Time for things to heat up even more in Iraq: But a defiant al-Sadr called on his followers Saturday to ignore the order, saying that his Mahdi Army would turn in its weapons only to a government that can “get the occupier out of Iraq,” referring to the Americans. This fight is Shiite on Shiites. […]
Of course the cable news networks is still relatively silent on this (except Olberman last night): Iraq’s prime minister on Wednesday gave gunmen in the southern oil port of Basra a three-day deadline to surrender their weapons and renounce violence as clashes between Shiite militia fighters and Iraqi security forces erupted for a second day. […]
How many stories have we heard about airstrikes in Iraq going bad? How many times have there been different accounts between what Iraq says and our military says? Here is the latest: American troops backed by aircraft attacked a Shiite town north of Baghdad at dawn on Friday, killing at least 25 Iraqis the military […]
I swear there are just not enough hours in the day, so let me do a quick catch up. First we have the Senate Judiciary Committee issuing a subpoena to former Rove aide Sara Taylor, while the House Judiciary Committee is issuing one to Harriet Meirs. Regarding this matter, John Conyers said, “Let me be […]
That is the news being reported on CNN right now. Apparently officials in the White House and Pentagon have confirmed to CNN that al Sadr has fled Iraq for Iran – possibly in light of the security crackdown. Of course they are talking about what a “victory” this is. Luckily CNN has one voice of […]
There are still a few on the right (mainly in the administration) who would want to make you think that Iraq has calmed down and is going well again. Well this sure doesn’t have that same song and dance: Grisly attacks and other sectarian violence unleashed by last week’s bombing of a Shiite shrine have […]
Yesterday, Donald Rumsfeld took the spotlight as he started accusing Iran of sending explosives to Iraq. Rumsfeld told reporters at a Pentagon news conference “It is true that weapons clearly, unambiguously from Iran have been found in Iraq,. That’s a big border and it’s notably unhelpful for the Iranians to be allowing weapons of those […]