Sandy Berger got off waaaaaaay too easy.
The terms of Berger's agreement required him to acknowledge to the Justice Department the circumstances of the episode. Rather than misplacing or unintentionally throwing away three of the five copies he took from the archives, as the former national security adviser earlier maintained, he shredded them with a pair of scissors late one evening at the downtown offices of his international consulting business.
The document, written by former National Security Council terrorism expert Richard A. Clarke, was an "after-action review" prepared in early 2000 detailing the administration's actions to thwart terrorist attacks during the millennium celebration. It contained considerable discussion about the administration's awareness of the rising threat of attacks on U.S. soil. . . .
Berger's archives visit occurred as he was reviewing materials as a designated representative of the Clinton administration to the national commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The question of what Clinton knew and did about the emerging al Qaeda threat before leaving office in January 2001 was acutely sensitive, as suggested by Berger's determination to spend hours poring over the Clarke report before his testimony.
Saturday, April 02, 2005
A Salute to My Man John Paul
He was one of the great leaders of our time. I like what Hugh Hewitt says:
With Reagan and Solzhenitsyn, John Paul II represents the three forces of opposition to communism that shattered the evil empire, the Soviet Union --the American-led West, the Eastern European resistance, and the Russian dissident movement. They also represented the three spheres of opposition: political, artistic and spiritual. Each man came into the field of his greatness later in life, and each has endured hard circumstances in their later years. I hope Solzhenitisyn is able to and inclined to write about his colleagues in the struggle that triumphed.
With Reagan and Solzhenitsyn, John Paul II represents the three forces of opposition to communism that shattered the evil empire, the Soviet Union --the American-led West, the Eastern European resistance, and the Russian dissident movement. They also represented the three spheres of opposition: political, artistic and spiritual. Each man came into the field of his greatness later in life, and each has endured hard circumstances in their later years. I hope Solzhenitisyn is able to and inclined to write about his colleagues in the struggle that triumphed.
Back from Vacation
Terrible, terrible, terrible. Record rainfall in Destin. One nice day...spent the rest of my time couped up in a one-bedroom condo with three small kids.
On previous vacations, I've had a father-in-law die, a father nearly die, and a brother die, so this was not my worst vacation experience. But let's just say it wasn't good.
Lynn and I have agreed that we will not take any more vacations.
On previous vacations, I've had a father-in-law die, a father nearly die, and a brother die, so this was not my worst vacation experience. But let's just say it wasn't good.
Lynn and I have agreed that we will not take any more vacations.
Friday, March 25, 2005
Great New Blog
This blog is awesome...and from an NBA player. Here's a taste:
I had several Gun In Mouth Moments tonight—most of them caused by some bad nicknames. Gun In Mouth Moments (GIMM’s) are defined as points in my life when, if I were carrying a gun at the time, I would have to consider putting it in my mouth and ending it all so as to avoid dealing with the further downward spiral of our culture. The first GIMM arrived with the announcement of the starting line-ups. Here’s the deal: When, after 60 games, the team being announced has a winning percentage hovering around the same area as most pitchers’ batting averages, it loses the right to a grand entrance. No more dance team, no more theme song, no more dimming the lights. The players just walk onto the court and play the game. That’s it. The Hawks did not agree to my deal. They had an over-produced introduction on the big screen, an actual hawk that flew down from the rafters, and even a catch-phrase—something like, “The Spirit Lies Within.” Make it stop.
My other GIMM's occurred each time either of the Hawks’ rookie Josh’s was announced for scoring a basket. Apparently, someone decided that saying Josh Smith or Josh Childress was just not going to be sufficient. So instead, each time Josh Smith scores, the crowd is treated to, “J-Smooth for two.” When it is Childress, out comes, “J-Chill with the assist.” An analysis of this situation that does not include profanity escapes me, so I will not even try. Good night.
I had several Gun In Mouth Moments tonight—most of them caused by some bad nicknames. Gun In Mouth Moments (GIMM’s) are defined as points in my life when, if I were carrying a gun at the time, I would have to consider putting it in my mouth and ending it all so as to avoid dealing with the further downward spiral of our culture. The first GIMM arrived with the announcement of the starting line-ups. Here’s the deal: When, after 60 games, the team being announced has a winning percentage hovering around the same area as most pitchers’ batting averages, it loses the right to a grand entrance. No more dance team, no more theme song, no more dimming the lights. The players just walk onto the court and play the game. That’s it. The Hawks did not agree to my deal. They had an over-produced introduction on the big screen, an actual hawk that flew down from the rafters, and even a catch-phrase—something like, “The Spirit Lies Within.” Make it stop.
