How quickly we forget that we still have soldiers dying in a bullshit war: Six U.S. soldiers were killed in a house rigged with explosives on Wednesday in Diyala province, where U.S. and Iraqi forces have launched a major operation against al Qaeda, the U.S. military said.
George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and the rest of the administration, along with their supporters have continuously championed how the Iraqi security forces are standing up. Well guess what? That was just more lies from an administration that has never told the truth: Retired Marine Corps Gen. James Jones, who led a 20-member panel […]
This is been a real interesting weekend in news from Iraq. Not only have we lost 16 soldiers since Friday, but there has been a lot of back and forth regarding the “progress” of the surge. Here is what today’s New York Times is reporting: Three months after the start of the Baghdad security plan […]
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 […]
Here is one bombing for today Laura: U.S. and Iraqi forces staged raids in Baghdad’s main Shiite militant stronghold Tuesday as part of politically sensitive forays into areas loyal to the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Southwest of the capital, three American soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb. Meanwhile, police said a car bomb exploded […]
The big talk last week was the al-Sadr had fled the country and was not an influence anymore. Of course people like CNN’s Michael Ware said that is far from the truth. Well once again it looks like the military was wrong and the others were right: The leader of Iraq’s biggest Shiite militia complained […]
NBC is reporting: In a guest column in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal President Bush addressed a range of issues. On Iraq he said he’ll reveal his new strategy in the coming days. Administration officials tell NBC News it will involve sending some 20,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq. The plan is being called surge and […]
This is a very scary scenario and could result in the neo-cons getting their dream of World War 3: Turkish officials signaled Tuesday they are prepared to send the army into northern Iraq if U.S. and Iraqi forces do not take steps to combat Turkish Kurdish guerrillas there – a move that could put Turkey […]
First we come to this story from Reuters: The U.S. military said on Thursday Iraq was moving away from the risk of civil war and insurgent and sectarian bloodshed would fall dramatically when a new government of national unity is formed. Attacks on civilians had jumped 90 percent across Iraq since a Shi’ite shrine was […]
John Kerry appeared on Meet the Press this morning to defend his call for a troop pull out in Iraq. I must say he did really well even with Russert trying to nail him as flip-flopping on the issue. Kerry brought up one very interesting point that merits repeating. The following is a rough transcript […]