives the Governing Council a kind of remote control because it will have the deciding vote in local caucuses that will pick a national assembly. All of this adds up to the essential ridiculousness of the moment: On the homefront, the president is shaping his political campaign around the notion that we shouldn't show weakness and we can't cut and run. Meanwhile, it's clear to pretty much everyone in Iraq that we're doing both.

And they're acting accordingly. November 29, 2003, 6:54 AM EST Here's the headline and tease on the front of the CNN website as of 2:50 AM on Saturday morning.

Retailers Seeing Holiday Sales Increase: Millions of people Friday got an early start to one of the busiest shopping days of the year, lining up outside stores long before the sun came up. Analysts expect stronger sales this holiday season but that discounts won't be as deep as last year's.

There are reports that luxury retailers are even raising prices. Here are the first few grafs of the on the CNN Business news website. Rain and leaner discounts greeted shoppers across much of the nation on Black Friday, a day that marks the official start of the holiday sales season. 'Early indications show that store traffic and the promotional activity is at lower levels than last year at this time,' said Kurt Barnard, an independent retail consultant. 'I wouldn't be surprised if many retailers try to get away with selling merchandise at full price.'

Barnard anticipates that same-store sales - or sales at stores open at least a year - will rise between 1 percent and 3 percent for the three days including Black Friday and the coming weekend. 'That's not fantastic by any means,' Barnard said. A bit of a disconnect? November 29, 2003, 3:56 AM EST If you're involved in all sorts of iffy financial transactions, don't get into a messy divorce. Someone didn't mention this sage advice to Neil Bush. Now it turns out that Bush is not-too-distantly connected to, the outfit President Bush's right-hand-man Joe Allbaugh set up to play Iraqi contracts game.

Here's the run-down. It turns out Neil is Co-Chairman of something called Crest Investment Corporation. Whatever it is Crest does, it pays 60 grand a year to get a few hours a week of advice from the President's ne'er-do-well brother on how to do it. The other 'co-chairman and principal of Crest,' the Financial Times, 'is Jamal Daniel, a Syrian-American who is an advisory board member of New Bridge Strategies.' The New Bridge website that before Daniel started up Crest he was in the international real estate biz and also 'has extensive experience in structuring investing in energy and oil and gas projects throughout the U.S., Europe and the Middle East.'

Will the surprises never cease. December 14, 2018, 5:21 PM EST President Trump on Friday tweeted that he has named Mick Mulvaney as acting White December 14, 2018, 3:48 PM EST It is true. I will be running for Congress in 2020, and I will December 14, 2018, 1:08 PM EST Despite his meeting with the President Thursday in which he reportedly discussed his potential December 14, 2018, 9:11 AM EST President Trump met with former New Jersey Gov.

Chris Christie on Thursday, Axios reported, December 14, 2018, 7:47 AM EST Having a great time at the Whitehouse Christmas Party! Pic.twitter.com/dN96pra5QB — Reince Priebus (@Reince).

“The F-35A Lightning II emblazoned with the star and crescent from the Turkish flag was unveiled at Lockheed Martin's sprawling Fort Worth plant in front of about 1,000 spectators, who also enjoyed Turkish traditional folk music and dancing. “‘We are not just purchasing weapons from the United States, or selling weapons to the United States. We are partners to the United States,’ Serdar Demirel, Turkey deputy undersecretary for defense industries, told the crowd.

‘We hope our partnership will continue.’” But on Thursday, Sen. (D-Md.) secured to the State-Foreign Operations appropriations that would prohibit funding to transfer the fighters to Turkey until the secretary of State certifies that Turkey isn’t purchasing and won’t accept deliveries of the Russian S-400 missile defense system. The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved the bill, our colleague Kaitlyn Burton. The Senate and House versions of fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act also contain provisions that would bar sales of the jets until certain reporting requirements are met. (D-Md.) has offered to the fiscal 2019 Defense Appropriations bill, that would bar the department from spending funding to transfer F-35’s to Turkey.