My other GIMM's occurred each time either of the Hawks’ rookie Josh’s was announced for scoring a basket. Apparently, someone decided that saying Josh Smith or Josh Childress was just not going to be sufficient. So instead, each time Josh Smith scores, the crowd is treated to, “J-Smooth for two.” When it is Childress, out comes, “J-Chill with the assist.” An analysis of this situation that does not include profanity escapes me, so I will not even try. Good night.
"The Pistol"
by Tim Laden of Sports Illustrated:
A junior high school boy in upstate New York thirsted for college basketball. Two years earlier, he had snuck out of his bedroom to watch, bug-eyed, as Texas Western stunned Kentucky on a Saturday night to win the national title. Now he gained permission to watch Alcindor on the rare nights when his games were televised. He bought a basketball scorebook, just like one his coach used at his junior high games. It was green with a thick cardboard cover and on each pair of facing pages he could write Xs for baskets and circled Xs for free throws. He could be a part of every game on television.
Into this world came Pistol Pete Maravich. At first, Maravich was the greatest myth of all, a first-year player on the LSU freshman team. So the boy waited, along with so many others, until the fall of '68, when Maravich made his debut with the varsity. Grainy pictures made their way to the local newspapers, of the kid with the floppy gray gym socks and the even floppier mop top hair. There were better pictures in Sports Illustrated that brought the Pistol to life, and finally there were games on television. The boy kept score in his green cardboard book, slashing Xs until there was no more room.
It's easy to argue that Maravich was just an overrated gunner. Sure, the cynics will say, Pete scored 3,667 points and averaged 44.2 points a game for his career (both NCAA records; and no four-year player has scored more points than Maravich scored in three), but he also averaged more than 38 shots a game. His father coached the team and used it to showcase his kid, to the detriment of the team as whole.
I say Maravich was an artist who bridged the gap between the Globetrotters and the globe. He didn't just play basketball; he expressed it. He scored while double- and triple-teamed. He scored when every human in the building knew he was trying to score. Yet lost in the array of scoring and shooting statistics is the truth of Maravich's remarkable skills: the no-looks, the behind-the-backs. A few years ago I interviewed Florida State athletic director Dave Hart about a football topic and at the end of the conversation, we talked about Maravich. Hart played at Alabama, and I asked if he ever got the chance to guard Maravich. "Well, nobody really guarded Pete,'' Hart said.
Of course not. Maravich was a sliver of mercury on a countertop, pounding his dribble, hunched over and floating until suddenly he was gone or the jump shot was released. Nobody stopped Maravich until Al McGuire and Marquette put a nasty box-and-one on him and held him to 20 points in the semifinals of the NIT at Madison Square Garden during his senior year. Just to satisfy those who thought he was a fluke, Maravich scored more than 15,000 points in the NBA.
By the early 1990s, the boy with the scorebook had become a sportswriter. He made a visit to LSU to write a story about Shaquille O'Neal. In search of a sidebar with historical relevance, he talked to Jay McCreary, who was an assistant coach on the Pistol Pete teams (and, coincidentally, the coach of the Muncie, Ind., Central High School team that was beaten by Milan High in 1954, in the game at the became the inspiration for the movie Hoosiers).
McCreary took the sportswriter inside the John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum, where Maravich played his games. As an athletic arena, it had been replaced by a modern building that bears Maravich's name, and was by then used only for livestock shows. McCreary walked down a flight of dingy stairs into the basement, which once was the locker room. There were crumbling wooden cubicles where the players dressed. He stopped beside one and tapped the lumber above it with his index finger, where faded black stencil announced, "PETE 23.'' Maravich's college career had ended more than two decades earlier and his life had ended in 1988. Here a worthy legend was preserved in silence. A tear formed in McCreary's eye. And in the writer's, fed by a child's heart.
