Don’t let the lack of reports fool you. Iraq is still very unstable, and seeing some very deadly days: Six car bombs exploded across Baghdad Monday, killing at least 34 people and wounding scores, police said, after a spate of arrests targeting Sunni Arab fighters raised tensions in the Iraqi capital. A blast at a […]
Following up on Christian Coin-gate that I reported on yesterday, the Army is now conducting an investigation: The US military said on Friday it was probing complaints that marines handed out coins inscribed with a verse from the Bible to a group of Sunni Muslims in Iraq, sparking outrage among local residents. It said a […]
Bush yesterday: President Bush, saying that “normalcy is returning back to Iraq,” argued Thursday that last year’s U.S. troop “surge” has improved Iraq’s security to the point where political and economic progress are blossoming as well. Yeah because Americans are so stupid and don’t see the news, like: Shiite anger mounts in Iraq amid clashes […]
The Green Zone has been hit yet again: Shiite militants are hammering the U.S.-protected Green Zone with rockets and mortars for the fourth day this week. Thick, black smoke is billowing from inside the heavily fortified home to the U.S. Embassy and Iraqi government. And Shiites are protesting in huge numbers: Tens of thousands of […]
I been busy all day with computer problems, so I haven’t had time to check the blogs. Per usual, I do have MSNBC on, so I have been getting what I thought was news. Now that the problems are behind me and I am checking the blogs out, why is it I find out I […]
Things are still going great in Iraq: A suicide bomber blew himself up amid a crowd of Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 40 people, police and medical officials told AFP. At least 60 people were wounded in the blast, said Karim Al-Tamimi, a police lieutenant from Babil province where Iskandiriyah […]
Isn’t that what they say about the war in Iraq? I guess the bloody part is right: A car bomb killed 33 people in northern Iraq on Sunday, security officials said, hours before U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Baghdad to assess recent security gains and discuss troop levels. A U.S. military spokesman said […]
The carnage continues: Bomb blasts ripped through two popular pet markets in Baghdad on Friday, killing 72 people in the deadliest attacks in the city in six months and dealing a bitter blow to Iraqi hopes that security is getting better. I would really like to see some numbers of the violence lately. Yes there […]
Suicide bomber kills north Iraq police chief Roadside bomb kills 2 in Baghdad Death toll in Iraq blast rises to 18: police Yup things are going great over there.