Registan.net (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Buried in this John Burns report on how ISAF and the U.S. are trying to change their tactics to stop angering Afghans is this tidbit: “We want to make it an absolute rule that we acknowledge our mistakes when they happen,” said Col. Gordon (Skip) Davis, an American officer who leads a strategic advisory group to [...]
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
A BELFAST man has become the first person to be convicted by a Dublin court for a murder carried out in Northern Ireland.
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... it is Looming Tower author Lawrence Wright, historian Victor Davis Hanson, New York Times reporter John Burns or General David Petraeus, each of the experts knows their subject matter thoroughly and brings crucial knowledge on the enemy to the conversation. The audio version will be available in a few weeks, but the book provides a primer to the essential facts about the enemy. For...
forward movement (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... write a media deepthink piece that explains that. For all its faults, the New York Times employed John Burns, one of the few reporters will the brains and guts to say during some of the most difficult times that what the United States was doing in Iraq, if at times ineptly, was a good thing. Mnookin does note in passing that Burns’ departure in 2007 ended the “master narrative”...
Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
THE NATION 11/17/08 Will Afghanistan Become Obama's War? Tom Engelhardt One of the eerier reports on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan appeared recently in the New York Times. Journalist John Burns visited the Russian ambassador in Kabul, Zamir N. Kabulov, who, back in the 1980s, when the Russians were the Americans in Afghanistan, and the Americans were launching the jihad that...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
From Mother Jones: One of the eerier reports on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan appeared recently in the New York Times. Journalist John Burns visited the Russian ambassador in Kabul, Zamir N. Kabulov, who, back in the 1980s, when the Russians were the Americans in Afghanistan, and the Americans were launching the jihad that would eventually wend its way to the 9/11 attacks…...
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Related to the Cairn terrier who was her on screen dog Betty in the soap, Lily was a special guest at her wedding last month when she married her long-term partner John Burns before starting treatment for the disease, which she has already beaten twice.
The Point Is (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
November 16, 2008 Tomgram: Tariq Ali, Flight Path to Disaster in Afghanistan One of the eerier reports on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan appeared recently in the New York Times. Journalist John Burns visited the Russian ambassador in Kabul, Zamir N. Kabulov, who, back in the 1980s, when the Russians were the Americans in Afghanistan, and the Americans were launching the jihad...
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
... it is Looming Tower author Lawrence Wright, historian Victor Davis Hanson, New York Times reporter John Burns or General David Petraeus, each of the experts knows their subject matter thoroughly and brings crucial knowledge on the enemy to the conversation. The audio version will be available in a few weeks, but the book provides a primer to the essential facts about the enemy.For...
Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
... it is Looming Tower author Lawrence Wright, historian Victor Davis Hanson, New York Times reporter John Burns or General David Petraeus, each of the experts knows their subject matter thoroughly and brings crucial knowledge on the enemy to the conversation. The audio version will be available in a few weeks, but the book provides a primer to the essential facts about the enemy.For...
mirabile dictu (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
From Tom Englhardt: One of the eerier reports on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan appeared recently in the New York Times. Journalist John Burns visited the Russian ambassador in Kabul, Zamir N. Kabulov, who, back in the 1980s, when the Russians were the Americans in Afghanistan, and the Americans were launching the jihad that would eventually [...]
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
(Above: Marcus BROW-Klee, Jim Hoge, John Burns) On Wednesday, Christiane Amanpour spoke at the International Center for Journalists' awards dinner, held in the Ronald Reagan Building. Amanpour spoke of the international reaction of the U.S. elections, saying that the reactions were similar to when the Berlin Wall came down or the fall of Communism. More photos after the jump... (Photos:...
WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
John Burns , London Bureau chief for the New York Times , reflects on his work in China, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Iraq
Product News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
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Product News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
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