A junior high school boy in upstate New York thirsted for college basketball. Two years earlier, he had snuck out of his bedroom to watch, bug-eyed, as Texas Western stunned Kentucky on a Saturday night to win the national title. Now he gained permission to watch Alcindor on the rare nights when his games were televised. He bought a basketball scorebook, just like one his coach used at his junior high games. It was green with a thick cardboard cover and on each pair of facing pages he could write Xs for baskets and circled Xs for free throws. He could be a part of every game on television.
Into this world came Pistol Pete Maravich. At first, Maravich was the greatest myth of all, a first-year player on the LSU freshman team. So the boy waited, along with so many others, until the fall of '68, when Maravich made his debut with the varsity. Grainy pictures made their way to the local newspapers, of the kid with the floppy gray gym socks and the even floppier mop top hair. There were better pictures in Sports Illustrated that brought the Pistol to life, and finally there were games on television. The boy kept score in his green cardboard book, slashing Xs until there was no more room.
It's easy to argue that Maravich was just an overrated gunner. Sure, the cynics will say, Pete scored 3,667 points and averaged 44.2 points a game for his career (both NCAA records; and no four-year player has scored more points than Maravich scored in three), but he also averaged more than 38 shots a game. His father coached the team and used it to showcase his kid, to the detriment of the team as whole.
I say Maravich was an artist who bridged the gap between the Globetrotters and the globe. He didn't just play basketball; he expressed it. He scored while double- and triple-teamed. He scored when every human in the building knew he was trying to score. Yet lost in the array of scoring and shooting statistics is the truth of Maravich's remarkable skills: the no-looks, the behind-the-backs. A few years ago I interviewed Florida State athletic director Dave Hart about a football topic and at the end of the conversation, we talked about Maravich. Hart played at Alabama, and I asked if he ever got the chance to guard Maravich. "Well, nobody really guarded Pete,'' Hart said.
Of course not. Maravich was a sliver of mercury on a countertop, pounding his dribble, hunched over and floating until suddenly he was gone or the jump shot was released. Nobody stopped Maravich until Al McGuire and Marquette put a nasty box-and-one on him and held him to 20 points in the semifinals of the NIT at Madison Square Garden during his senior year. Just to satisfy those who thought he was a fluke, Maravich scored more than 15,000 points in the NBA.
By the early 1990s, the boy with the scorebook had become a sportswriter. He made a visit to LSU to write a story about Shaquille O'Neal. In search of a sidebar with historical relevance, he talked to Jay McCreary, who was an assistant coach on the Pistol Pete teams (and, coincidentally, the coach of the Muncie, Ind., Central High School team that was beaten by Milan High in 1954, in the game at the became the inspiration for the movie Hoosiers).
McCreary took the sportswriter inside the John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum, where Maravich played his games. As an athletic arena, it had been replaced by a modern building that bears Maravich's name, and was by then used only for livestock shows. McCreary walked down a flight of dingy stairs into the basement, which once was the locker room. There were crumbling wooden cubicles where the players dressed. He stopped beside one and tapped the lumber above it with his index finger, where faded black stencil announced, "PETE 23.'' Maravich's college career had ended more than two decades earlier and his life had ended in 1988. Here a worthy legend was preserved in silence. A tear formed in McCreary's eye. And in the writer's, fed by a child's heart.
Strange Bedfellows
WASHINGTON, March 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader and Wesley J. Smith, author of the award winning book "Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America" call upon the Florida Courts, Governor Jeb Bush and concerned citizens to take any legal action available to let Terri Schiavo live.
"A profound injustice is being inflicted on Terri Schiavo," Nader and Smith asserted today. "Worse, this slow death by dehydration is being imposed upon her under the color of law, in proceedings in which every benefit of the doubt-and there are many doubts in this case-has been given to her death, rather than her continued life."
"A profound injustice is being inflicted on Terri Schiavo," Nader and Smith asserted today. "Worse, this slow death by dehydration is being imposed upon her under the color of law, in proceedings in which every benefit of the doubt-and there are many doubts in this case-has been given to her death, rather than her continued life."
The Disabled Are Fighting Back
A disability rights lawyer (disabled herself) fights for Terri with Aaron Brown:
BROWN: Let me try and ask the question a little bit differently. No state in the country allows a non-terminally ill person to commit suicide. Every state in the country would intervene in that matter. Ms. Schiavo clearly to me is not terminally ill in the way we think about terminal illness.
