Blackwater sure is quick on fixing damage: Blackwater Worldwide repaired and repainted its trucks immediately after a deadly September shooting in Baghdad, making it difficult to determine whether enemy gunfire provoked the attack, according to people familiar with the government’s investigation of the incident. Damage to the vehicles in the convoy has been held up […]
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 […]
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 […]
Remember the news last week that the insurgency was “fizzling out”? Well that point seems to now be as invalid as Cheney’s “last throes” comment from last spring. Baghdad (Reuters) – Five U.S. soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle while on patrol in Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said. Another […]
Taliban rebels have killed 19 police officers in a convoy down a dirt road in the Helman province. Included amongst the dead officers is the deputy chief. Attention seems to focus more on the Iraq war than what is taking place in Afghanistan. This is somewhat troubling. Last month, Afghans held a vote, which should […]