The Associated Press is reporting that al Qaeda’s leader in Iraq, Al-Zarqawi, may be amongst the dead from a gun fight that erupted between our forces and insurgents held up in a house in Mosul. This of course would be an expected victory for Bush. There is a problem though. We have heard these rumors […]
The Pentagon has admitted the use of white phosphorus as a weapon against insurgents in Falluja. This adds more credibility to the documentary ran on Italian television last week about the use of such weapons. The use of white phosphorus is not necessarily a violation of any treaties, however the legal wording and the use […]
Just In ViaABC News Australia: US accuses Iran of supplying Iraqi insurgent bombs US intelligence believes that a cache of manufactured bombs seized in Iraq about two weeks ago was smuggled into the country from Iran by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. “We believe they came from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards,” the official told AFP, speaking on […]
Just in time for midterm elections comes a political move that will hopefully revive the dwindling support of the right. That move is called “Operation Troop Withdrawalâ€ÂÂ. General George Casey said today we could start seeing a “substantial†pull-out starting as early as next spring. Iraq’s prime-Minster has asked for a speedy withdrawal of US […]
Interesting enough, on the same week that President Bush starts a new campaign to regain support for the war in Iraq, an article comes out in a Turkish newspaper talking about how “Eighty two Iraqi lawmakers from across the political spectrum have pressed for the withdrawal of the US-led occupation troops from their country.â€ÂÂ. The […]