So, regardless of her wishes -- and let's just accept for this moment that those in fact are her wishes -- regardless of those wishes, should -- is it appropriate for a non- terminal person to end their life or to have assistance in ending their life?
JOHNSON: Well, I think the key distinction is that we have an incapacitated person and someone else making the decision. I would say that there are a few decisions that each of us can only make for ourselves. And one of those is to give up our lives. And here we have a substitute decision-maker claiming to have the right to end another person's life, again, based on disability, which is a stigmatized minority group.
But one person says, I can end my wife's life because of her disability. And I think, for that decision to be valid, there ought to be real solemn documents, like a properly executed health care proxy, that says, absolutely, after advice, this is what I want, because the truth is that many, many people say casually throughout their lives, I'd rather be dead than disabled.
I've had people come up to me and say, I would rather be dead if I had to live like you. But the reality is that most people adapt. Most people go on to lead good lives that they could never have imagined. And this case is a particularly tough one. But the law applies to all people. And I think it's just a dangerous idea to say that we're going to let a substitute decision-maker authorize the killing of another person based on fairly casual statements they made without any particular knowledge of what they were talking about.
BROWN: Let me try and ask the question a little bit differently. No state in the country allows a non-terminally ill person to commit suicide. Every state in the country would intervene in that matter. Ms. Schiavo clearly to me is not terminally ill in the way we think about terminal illness.
So, regardless of her wishes -- and let's just accept for this moment that those in fact are her wishes -- regardless of those wishes, should -- is it appropriate for a non- terminal person to end their life or to have assistance in ending their life?
JOHNSON: Well, I think the key distinction is that we have an incapacitated person and someone else making the decision. I would say that there are a few decisions that each of us can only make for ourselves. And one of those is to give up our lives. And here we have a substitute decision-maker claiming to have the right to end another person's life, again, based on disability, which is a stigmatized minority group.
But one person says, I can end my wife's life because of her disability. And I think, for that decision to be valid, there ought to be real solemn documents, like a properly executed health care proxy, that says, absolutely, after advice, this is what I want, because the truth is that many, many people say casually throughout their lives, I'd rather be dead than disabled.
I've had people come up to me and say, I would rather be dead if I had to live like you. But the reality is that most people adapt. Most people go on to lead good lives that they could never have imagined. And this case is a particularly tough one. But the law applies to all people. And I think it's just a dangerous idea to say that we're going to let a substitute decision-maker authorize the killing of another person based on fairly casual statements they made without any particular knowledge of what they were talking about.
Quote of the Day
"Here's the question I ask of these right-to-lifers, including Vatican bishops: as we enter into Holy Week and we proclaim that death is not triumphant and that with the power of resurrection and the glory of Easter we have the triumph of Christ over death, what are they talking about by presenting death as an unmitigated evil? It doesn’t fit Christian context. Richard McCormick, who was the great Catholic moral theologian of the last 25 years, wrote a brilliant article in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1974 called "To Save or Let Die." He said there are two great heresies in our age (and heresy is a strong word in theology — these are false doctrines). One is that life is an absolute good and the other is that death is an absolute evil. We believe that life was created and is a good, but a limited good. Therefore the obligation to sustain it is a limited one. The parameters that mark off those limits are your capacities to function as a human." - Jesuit theologian Rev John J. Paris
I agree with this 100%. However, starving someone is not to "let die". Taking a dead person off of machines...yes. Prohibiting food and water...no.
I agree with this 100%. However, starving someone is not to "let die". Taking a dead person off of machines...yes. Prohibiting food and water...no.
.264!!
I think Huggins regime's days in Clifton are numbered.
The University of Cincinnati indefinitely suspended assistant basketball coach Keith LeGree on Thursday after he was arrested Wednesday night and charged with driving under the influence.
LeGree's arrest comes less than a year after head coach Bob Huggins was arrested on the same charge in Fairfax.
"This is totally shocking to me, in view of the harm and hurt that has already been caused to individuals, our men's basketball program and this university," UC athletic director Bob Goin said in a statement released by the university.
"Our image has taken yet another big hit by the careless action of someone, who, given the events of the past year, should have been very much aware of the consequences. The fact that we have recently had another major incident of this sort will mean that this will not necessarily be treated as a first-time offense."
