April has been a deadly month for our troops and this latest tally pushes the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq past 100: Five U.S. troops were killed in separate attacks in the capital this weekend, including three in a single roadside bombing, the military said Monday, pushing the death toll past 100 in […]
After a much needed break yesterday, I return to this news: The Israeli army dropped phosphorous bombs against Hizbollah guerrilla targets in Lebanon during the war in August, an Israeli minister said yesterday, confirming Lebanese allegations for the first time. Phosphorus weapons can cause severe burns and are banned for use in civilian areas, but […]
This is a very sad “milestone” to reach: Now the death toll is 9/11 times two. U.S. military deaths from Iraq and Afghanistan now match those of the most devastating terrorist attack in America’s history, the trigger for what came next. Add casualties from chasing terrorists elsewhere in the world, and the total has passed […]
SIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Thursday directed about 3,500 U.S. troops who have spent the past year in Iraq to stay up to four months past their scheduled departure date, boosting the size of the U.S. force amid unrelenting violence in Baghdad, officials said. The move, involving the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team from […]
That is Israeli children signing a missile before it is fired off to Lebanon. It is the first picture seen on a new site fromisrael2lebanon.com. Following that is a series of grotesque pictures showing children and civilians in Lebanon that have been killed from the recent bombings. The site at first appears to be taking […]
First Reuters gives us this: Gunmen wearing the uniform of Iraqi police commandos seized dozens of employees from the offices of a security company in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, police sources said. Two sources said about 50 people were taken. They said that the gunmen, who arrived in at least 10 vehicles, broke into the […]
Two British men are thought to have burned to death in a car after police opened fire in Basra, it has been reported. Security officials claimed the victims were UK citizens. A third person in the car, also believed to be a British, was wounded and rushed away by police, said Iraqi police Captain Mushtaq […]
How do we gain the support of the Iraqi people? Well the following is a good way NOT to gain any support: BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) – U.S. troops opened fire on a crowded minivan north of Baghdad on Monday, fearing a car bomb attack, and killed at least three members of the same family, including […]