Al-Taakhi reports that Basheer al-Jazairi, senior aide to Muqtada al-Sadr, has been shot dead on the way from Najaf to Baghdad.
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Political attacks vs. personal attacks
Instapundit has a nice collection of reflections on Zell Miller’s speech at the Republican convention on Wednesday evening.
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Baby steps toward self-rule
Mohammed reports on the first meeting of the interim Iraqi national conference held on Thursday.
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Cue the laugh track
A chuckle for today via Shawn Sarazin.
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Karl Rove: “I have no interest”
President Bush’s Senior Advisor and chief political strategist Karl Rove has “lashed out at liberal filmmaker Michael Moore for predicting a Bush defeat,” the New York Times says. (Via Alexander K. McClure)
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Caught the tail end of NBC’s RNC coverage
Maybe it was just me, but…
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Those wacky Canadians
Grant McSorley has thoughts on anti-Americanism in his country. (Via Virginia Postrel)
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Don King on John Kerry
Did you know Don King is an “avid” Bush supporter? Me neither.
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Nepali hostages killed
Sad news from Iraq via the BBC.
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This is disturbing
The BBC has a disturbing report on the situation in Baghdad.
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