The suspension will remain in place pending a "total evaluation" of LeGree's situation, according to a UC press release. He will continue to receive his salary during the evaluation but will forfeit all other benefits, be separated from the program and will not be allowed to represent the university in any way.
LeGree, 33, was arrested at 7:20 p.m. Wednesday at 2701 Central Parkway in Cincinnati.
According to the police report, he registered a blood-alcohol level of .264 on the breathalyzer, even though he did not blow long enough to complete the test.
The legal limit for DUI in Ohio is .08.
The University of Cincinnati indefinitely suspended assistant basketball coach Keith LeGree on Thursday after he was arrested Wednesday night and charged with driving under the influence.
LeGree's arrest comes less than a year after head coach Bob Huggins was arrested on the same charge in Fairfax.
"This is totally shocking to me, in view of the harm and hurt that has already been caused to individuals, our men's basketball program and this university," UC athletic director Bob Goin said in a statement released by the university.
"Our image has taken yet another big hit by the careless action of someone, who, given the events of the past year, should have been very much aware of the consequences. The fact that we have recently had another major incident of this sort will mean that this will not necessarily be treated as a first-time offense."
The suspension will remain in place pending a "total evaluation" of LeGree's situation, according to a UC press release. He will continue to receive his salary during the evaluation but will forfeit all other benefits, be separated from the program and will not be allowed to represent the university in any way.
LeGree, 33, was arrested at 7:20 p.m. Wednesday at 2701 Central Parkway in Cincinnati.
According to the police report, he registered a blood-alcohol level of .264 on the breathalyzer, even though he did not blow long enough to complete the test.
The legal limit for DUI in Ohio is .08.
Thursday, March 24, 2005
This Is So Wrong
SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) -- A diner at a Wendy's fast food restaurant in San Jose, California, found a human finger in a bowl of chili prepared by the chain, local officials said Wednesday.
"This individual apparently did take a spoonful, did have a finger in their mouth and then, you know, spit it out and recognized it," said Ben Gale, director of the department of environmental health for Santa Clara County. "Then they had some kind of emotional reaction and vomited."
Local officials launched an investigation after the incident Tuesday night and the medical examiner determined Wednesday that the object was a human finger.
Officials are trying to determine whether the finger came in the raw materials Wendy's used to prepare the chili, Gale said.
Wendy's International Inc. corporate office did not immediately return a call for comment. Wendy's is the third-largest hamburger chain.
"This individual apparently did take a spoonful, did have a finger in their mouth and then, you know, spit it out and recognized it," said Ben Gale, director of the department of environmental health for Santa Clara County. "Then they had some kind of emotional reaction and vomited."
Local officials launched an investigation after the incident Tuesday night and the medical examiner determined Wednesday that the object was a human finger.
Officials are trying to determine whether the finger came in the raw materials Wendy's used to prepare the chili, Gale said.
Wendy's International Inc. corporate office did not immediately return a call for comment. Wendy's is the third-largest hamburger chain.
Words of Wisdom
Peggy Noonan is always good. Here's a bit:
Terri Schiavo may well die. No good will come of it. Those who are half in love with death will only become more red-fanged and ravenous.
And those who are still learning--our children--oh, what terrible lessons they're learning. What terrible stories are shaping them. They're witnessing the Schiavo drama on television and hearing it on radio. They are seeing a society--their society, their people--on the verge of famously accepting, even embracing, the idea that a damaged life is a throwaway life.
Our children have been reared in the age of abortion, and are coming of age in a time when seemingly respectable people are enthusiastic for euthanasia. It cannot be good for our children, and the world they will make, that they are given this new lesson that human life is not precious, not touched by the divine, not of infinite value.
Once you "know" that--that human life is not so special after all--then everything is possible, and none of it is good. When a society comes to believe that human life is not inherently worth living, it is a slippery slope to the gas chamber. You wind up on a low road that twists past Columbine and leads toward Auschwitz. Today that road runs through Pinellas Park, Fla.
Terri Schiavo may well die. No good will come of it. Those who are half in love with death will only become more red-fanged and ravenous.
And those who are still learning--our children--oh, what terrible lessons they're learning. What terrible stories are shaping them. They're witnessing the Schiavo drama on television and hearing it on radio. They are seeing a society--their society, their people--on the verge of famously accepting, even embracing, the idea that a damaged life is a throwaway life.
