Will someone in the US Administration please make their bloody mind up: Report by the BBC The US ambassador to Iraq has said that continuing sectarian violence there had the potential to turn into civil war. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Zalmay Khalilzad indicated that the US had little choice but to […]
The International Herald is reporting of a terrorist bomb attack in one of India’s cities. I am sure that the Indian government will be seeking the assisatnce of the US to help stop this problem. How long until we see US Troops in India carrying out covert operations alongside Indian personell, all part of the civil […]
While we got the administration denying any chance of Iraq heading towards a civil war, even the US envoy is warning of the threat of a “wider war”. From today’s L.A. Times: The top U.S. envoy to Iraq said Monday that the 2003 toppling of Saddam Hussein’s regime had opened a “Pandora’s box” of volatile […]
There are still a few on the right (mainly in the administration) who would want to make you think that Iraq has calmed down and is going well again. Well this sure doesn’t have that same song and dance: Grisly attacks and other sectarian violence unleashed by last week’s bombing of a Shiite shrine have […]
Well considering the this mornings news of the US denying reports of Iraq nearing civil war, here is something else to offer a little contradicition: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said insurgents are trying “everything” to foment civil war as reprisal attacks followed yesterday’s bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra, sacred to Shiite Muslims. […]