I found this story via Andrew Sullivan, who is going after Belief Net’s Rod Dreher. Terry Caffey can still taste the blood and gunpowder. He can hear the staccato gunfire, the shrieks of terror and the plaintive wail of his 13-year-old son – “Why? Why?” He can feel the heat and suffocating smoke from the […]
Because Iran is the big threat: An explosion and several rounds of gunfire went off Monday at a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners, and a Taliban spokesman said a suicide bomber and three militants with grenades and guns were responsible for the attack. An American who was exercising in the hotel gym said she heard […]
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 […]
ABC News has published this disturbing report: New evidence may suggest cover-ups in two separate incidents at the center of a simmering scandal over Iraqi civilian deaths at the hands of American forces. Iraqi anger is percolating over the incidents, and over an investigation that cleared U.S. forces in a third case. A brother of […]