Meanwhile, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces re-election Sunday for a new five-year term that could make him “grandmaster” of the country, The Associated Press. DoD TAPPED TO HELP HOUSE MIGRANT CHILDREN, our colleagues Ted Hesson and Wesley Morgan: “The Trump administration has pledged to warehouse migrant families together. But at the moment, it has no place to put them. “An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Wednesday calls for the Homeland Security Department to keep migrant children in custody with their parents during criminal proceedings for illegal entry and subsequent immigration proceedings. But the cases of asylum-seekers caught at the border can take months or years to resolve — and the federal government has only 3,326 beds for detained families in three facilities, according to a 2017 watchdog report “The Defense Department notified congressional offices Thursday of a request by the Health and Human Resources Department to house 20,000 unaccompanied children between now and the end of the year. HHS would provide care for the children, ‘including supervision, meals, clothing, medical services, transportation or other daily needs,’ according to the memo sent to lawmakers.” — SENDING JAGS TO THE BORDER ‘DEEPLY’ TROUBLES SENATORS: Three senior senators to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Thursday that they are “deeply troubled” by his decision to send 21 Judge Advocates to the southern border to prosecute immigration cases. The senators are opposing the move after the Defense Department said earlier this year they couldn't extend Special Victims’ Counsels to support survivors of domestic violence and child abuse because the JAG Corps’ caseload is too full.

“Clearly, the military needs more, not fewer, lawyers available for its critical military justice practice,” Sens. (R-Iowa), (D-N.Y.) and (D-Vt.), wrote.

“Instead, we have now learned the services will be diverting these valuable resources to support a non-military mission.” IT’S FRIDAY AND WELCOME TO MORNING DEFENSE, where we're always on the lookout for tips, pitches and feedback. Email us at, and follow on Twitter,. MD TRIVIA: Today’s question comes from last week’s winner, John Schwenk: What was the original use of what is now Popes Head Park in Fairfax County, Va.? The first person to email the correct answer to Morning D wins a mention in Monday’s edition. QUOTE OF THE DAY — THE ARMY PAYS ITS MORTGAGE: The Army is shifting its focus to more high-end capabilities, which it has invested fewer resources in since the global war on terrorism, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Thursday. “The Army essentially leveraged or mortgaged our future when it came to modernization,” Milley said at the Capitol Hill National Security Forum, noting that Russia and China had made significant investments.

“So we put modernization aside while we were engaged in combat operations in the Middle East.” HAPPENING TODAY — TRUMP GOES TO THE PARADE: The president and first lady are scheduled to attend the Marine Corps Evening Parade at the Marine Barracks Washington on Capitol Hill. — HOUSE PANELS EYE SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee and House Science Space Subcommittee convene on space situational awareness, featuring U.S. Strategic Command chief Gen. John Hyten, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

A message from Philips about telehealth for service members and veterans: With innovative telehealth solutions that provide support in the field, in the hospital or at home, Philips is partnering with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Military Health System. HOUSE DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS AMENDMENTS ROLL IN: Lawmakers have filed more than 100 amendments to the fiscal 2019 Defense Appropriations Bill,. The House Rules Committee is scheduled to meet Monday evening to begin considering which ones will ultimately reach the chamber’s floor when it takes up the measure. And there’s a chance it gets packaged with the Labor-HHS appropriations bill, Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman told our colleagues at the Budget and Appropriations Brief.

Here’s a quick rundown: — IMMIGRATION: Rep. (D-Calif.) has filed one of several proposals dealing with migrant detention and family separation.

His would bar the Defense Department from using funds to assist with facilities where unaccompanied children are detained. Similarly, Rep. (D-Texas) has filed that would prevent DoD from using funds to help the Department of Health and Human Services with the care or custody of unaccompanied migrant children.

— SHIPS: Reps. (R-Va.) and (D-Conn.), the leaders of HASC’s Seapower Subcommittee, are offering for funds for the Navy to buy its next two aircraft carriers, CVN-80 and CVN-81, on the same contract. The House NDAA would authorize the move. Additionally, California Democrats and to shift $950 million in funding for two Littoral Combat Ships to build Polar Icebreakers. — A-10’S: Rep.

(R-Ariz.) has to match the $163 million in funding authorized by the House NDAA to rewing A-10 Warthogs. McSally, a former A-10 pilot who has made preserving funding for the airplane a signature issue, is running for Senate in Arizona. NDAA WATCH — CONGRESS IS LIKELY TO KICK-OFF THE CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK, our colleague Connor O’Brien: “The process of reconciling competing versions of the fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act will likely begin next week, according to House Armed Services Chairman and ranking Democrat. “The House passed its version of the annual defense policy bill in May. The Senate passed its version on Monday. Both chambers must now vote to form a joint conference committee and name lawmakers to negotiate a compromise.” HOUSE PANEL APPROVES BUDGET BLUEPRINT: The House Budget Committee endorsed a conservative fiscal 2019 budget plan Thursday, 21 to 13, with every Republican supporting the measure. The legislation calls for $302 billion in mandatory spending cuts.

