Cursor's Media Patrol - 01/25/06

Introducing Dilip Hiro on 'The Palestinian Election and Democracy in the Middle East,' Tom Engelhardt reminds that "democracy joined our President's crusade as an animating principle rather late in the game."

"Religious groups of all kinds" are said to benefit from 'Military Contractor Philanthropy,' which is "attentive to every kind of minority organization" and is said to explain 'Why Some Stay Silent.'

A Pentagon-commissioned study obtained by the AP says the U.S. Army, "Stretched by frequent troop rotations to Iraq and Afghanistan, has become a 'thin green line' that could snap unless relief comes soon." Meanwhile, "more American reporters are leaving Iraq than arriving."

Afer a military courtroom reportedly "broke into applause" at a negligent homicide verdict that meant 'No Jail Time in Death of Iraqi General,' Marc Cooper asked, "Just what part of this deliberate torture-unto-death is negligent?"

In New Orleans, where "the sicker people began to return," unlike "hundreds or perhaps thousands of doctors and nurses," one nurse tells the New York Times that "the waiting rooms look like a war center or a MASH unit."