A community portal about The Iraq War with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, started with the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Subsequent occupation of Saddam Hussein -led...
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A community portal about The Iraq War with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, started with the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Subsequent occupation of Saddam Hussein -led Ba'athist Iraq by a United States -led coalition has resulted in ongoing asymmetric warfare between resistance forces and coalition forces. The New Iraqi Army was created to replace the old one that was disbanded after the U.S. led invasion. In the midst of fighting between resistance, coalition, and Iraqi forces, sectarian civil war between the majority Shia and minority Sunni populations continues today. The causes and consequences of the war remain controversial.
John McCain maintains Barack Obama is wrong about the Iraq war. Obama's campaign says McCain is trying to talk around a flubbed statement about the war.
Barack Obama wants three things out of his tour of the Mideast and Europe. He wants people everywhere to think that he has the answers for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
The Pentagon is unable to send additional combat brigades to Afghanistan this year because of constraints imposed by the war in Iraq, leaving the decision on reinforcements to the next president, a spokesman ...
As of Sunday, July 20, 2008, at least 4,124 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME NOR WILL IT BE THE LAST, THAT HE PUTS HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH! HE IS A WAR-MONGER, AND HE ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE! HE IS A TERRIBLE CANDIDATE FOR THE GOP, BUT THEY ARE STUCK WITH HIM! ...
As of Saturday, July 12, 2008, at least 4,118 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
The withdrawal, which the Times said would constitute a marked reversal from the war's darkest days of 2006-2007, stemmed partly from the need for more U.S. troops in Afghanistan to fight the rising insurgency ...
WASHINGTON -- In a new and little noticed self-published book, former Rep. John Hostettler of Indiana argues the United States invaded Iraq to avenge an assassination attempt on former President George H.W. ...
Since Iran is the primary beneficiary of our invasion and occupation of Iraq, on the surface it does not make any sense that they are funding and supporting organizations which are fighting America and the Maliki government, which is already in Iran's pocket. But last week General Petraeus warned that these Iranian proxies are now the primary enemy in the ever changing, always shifting, goal line in Iraq. Of course, Iran is gaming the situation. They support every political side...
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There has been a lot of talk lately about private contractors who are making millions off the war in Iraq. One of the most prominent is Blackwater, a firm which provides security for visiting diplomats and executives from companies doing business in Iraq. This video explains the role of Blackwater and shows testimony before Congress by the CEO of Blackwater. At last count there were 185 private contractors like Blackwater doing business in Iraq and getting paid millions. They are known...
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"A court martial on Wednesday acquitted a US Marine for his role in the deaths of 24 civilians in Haditha in Iraq in 2005, the sixth man to be exonerated in the affair, a military official said. " Well, it's about freakin' time! I do understand that our soldiers can't go around willy-nilly slaughtering innocent civilians, but get the press out of the war and Americans, get your head out of your ass. Is there any coincidence between our media defined lack of success on the battle field since...
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Yesterday in the presidential debate Mike Gravel commented that U.S. Soldiers had died in vain in the Vietnam War. Of course, he was implying that the same thing is happening in Iraq. Many of us have long argued that we never should have invaded Iraq, and that the mission has been botched by the political leadership. I personally am one who believes that militant Islamic fundamentalism poses a grave threat to the free world, and is the ideological battle of this century. I just think...
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This is not current events. But it is a story of why I love America so much. About a year ago I read that George Bush had never attended the funeral of a soldier that had died in Iraq. And there may be practical reasons for this, but I was still appalled And because I am a girl, constantly in search of her country, I decided I must.. I flew to a small town in Ohio. And went to the funeral. And it was a big deal in that little town. The streets were lined with boy and girl scouts...
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