But the commanders want until next year for the “surge” to work: The Pentagon announced yesterday that 35,000 soldiers in 10 Army combat brigades will begin deploying to Iraq in August as replacements, making it possible to sustain the increase of U.S. troops there until at least the end of this year. U.S. commanders in […]
This was Bush’s latest threat today: Bush said the Defense Department will soon send Congress a request to transfer $1.6 billion (€1.2 billion) from other military accounts to cover funding for troops — a move needed, he said, because lawmakers have delayed his emergency spending request. He warned that continued delays would undermine troop training, […]
Chris Wilson, the owner of the gore for porn site I reported about early has been arrested. His charges are not from the gore for porn scandal he was running but rather from his distributing obscene material. From the Associated Press: Webmaster for site with Iraqi corpse pics accused of obscenity By TRAVIS REED Associated […]