Just another chapter in the infinite wisdom that is our military: A top US commander is threatening soldiers who fall pregnant on active service with jail. Under the new policy, troops expecting a baby face court martial and a possible prison term – and so do the men who made them pregnant. And the rule […]
While everyone focuses on Blago, there are still serious problems in the world: A suicide bomber struck Thursday inside a popular restaurant in northern Iraq where Kurdish officials were meeting with Arab tribal leaders, killing at least 55 people and wounding about 120, police said. Police Brig. Gen. Sarhad Qadir, who gave the casualty figures, […]
That’s what InstaIdiot Glenn Reynolds is pushing right now, along with his factually impaired cohorts on the right. Here’s a news story from yesterday: An Iraqi soldier shot and killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded at least six others yesterday in Mosul, the American military said. As the shootings occurred in northern Iraq, violence continued […]
The Turkey incursion into Northern Iraq is really heating up. 77 Kurdish rebels were killed over night and Turkey is making a stronger presence in northern Iraq. Robert Gates finally addressed the situation: Defense Secretary Robert Gates has a message for Turkish leaders: Get your troops out of northern Iraq in the next few days. […]
Isn’t that what they say about the war in Iraq? I guess the bloody part is right: A car bomb killed 33 people in northern Iraq on Sunday, security officials said, hours before U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Baghdad to assess recent security gains and discuss troop levels. A U.S. military spokesman said […]
9 more soldiers die in Iraq: Nine American soldiers died in Iraq on Monday — all but one killed in vehicle accidents in and around Baghdad, the military said. The deadliest of the vehicle accidents, in western Baghdad, killed seven Multi-National Division — Baghdad soldiers and wounded 11, and left two detainees dead and a […]
Looks like Turkey is now involved, and not by our invitation: Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who operate from bases there, Turkish security officials told The Associated Press. Two senior security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the […]
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 […]
Bush last week in Ohio said: So today I’d like to share a concrete example of progress in Iraq that most Americans do not see every day in their newspapers or on their television screens. I’m going to tell you the story of a northern Iraqi city called Tal Afar, which was once a key […]
The daily news hunt is revealing some interesting finds: Baghdad Governor Suspends Cooperation With U.S. Forces Baghdad provincial Governor Husayn al-Tahan said he is suspending all cooperation with U.S. forces until an independent investigation is launched into the killing of 20 Shi’a, allegedly in or near a mosque. But the media doesn’t report the good […]