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TomDispatch.com By Tom Engelhardt
\nA Journalist Writing Bloody Murder… And No One Notices<\/p>\n

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\nDespite the fact that the Bush administration is officially at war with Sunni extremism in Iraq (and in the more general Global War on Terror), despite its support for the largely Shiite government, allied to Iran, that it has brought to power in Iraq, and despite its dislike for the Sunni-Shiite civil war in that country, some of its top officials may be covertly encouraging a far greater Sunni-Shiite rift in the region.<\/p>\n

(More)<\/p>\n

Original Seymour Hersh Story in The New Yorker: The Redirection – Is the Administration’s new policy benefitting our enemies in the war on terrorism?<\/a><\/p>\n

Related Story: GALLUP: Americans Oppose Libby Pardon, Cheney Approval at New Low<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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