Whether it is a civil war, insurgent violence, an unjust war, or a war on terror - no one argues that there is a "war" in Iraq. Track the latest news and share opinions about what should be done to curb violence.
The mainstream media in the United States is "in the tank" to the Bush administration, and in return to GOP hopeful John McCain, and in so doing they keep from the American public what is really happening in Iraq and Afghanistan. The purpose of this blog has ALWAYS been to tell the truth about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars which the mainstream media no longer wants to do. Below is just a partial list of what has been taking place in both Iraq and Afghanistan over the past two days: SOURCE... Read Full Story
When the next edition of Webster’s Dictionary is released, you might well find when you look up the word ‘Chutzpah’ an 8 x 10 glossy photo of Barack Obama sitting along side the definition. Chutzpah is about the only word one can use when describing Barry’s current overseas trip.
An overseas trip his campaign labels one of “fact-finding” even though his may be the only fact-finding trip ever in which the person taking the trip declares what the facts are what he intends to do about them... Read Full Story
Troop Agreement Misses Deadline Provincial Law Misses Deadline Bombings in Mosul, Diyala, Fallujah SOURCE: http://juancole.com/ First there was going to be a status of forces agreement between the US and Iraq, which would be ratified by the Iraqi parliament and would grant the US long-term bases. Private security guards and US troops would be immune from Iraqi law. US commanders would launch operations at will, would decide who a terrorist was, and would arrest and imprison Iraqis at... Read Full Story
Fallujah, the second largest city in Iraq and one that the Bush Administration and the U.S. military point to as a model of how "the surge" has worked, is about to explode into massive violence, according to veteran Middle East reporter Dahr Jamail. Parts of Fallujah have been walled off and tension is mounting as more and more incidents of violence can be seen each day. On Monday alone, here is what happened in Fallujah: Al Anbar Prv:Fallujah:#1: A bomb exploded inside the garden of the... Read Full Story
This friend is nothing to boast about... I am talking of course about Senator Obama's recent semi-endorsement by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki this week in Der Speigel, a German Newspaper. You may hear from the Obama campaign that a semi-endorsement by al-Maliki is a true triumph of Obama's international appeal and a show of his foreign policy prowess.. those statements are wrong. Flat out wrong. The withdrawal plan Obama has been talking about for the past.. year or two seems... Read Full Story
