The War in Iraq

Posted by: Bluedog89 from The Huffington Post CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus came to the meeting of the Senate Armed Services Committee preparing to deliver an “eight-minute statement” expressing his personal feelings about the repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy. Unfortunately, Senator Carl Levin, who chaired the committee, put the kibosh on those plans, citing time constraints. Instead Petraeus simply told the committee that “the time has come” to give a...Read Full Story

General Petraeus doesn’t get it. A few additional pornographic pictures do not increase Anti-Americanism, hiding the facts, protecting the rapists, transferring known brutes to Afghanistan, issueing Anti-Paksitan satements and perpetuating the torutre does. Reversing Anti-Americanism in South Asia: Building bridges with Pakistan General Petraeus, the world already knows what’s in the pictures. Pakistanis are not fickle. They know what is going on around the world. Each and every word that...Read Full Story

General Petraeus doesn’t get it. A few additional pornographic pictures do not increase Anti-Americanism, hiding the facts, protecting the rapists, transferring known brutes to Afghanistan, issueing Anti-Paksitan satements and perpetuating the torutre does. Reversing Anti-Americanism in South Asia: Building bridges with Pakistan General Petraeus, the world already knows what’s in the pictures. Pakistanis are not fickle. They know what is going on around the world. Each and every word that...Read Full Story

General Petraeus doesn’t get it. A few additional pornographic pictures do not increase Anti-Americanism, hiding the facts, protecting the rapists, transferring known brutes to Afghanistan, issueing Anti-Paksitan satements and perpetuating the torutre does. Reversing Anti-Americanism in South Asia: Building bridges with Pakistan General Petraeus, the world already knows what’s in the pictures. Pakistanis are not fickle. They know what is going on around the world. Each and every word that...Read Full Story

This is a complete list of confirmed deaths of US military personnel in Iraq during the month of May. Click on the name in "BLUE" and obtain information on hometown, where the GI died and cause of death. Source: http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetails.aspx?hndRef=4-2008 US Christian Cotner Al Asad - Al Anbar Province Non-hostile 25-May-2008 3 US: 3 UK: 0 Other: 0 US Sergeant Frank J. Gasper Najaf Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack US Sergeant Blake W. Evans Al Jazeera Desert - Salah Ad Din...Read Full Story

The following is a list of names of US soldiers and Marines killed in Iraq and how they died as well as their hometowns. Click on the "BLUE" in each name for further details. Date Total Name Place of Death - Province Cause of Death 18-May-2008 1 US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0 US Branden Haunert Salah ad Din Province - Salah Ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 15-May-2008 1 US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0 US Sergeant John K. Daggett Halifax, Canada - Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack 14-May-2008 1...Read Full Story

Here is the latest list of casualties from the Iraq War. Source: http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetails.aspx?hndRef=4-2008 Click on each name in "BLUE" to get further details. Date Total Name Place of Death - Province Cause of Death 13-May-2008 1 US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (northwestern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 11-May-2008 1 US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0 US Corporal Jessica A. Ellis Baghdad (northwest of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 10-May-2008 1 US...Read Full Story

Source: http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetails.aspx?hndRef=4-2008 Click on "BLUE" in name for additional details. Date Total Name Place of Death - Province Cause of Death 13-May-2008 1 US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (northwestern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 11-May-2008 1 US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0 US Corporal Jessica A. Ellis Baghdad (northwest of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 10-May-2008 1 US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0 US Specialist Joseph A. Ford Al Asad - Anbar...Read Full Story

Ronald Brownstein: The bottom line on Iraq How much is America willing to spend to try to stabilize Iraq? POLITICAL CONNECTIONS By Ronald Brownstein National Journal National Journal Group Inc.URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24068090/ WASHINGTON - This week's congressional hearings on Iraq were not the upbeat celebration that many of the war's supporters might have expected after months of declining violence. Instead, the marathon sessions were a sobering, often-grim reminder of how far Iraq...Read Full Story

Heavy Troop Deployments Are Called Major Risk. Readiness Is Dangerously Low, Army Chief Says By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, April 2, 2008; A04 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040102444.html Senior Army and Marine Corps leaders said yesterday that the increase of more than 30,000 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan has put unsustainable levels of stress on U.S. ground forces and has put their readiness to fight other conflicts at the...Read Full Story