Saturday, March 10, 2007
No Fresh Troops For Iraq?
It seems that the Pentagon is having trouble finding fresh troops to be deployed or redeployed to Iraq. They are finding it increasingly difficult to keep their contracted commitment of two years of non-combat duty for every year of combat duty served. And with the call for more troops, the...
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Wednesday, March 7, 2007
5000 More Troops Added To 21,500 Surge
The Pentagon has ordered another 5000 troops to Iraq to reinforce the 21,500 troop surge that has already taken place. General Petraeus, the commander in Iraq, has asked for the troops, half of which are military policemen, to help with the operations in cleaning up Baghdad. So, let's get this...
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Tuesday, March 6, 2007
No Resistance In Sadr City; Plenty Resistance Elsewhere
As a joint Iraqi-American operation to rid Sadr City, Baghdad's poorest section, of insurgents progresses and meets little or no opposition, there's plenty of opposition elsewhere. Two suicide bombers killed at least 93 people today in Hillah, some 60 miles south of Baghdad. Yesterday, six Americans...
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Sunday, March 4, 2007
Retaliation In The Age Of Video
The Islamic State of Iraq, a group known to be affiliated with al-Qaida, posted a video on its website early Saturday that showed what they say is the execution of 18 government security forces men previously kidnapped. They also claimed to have killed the 14 kidnapped policemen whose bodies were...
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Monday, February 26, 2007
British Pullout A Sign Of Success
That's right, people. Bush says that the British pullout is a sign of the success the Coalition is having in Iraq. Yeah, that's why we're sending another 21,500 to fight in Baghdad. To be fair, most of the fighting, the insurgency and the terrorist bombings are centered around Baghdad and Anbar...
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Friday, February 23, 2007
Al-Maliki Adds To Sectarian Violence
In a case of utter insensitivity and downright idiocy, Iraq's Prime Minister today stated that the statments made by the two Sunni women rape victims videotaped and broadcast on Al Jazeera television were false allegations. One woman claimed to have been raped by an Iraqi policeman. The other...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Show Me The Positive Side Of The Iraqi Conflict
Things just keep getting worse in Iraq. A chlorine gas "dirty" bomb was exploded in Iraq today, the third such bomb since January 28 and the second in two days. Officials are worried that this may be signalling a trend by Sunni insurgents to use more dangerous chemical or biological weapons. Another...
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Sunday, February 18, 2007
Security Sweep Lull Ends In Car Bombings
According to Iraqi officials, violence in Baghdad has decreased an impressive 80% in the past week, since the joint American-Iraqi security sweeps began. Two carbombings in a crowded shopping area ended that quiet today, killing at least 56 and wounding another 127 or more. At the same time, debate...
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Monday, February 12, 2007
Investment And Returns
Typically, when one invests a great deal of money and time in a venture, one would like to see some sort of return on said investment, hopefully on the positive side of the ledger. With regard to Iraq, the United States has invested considerable sums of financial aid, logistic support, military aid,...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Taking It To The Streets
Operation Tomahawk Strike II, a joint Iraqi-American operation, was launched today against the many Sunni infested buildings of Haifa Street in Baghdad. Authorities state that 30 insurgents were killed, 27 captured. One civilian was killed. This was the third operation along this street this...
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