Interesting article ... from October 2001. In other news, oil is $144 a barrel.

Quoted: ''If bin Laden takes over and becomes king of Saudi Arabia, he'd turn off the tap,'' said Roger Diwan, a managing director of the Petroleum Finance Company, a consulting firm in Washington. ''He said at one point that he wants oil to be $144 a barrel'' -- about six times what it sells for now.

Quoted: "It may well turn out to be the largest war profiteering in history."

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Brilliant!

Quoted: Will.i.am totally stole this idea from us, we've been thinking for a long time that earnest people reacting to a candidate is the future of music video. By ...

Quoted: The images in the Basra police file are nauseating: Page after page of women killed in brutal fashion -- some strangled to death, their faces disfigured; others beheaded. All bear signs of torture.

Quoted: As families fall on hard times, for many women prostitution offers the only lifeline.

Wow.

Quoted: The posting to Iraq, something Prince Harry has been actively seeking since being commissioned, is expected in April or May, the unidentified military source told CNN.

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A difficult documentary about the news media and Iraq. War is hell.

Quoted: The story of what does not get reported in Iraq by the mainstream media.. 48 min 40 sec.

They work quickly over there.

Quoted: Saddam Hussein was hanged just before dawn during the morning call to prayer on Saturday, Baghdad time, a senior Western official said.

Summary of the ISG's report.

Quoted: Report calls for a "diplomatic offensive," end U.S. troop combat role by '08
"Stay-the-course" strategy no longer viable