Josh found this article: The latest massacre of Iraqi children came as 21 Shia market workers were ambushed, bound and shot dead north of the capital. The victims came from the Baghdad market visited the previous day by John McCain, the US presidential candidate, who said that an American security plan in the capital was […]
Interesting how this changes every other day: Sectarian violence in Iraq has become “self-sustaining,” increasing the challenge of stabilizing the country, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Friday. “Violence between the Sunnis and Shia has become self-sustaining and has spread out to a wider range of … groups and actors,” said John Negroponte, the […]
It seems like every time we hear someone say the insurgency is fizzling out then they prove to us they are still alive and well. Last week we heard this claim: Washington — Insurgents in Iraq are showing little capacity to keep up numerous and persistent attacks, a senior U.S. general in Baghdad says. At […]
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 […]