January 25th, 2010 // comments (0)

CHEMICAL ALI EXECUTED

Iraq TV outlets reporting that Saddam Hussein’s cousin, widely known as Chemical Ali, has been executed in Iraq. Officials in Baghdad confirm…

December 17th, 2009 // comments (0)

INSURGENTS HACK DRONES

Insurgents in Iraq have found a way to hack the aerial drones flying over that country. A $26 program called ‘SkyGrabber‘ allows the fighters access to the drone’s video streams.

December 8th, 2009 // comments (0)

IRAQ ATTACK KILLS 118

Bomb-rigged cars remind the President that Afghanistan isn’t the only pot on the stove.

December 1st, 2009 // comments (0)

IRAQI SHOE THROWER

Shoe thrower gets a taste of his own medicine.

April 6th, 2009 // comments (0)

Media Snap Photos Of Returning Dead

The ceremony itself is actually quite beautiful and somber…:

DOVER, Del. — For the first time since an 18-year ban on news coverage of returning war dead was lifted, the media witnessed the arrival Sunday night of a soldier killed overseas.

After receiving permission from family members, the military opened Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to the press. An eight-member team wearing white gloves and camouflage battle fatigues carried the body of 30-year-old Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip

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March 18th, 2009 // comments (0)

Video: Iraq, Six Years Later

After all the political squabbling. After six years of anti-war marches on the Capitol and around the globe. After countless claims that Iraq was a ‘quagmire’ and nothing more than a country in the midst of a ‘civil war’. After it all, this:

February 27th, 2009 // comments (0)

Obama Sets A Date For Iraq War End

August 31, 2010:

President Obama, declaring there is “renewed cause for hope in Iraq,” on Friday announced his plan to end combat operations in Iraq by August of next year.

“Let me say this as plainly as I can. By August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end,” Obama told Marines at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

In stating it ‘plainly’ President Obama glossed over the key fact that though the ‘combat mission’ will end, about 50,000 troops…

February 27th, 2009 // comments (0)

Obama Iraq Pullout Plans Coming

WASHINGTON — A “substantial” number of the roughly 100,000 U.S. combat troops to be pulled out of Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010, will remain in the war zone through at least the end of this year to ensure national elections there go smoothly, senior Obama administration officials say.

That pacing suggests that although Obama’s promised withdrawal will start soon, it will be backloaded, with larger numbers of troops returning later in the 18-month time frame.

Though 100,000 is a substantial…

February 19th, 2009 // comments (0)

Iraqi Shoe Thrower Talks In Court

Muntadher al-Zaidi, the Iraqi shoe tosser, speaks at a court appearance:

He explained his actions in an hour-long appearance on Thursday at the Central Criminal Court of Iraq. Asked if anyone pushed or motivated him to do this, al-Zaidi said he was spurred on by the “violations that are committed against the Iraqi people.”

“I could only see Bush and feel the blood of the innocents flow under his feet, as he was smiling that smile — as

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February 5th, 2009 // comments (0)

Iraqi Prime Minister’s Party Wins

It seems Iraqi’s looked outside of religion for leadership at the polls:

BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s allies swept to victory over Shiite religious parties during last weekend’s provincial elections in Iraq — a rousing endorsement of his crackdown on extremists, according to official results released Thursday.

The impressive showing, which must be certified by international and Iraqi observers, places al-Maliki in a strong position before parliamentary elections late this year and could bolster U.S. confidence that

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February 5th, 2009 // comments (0)

Recounting The Ballots… In Iraq

The Sunni ‘Iraqi Islamic Party’ appears to be behind this:

BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials moved to quell rising tensions between rival Sunni Muslim Arab factions in once-restive Anbar province Wednesday by recounting some of the ballots that were cast in last Saturday’s provincial elections, even before the official results are known.

The Independent High Electoral Commission in Baghdad said it had acted after Sunni tribal leaders accused the province’s ruling Iraqi Islamic Party of rigging the vote.

“The

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January 2nd, 2009 // comments (0)

Green Zone Transferred To Iraq

Some good news that will end up buried in the cycle…

December 29th, 2008 // comments (0)

The State of Iraq: NYT Graphic

AS 2008 and the Bush presidency conclude, Iraq has settled into a kind of violent semi-peace. The population-protection strategy initiated by Gen. David Petraeus has been a remarkable success on balance. Its logic continues even though American force numbers in Iraq have nearly returned to pre-surge levels.

The NYT tries to point out the bad in this story but they don’t have much to work with. It appears this graphic gives us an answer to why TV…

December 16th, 2008 // comments (5)

Photos: Dana Perino’s Black Eye

White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, sporting a black eye from the scuffle in Iraq during the shoe throwing incident over the weekend, responds to a reporters question, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008, during her daily briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo)

The comments on sites like the Huffington Post in connection with this story are appalling.

who cares about her ,bush,cheney and all the crooks
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They intentionally (oops) decided NOT to cover that

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December 15th, 2008 // comments (0)

Shoe Hurling Journo Detained In Iraq

BAGHDAD — An Iraqi television reporter hurled two shoes at President Bush — one after another — as he held a news conference Sunday with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

The president — who dodged both shoes — was not hurt during the incident.

An official told The Associated Press on Monday that Muntadar al-Zeidi is being held for questioning by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s guards and is being tested for alcohol and drugs.

The official spoke on condition

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