The details are from POLITICO's Sarah Ferris. TRUMP AIMS TO TAG THE PENTAGON WITH BACKGROUND CHECKS, Connor: “The DoD would take over the federal background check process for security clearances under a new proposal from the Trump administration to reorganize federal agencies and a variety of government functions. “The, released Thursday, calls for transferring the National Background Investigations Bureau, currently under the Office of Personnel Management, to the Pentagon.” TRUMP CLAIMS NORTH KOREA IS ON A PATH TO ‘TOTAL DENUCLEARIZATION,’ Reuters: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday North Korea was blowing up four of its big test sites and that a process of ‘total denuclearization. Has already started,’ but officials said there was no such evidence since a landmark summit last week. “Trump said at a Cabinet meeting in the White House that ‘They’ve stopped the sending of missiles, including ballistic missiles.

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They’re destroying their engine site. They’re blowing it up. They’ve already blown up one of their big test sites, in fact it’s actually four of their big test sites. “It was not immediately clear which North Korean test sites Trump was referring to and U.S. Officials familiar with current intelligence on North Korea’s nuclear and missile test sites said there was no evidence of new moves to dismantle any sites since Trump met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12.” Kim Jong Un’s latest China visit shows President Xi Jinping’s focus on the economy, The Washington Post.

Additionally, North and South Korean delegations met today to discuss reunion meetings for divided families, Reuters. And here’s how war remains gave North Korea leverage over the U.S., The Wall Street Journal. LASER DANGERS IN THE PACIFIC, the WSJ: “Lasers have targeted pilots of American military aircraft operating over the western Pacific Ocean more than 20 times in recent months, U.S. Officials say, following a series of similar incidents in which Pentagon officials said Chinese personnel used lasers against U.S.

Pilots in East Africa. “Officials said all of the incidents occurred in and around the East China Sea, typically where the Chinese military or other Chinese civilians operate. The laser signals directed at American aircraft appeared to be coming from fishing boats operating in the area and from shore, multiple officials said. “Unlike in Djibouti in East Africa, where military-grade lasers against American pilots in some cases earlier this year, all of the incidents that have occurred in the East China Sea involved smaller, commercial-grade lasers—along the lines of the widely popular “cat grade” lasers that pet owners might use to play with their pets.” Meanwhile, the U.S.

Faces an “unprecedented threat” from China attempting to replicate and overtake U.S. Military technology, Bloomberg. INDUSTRY INTEL — AIR FORCE SET TO AWARD HUEY CONTRACT BY END OF YEAR, Stars and Stripes: “The Air Force is expected to award a contract by the end of the year to replace all active-duty UH-1N Huey helicopters, the service announced Thursday. “The Air Force will deliver replacement aircraft, pending an environmental analysis, to at least seven bases between 2020 and 2032, according to a service statement.” MAKING MOVES — HASC SPOKESWOMAN DEPARTS THE HILL: Morning D tips its cap to Alison Lynn, whose last day as a spokeswoman for HASC was Thursday. Lynn departs Capitol Hill after nearly nine years with the committee and as a communications director for Thornberry. SPEED READ — White House national security adviser John Bolton is going to Moscow to discuss a U.S.-Russia summit: — NATO’s civilian chief predicts U.S.

Discord at next month’s summit: — Questions about NATO’s stability precede the summit: — Russia moves opposite the U.S. In integrating its space force: — Why isn’t Germany boosting military funding? — The Sahara Desert is the new front line against terrorism: — Israel bulks up on weapons with an eye on Iran: — Seizing the Hodeidah port is a tall order for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen: — Saudi Arabia jumps into the Afghan peace process: — The Taliban kill 16 Afghan soldiers and kidnap engineers after their cease-fire ends: — The U.S. And Afghanistan crush an Islamic State stronghold: — The Taliban has built a parallel state in parts of Afghanistan: — The U.S.

Is reported to bomb a Syrian army position: — Upgrading Navy ships is difficult and expensive. Change is coming: — The master chief petty officer of the Navy resigns amid an ongoing investigation: — The Marine Corps loses its first F-35: — The military is seeing lower opioid abuse levels: — The Pentagon wants to build better security into acquisitions: — The U.S. Could pay a price for a radiofrequency decision: — Sky Warriors: A day in the life of women in the Air Force:. A message from Philips about seamless telehealth: Service members and veterans deserve the best, no matter where they receive care. Combined, the VA and the Military Health System provide care for more than 18 million people in cities, suburbs and throughout rural America, as well as military installations around the world. Nearly one-third of veterans enrolled in VA care reside in rural locations, many living with multiple chronic, service-related conditions. Providing care to rural veterans presents challenges, as there are fewer physician practices and hospitals, geographic and distance barriers and limited broadband Internet availability.

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