I finally had enough of a break to sit down and read the entire transcript of Rep. John Murtha’s press conference today and I am highly impressed (full transcript availablehere). We have constantly been inundated with the the continuous line of “Democrats have no plan”. Well after reading this, Republicans must be working hard to […]
Visions of Ohio have come to Iraq as we start to hear about problems from the polling places. Ishaki, Iraq — Less than two hours after polling stations opened Saturday morning, potential voters in the Sunni town of Ishaki were convinced the Iraqi government had rigged the referendum in favor of Kurds, Shiites and Iran. […]
The London Times is reporting that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has now united rival gangs under his control in order to bring Iraq into a civil war. Zarqawi took credit yesterday for the string of bombings and attacks that left over 160 dead and focused mainly on the Shia. “The al-Qaeda organization in Mesopotamia is declaring […]
Senator John Warner, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said he intends to summons Rumsfeld to Capital Hill to answer questions about Iraq. He is doing this because of the rising number of lost soldiers, the economic cost and the increased insurgency taking place in Iraq. Mr. Warner is also planning on holding hearings in […]
The Iraqi constitution will go to the people without an endorsement from Parliament. The Sunni’s have rejected it do to issues involving federalism and references to the Ba’ath Party. This will no doubt strike a serious blow to the stabilization of the region. The Sunni’s have called upon international help in order to reach a […]
Via Associated Press Army Planning for 4 More Years in Iraq By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer The Army is planning for the possibility of keeping the current number of soldiers in Iraq  well over 100,000  for four more years, the Army’s top general said Saturday. In an Associated Press interview, Gen. Peter […]
What ever happened to Dick Cheney’s assertion that the insurgency is in it’s “last throes”? Well to add insult to injury, I just came across a report by theReuters that says insurgent arracks on U.S. convoys has doubled in the past year. Remember in January when we were told these attacks would decrease because of […]
As Ohioans take to the polls today to cast their vote for either a veteran of the Iraq war or a person knee deep in the Ohio coin scandal, we learn that seven more soldiers have died in Iraq and now the total of US soldiers lost is at 1800. The fact that this insurgency […]
Time Online reported today that torture camps are still common ground in Iraq, and we are ignoring them. As matter of fact, the torture is being conducted by the very same security forces our President so happily boasts about in his rallying speeches for the war. This news comes out on a day when London […]