Well he is some more of those “exaggerated” stories from Iraq: The Iraqi Government says at least 65,000 people may have fled their homes as a result of sectarian violence and intimidation. Reports of people leaving their homes because of violence or intimidation, or simply because they no longer feel safe are becoming more and […]
As much as Bush wants to stay in denial about the current condition in Iraq, their government is starting to see things in a different and more horrible light: A senior official in the Iraqi government has for the first time said Iraq is in a state of civil war. The deputy interior minister, Hussein […]
What a better way to see how confusing things are in Iraq than through the eyes of a fellow blogger and Iraqi citizen: I was trying to decide between a report on bird flu on one channel, a montage of bits and pieces from various latmiyas on another channel and an Egyptian soap opera on […]
Three years ago tomorrow night was when our news channels filled with images of bombs exploding in Baghdad. 9:34pm est. time will mark the anniversary of the actual start of the invasion. So where have we gone since then? Well we did make it to Baghdad with little effort. We did find Saddam Hussein. That’s about it […]
Source: Yahoo News The notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is to close and its prisoners housed elsewhere, according to US military sources. The US military are expected to close Abu Ghraib prison within three months. They plan to transfer some 4,500 prisoners to other jails in Iraq, a military spokesman said. The prison in […]
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 […]
The numbers of causalities in Iraq keeps growing. First we wake up to news of 12 soldiers killed in a Blackhawk helicopter crash in northern Iraq. Nothing has been released yet on what caused the crash but the military is working to get to the crash site. Three marines were killed today in a small […]
It seems like every time we hear someone say the insurgency is fizzling out then they prove to us they are still alive and well. Last week we heard this claim: Washington — Insurgents in Iraq are showing little capacity to keep up numerous and persistent attacks, a senior U.S. general in Baghdad says. At […]
Remember back to the summer of 2003? We could not find those WMDs the administration swore Saddam had stockpiles of. Slowly the reasoning of our invasion turned from WMD to freeing the people from the rule of an evil tyrant. We heard stories of rape rooms and people being tortured by different means that made […]
It was just a couple months ago that we learned the Bush White House was illegally paying someone to write and publish “puff pieces” promoting the administrations’ education agenda. Today we learn that the military has taken the same course of action in Iraq. WASHINGTON  As part of an information offensive in Iraq, the […]