Our children have been reared in the age of abortion, and are coming of age in a time when seemingly respectable people are enthusiastic for euthanasia. It cannot be good for our children, and the world they will make, that they are given this new lesson that human life is not precious, not touched by the divine, not of infinite value.
Once you "know" that--that human life is not so special after all--then everything is possible, and none of it is good. When a society comes to believe that human life is not inherently worth living, it is a slippery slope to the gas chamber. You wind up on a low road that twists past Columbine and leads toward Auschwitz. Today that road runs through Pinellas Park, Fla.
Viktor to Speak
Washington, DC — Word has come in that the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, has been invited to address a combined meeting of the Senate and House during his visit to the U.S. in early April.
President Yushchenko is expected in Washington on April 3rd for a private session with U.S. President George Bush on Monday, April 4th.
President Yushchenko is expected in Washington on April 3rd for a private session with U.S. President George Bush on Monday, April 4th.
It Must Stop
This doctor, who supports starving those in a persistent vegatative state, says Terri's not a "vegetable".
Schiavo
This is right:
"In taking jurisdiction over Terri Schiavo's case from the state courts, where conservative Republicans would have previously said it belonged, and handing it to federal judges, the Republican Party arrogated to the federal government breathtaking new powers that would have made Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan wince."
The starve Terri crowd has won the legal battle, but have lost the moral one. It's time for Jeb to step in. Send in the marshalls, reinsert the feeding tube, and then suffer the legal and political consequences.
"In taking jurisdiction over Terri Schiavo's case from the state courts, where conservative Republicans would have previously said it belonged, and handing it to federal judges, the Republican Party arrogated to the federal government breathtaking new powers that would have made Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan wince."
The starve Terri crowd has won the legal battle, but have lost the moral one. It's time for Jeb to step in. Send in the marshalls, reinsert the feeding tube, and then suffer the legal and political consequences.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Keep Talking, Big Boy...Keep Talking
When reminded of UK's stock of tall timber, which includes the tallest player in school history and another 7-footer, Bogut said: Bring 'em on.
"It won't wear me down," he said during a teleconference yesterday. "Every time a new player comes in, I'll go at him. I really like that situation. If they run three or four 'bigs' at me, if one guy comes in not ready, I'm going to punish him."
"It won't wear me down," he said during a teleconference yesterday. "Every time a new player comes in, I'll go at him. I really like that situation. If they run three or four 'bigs' at me, if one guy comes in not ready, I'm going to punish him."
Schiavo Musings
Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard and a Fox News contributor writes:
True, there is an arguable federalism issue: whether taking the issue out of a state's jurisdiction is constitutional. But it pales in comparison with the moral issue.
This gets to the crux of the matter: What happens when the law contradicts morality. Are we obligated to disregard unjust laws? What is an unjust law? Is civil disobedience moral?
Are Terri Schiavo's Constitutional rights being violated? The courts have - to this point - said no. Are we morally bound to adhere to the courts decision?
True, there is an arguable federalism issue: whether taking the issue out of a state's jurisdiction is constitutional. But it pales in comparison with the moral issue.
This gets to the crux of the matter: What happens when the law contradicts morality. Are we obligated to disregard unjust laws? What is an unjust law? Is civil disobedience moral?
Are Terri Schiavo's Constitutional rights being violated? The courts have - to this point - said no. Are we morally bound to adhere to the courts decision?
Michael Moore Can't Be Happy
Iraqi special forces backed by US troops have killed 84 insurgents in a raid on a lakeside training camp near the city of Tikrit, officials say.
A 240-strong Iraqi commando unit engaged in heavy fighting before seizing the camp, 160km (100 miles) north-west of Baghdad, on Tuesday.
Iraqi officials confirmed that at least seven Iraqi commandos died, alongside insurgents from a number of countries.
Correspondents say it is the heaviest blow to the insurgency in months.
A 240-strong Iraqi commando unit engaged in heavy fighting before seizing the camp, 160km (100 miles) north-west of Baghdad, on Tuesday.
Iraqi officials confirmed that at least seven Iraqi commandos died, alongside insurgents from a number of countries.
Correspondents say it is the heaviest blow to the insurgency in months.
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