Why does the GOP want Foley on the front page? Because they don’t want news like this becoming the focus point of the 24/7 news cycle: The number of U.S troops wounded in Iraq has surged to its highest monthly level in nearly two years as American GIs fight block-by-block in Baghdad to try to […]
First we come to this story from Reuters: The U.S. military said on Thursday Iraq was moving away from the risk of civil war and insurgent and sectarian bloodshed would fall dramatically when a new government of national unity is formed. Attacks on civilians had jumped 90 percent across Iraq since a Shi’ite shrine was […]
Sorry, but Rumsfeld is talking out of his ass (as usual) the Ambassador to the Un and other Military officers have said otherwise… now who’s in a better position to comment, I think the military who are actually there living the nightmare of Iraq: WASHINGTON (CNN) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged Tuesday […]
Will someone in the US Administration please make their bloody mind up: Report by the BBC The US ambassador to Iraq has said that continuing sectarian violence there had the potential to turn into civil war. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Zalmay Khalilzad indicated that the US had little choice but to […]
Ah views are changing in Washington when it comes to Iraq. This is pointed out in this article by Reuters: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Tuesday there has always been a risk Iraq could slip into a civil war but he accused the news media of exaggerating the severity of the current situation. “I […]