Italian investigators believe there is no evidence that the car carrying Italian agent Nicola Calipari was going too fast when he was killed in ‘friendly’ US fire in Iraq, informed sources have revealed.

A report drafted by the two Italians who took part in the Italian-American inquiry into the March 4 incident also contests the claim that the US soldiers responsible had stuck to the rules of engagement, the sources said.

Thus, not even one of Bush’s closest allies believes what he says anymore.

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Iraqi bombings increase

More than 30 died and 50 injured when a car bomb detonated at the funeral of a Kurdish official in the village of Tal Afar, northern Iraq, Sunday. 

At least six other car bombs exploded around  Baghdad Sunday as militants stepped up attacks and bombings which have killed more than 130 people in the past four days.

U.S. propaganda continues to insist that everything is just ducky, that we’ve turned the corner, and that success is guaranteed. Which is precisely what they said during the Vietnam War too. 

Egypt rounds up 200 in raids after attacks

Egyptian authorities swept through villages Sunday on the outskirts of Cairo, detaining more than 200 people after attacks Saturday that left seven people wounded and three attackers dead.

Hmm, three people did the attacks so they round up 200?

Afghan arms depot blast kills 28

According Al Jazeera, violence between Taliban-led fighters and Afghan and US-led forces has intensified in recent weeks, leaving dozens of fighters and at least two coalition soldiers and several civilians dead.

This escalation in Afghanistan seems to be almost completely ignored by mainstream media.

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I just got the Fresh Roast Plus coffee roaster from Sweet Maria’s. It’s $82.50, inexpensive for a coffee roaster, and comes with 4 lbs. of unroasted beans. Roasting with it is a snap. Just put in the beans, and turn it on.

Their green coffee beans are about 1/2 the price of roasted beans and they have a huge selection, all lovingly reviewed and graded.

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 Podcaster Adam Curry has announced that he’s working with Sirius Satellite Radio to take his show to the subscription satellite radio service. His show will feature a selection of popular podcasts.

Curry, best known from his days at MTV, was a catalyst in the explosive growth of pdocasting. He created an application that lets users automaticaly download files from the Internet and copy them to an iPod.

Curry will host a four-hour program every weekday starting May 13th.

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