Gitmo Nation Roundtable
The Solo Show
Tuesday August 2, 2011

The week the Roundtable is not the Roundtable or the Card Table. It’s the Gitmo Nation Tray Table. Brian holds down the fort while the rest of the hosts are busy or otherwise unavailable. In this episode Brian rants, raves, or drones on about the US hikers in Iran, an airstrike in Yemen, the unrest in Syria, the silenced Libya controversy, diplomacy and the CIA in Pakistan, the fallout from the Breivik attacks in Norway, the US debt circus, political and military goings on in Iraq, the travesty being perpetrated in Somalia, and some news in the ongoing drug way. Brian plays some music for his pick of the week and mentions Senor’s pick in his absence.

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Follow-Up
Verdict expected soon for U.S. hikers in Iran
Yemen government airstrikes kill allies
Yemen’s president calls for end to street protests
US, UN Leaders Condemn Syrian Assault on Hama
Whatever Happened to the War Powers Act Controversy?
CIA Chief in Pakistan Exits; Led OBL Hunt Team
Pakistan restricts US diplomats’ travel
Counterterrorism Experts to Review Norway’s Security Services
Norway suspect was considering other targets
Norway gunman ‘wanted government to resign’
Anders Breivik, Stieg Larsson, and the Men with the Nazi Tattoos
An un-American response to the Oslo attack
German official warns of Norway killer copycats

This Week’s News
Debt Circus
Treasury to lay out post August 2 plan soon if no debt deal
Angry House Dems: Obama Is Freezing Us Out of Debt Talks
Democratic politics in a nutshell
Obama & the Fake Debt Ceiling Crisis: This President Is Really Just Smarter Than You Are
Passage of debt-ceiling deal won’t curb consequences
Tentative agreement – Wikipedia
CBO Analysis of the Debt Plan [PDF Link]
Fact Sheet: Bipartisan Debt Deal: A Win for the Economy and Budget Discipline

Iraq
Iraqi leaders reach deal on cabinet reduction
U.S. Report Finds Security Deteriorating in Iraq

Somalia
Somali women fleeing famine preyed on by rapists
Al-Shabab reasserts foreign aid ban
Why the UN declared a famine in Somalia (VIDEO)
U.S. and Ethiopia Kill Somalis With Food Weapon
US relaxes terror rules to speed aid to Somalia

War on Drugs
Federal Judge Rules Florida Drug Law Unconstitutional

Picks of the Week
Brian’s Pick
D/Wolves – Freak of Nature
Senor’s Pick (In Absentia)
http://persquaremile.com/

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