War in Iraq

The following commentary originally appeared in Musings On Iraq Baghdad has been setting up tribal Support Councils across southern and central Iraq recently. The first such councils were actually created by the United States to help formalize the Sons of Iraq program in Sunni areas. Beginning in March 2008 however, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki began creating his own councils during security operations in Basra and Maysan provinces. Later, he started spreading them throughout southern Iraq... Read Full Story

John McCain keeps telling people at his campaign stops that we are "winning the war" in Iraq, but McCain ignores the rising tide of violence in Iraq. 24 Killed, 45 Injured in Bombings and Shootings Across Iraq By Mary Beth Sheridan and Qais MizherWashington Post Staff WritersSaturday, October 11, 2008; A17 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002896.html BAGHDAD, Oct. 10 -- A car bomb exploded in a market in southern Baghdad late Friday afternoon... Read Full Story

Some overseas soldiers' voting hampered Deborah Hastings - The Associated Press http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/284094/36/ American soldiers can hump 60-pound packs through the broiling desert, kill for their country and die for it, but they can't always vote for their commander in chief. A solution has long been proposed: Just get rid of the Byzantine process which forces those in far-flung battle zones to vote by mail that must be delivered to thousands of local election... Read Full Story

  WASHINGTON: Iran rounded up hundreds of Arabs to help the United States counter al-Qaida after the Sept. 11 attack after they crossed the border from Afghanistan, a former Bush administration official said Tuesday. Many were expelled, Hillary Mann Leverett said, and the Iranians made copies of almost 300 of their passports. The copies were sent to Kofi Annan, then the secretary-general of the United Nations, who passed them to the United States, and U.S. interrogators were given a... Read Full Story

When Barack Obama and John McCain face off tonight in the second of their three debates, Obama should remind McCain there is STILL a war going on in IRAQ and there are STILL U.S. casualties on a daily basis and the violence continues in IRAQ The following is a list of U.S. casualties events taking place in IRAQ: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 War News for Tuesday, October 07, 2008 Source: http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/ LATEST U.S.Casualty Reports from IRAQ: Mosul:#1: One U.S. soldier and... Read Full Story