Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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Iranian embassy employees shot in Baghdad 15 May 2008 Three employees of the Iranian embassy and their Iraqi driver were shot and wounded as they traveled Thursday to the Shiite Kadhemiyah Shrine in northern Baghdad. As the Iranian men pulled into a Shiite area in Baghdad on the way to the shrine, two men on a motorbike pulled up to the vehicle and riddled their car with bullets, Iranian and Iraqi officials said. "We don't know who did this," said the spokesman, Manoucher Taslimi. [You don't? I do - Blackwater.]

U.S. cuts off Chalabi for fourth time 15 May 2008 U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Baghdad have cut off contact with controversial Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi, a former Pentagon favorite, because of his increasingly strained relationship with U.S.-backed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, U.S. officials in Baghdad and Washington told McClatchy. "That's it. He's out," one senior military official said. The U.S. decision is the fourth time that the U.S. has ended an alliance with Chalabi, whom officials in the Pentagon and Vice President [sic] Dick Cheney's office once touted as a successor to [former CIA asset] Saddam Hussein.

U.S. House sets Iraq troop pullout goal for end 2009 15 May 2008 The U.S. House of Representatives defied President [sic] George W. Bush by passing legislation on Thursday that would set the end of 2009 as the goal for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. By a vote of 227-196, the Democrat-controlled House approved the measure that would start the pullout of U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 30 days of enactment.

Conyers: 'We're closing in on Rove' 15 May 2008 Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two other people: "We're closing in on Rove. Someone's got to kick his ass." Asked a few minutes later for a more official explanation, Conyers told us that Rove has a week to appear before his committee. If he doesn’t, said Conyers, "We'll do what any self-respecting committee would do. We'd hold him in contempt. Either that or go and have him arrested." Conyers said the committee wants Rove to testify about his role in the imprisonment of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, among other things. "We want him for so many things, it's hard to keep track," Conyers said.

House panel rejects Rove's offer on Siegelman case 14 May 2008 Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have rejected Karl Rove's offer to provide written responses to questions about the federal prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. In a letter to the former White House adviser's attorney, Committee Chairman John Conyers and several other Democrats said Rove's written responses would not allow for 'give-and-take' questioning. They asked Rove to reconsider his refusal to testify in person and under oath, asking him to respond by May 21.

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