Showing posts with label Iraq War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iraq War. Show all posts
Thursday, March 19

6 Years in Iraq Down 2 to Go?

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Today marks the 6th anniversary of the war in and on Iraq. With US forces committed to the country for at least another two years and an esc...
Tuesday, November 11

Obama Machine Oiled, Fired Up, and Ready to Go?

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Not a whole lot has been said about the machine behind Barack Obama and the unprecedented amount of cooperation and planning that has gone o...
Tuesday, June 24

US Military Death Toll at 4,106, TV News Scaling Back Coverage

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After a month that had a decline in military deaths in Iraq, 22 soldiers have been killed in action so far in June. This trend is disturbing...
Tuesday, May 27

DOD Admits Potential Financial Fraud in Iraq

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The AP reports that "an internal audit of $8.2 billion paid to U.S. and Iraqi contractors found that nearly every transaction failed to...
Friday, May 23

Have You Been on a 3 Trillion Dollar Shopping Spree?

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That's the estimated cost of occupying Iraq.
Monday, April 28

44 Americans KIA in Iraq in April

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The AP Reports Bombardments by suspected militants killed four U.S. soldiers Monday as troops tried to push Shiite fighters farther from the...
Monday, April 14

So You Want to Be a Trillionaire?

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Check this out--what we could be doing with the "War Dividend"
Sunday, April 13

Troops Home Now!

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Despite the lack of attention being paid to the war in Iraq, at least 19 American troops have been killed in Iraq since last Sunday, making ...
Monday, April 7

Three Soldiers KIA, 31 Injured in Iraq

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From CNN Three U.S. soldiers were killed and 31 others wounded in two rocket attacks Sunday afternoon in Baghdad, the U.S. military said. E...
Wednesday, April 2

Shameful: Women Soldiers More Likely to be Raped than KIA

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Congresswoman Jane Harman writes in the Los Angeles Times, "Women serving in the U.S. military are more likely to be raped by a fellow ...
Monday, March 24

Michael Moore on the Anniversary of the Iraq War

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Friends, It would have to happen on Easter Sunday, wouldn't it, that the 4,000th American soldier would die in Iraq. Play me that crazy ...
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Military KIA Reaches 4,000 in Iraq

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The AP reports: A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll i...
Thursday, March 20

Death (Comparisons) Be Not Proud

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A story that is widely circulating points out that there were more military deaths during the Clinton Administration than during the war in ...

Iowa Citians Turnout to Protest on Iraq War Anniversary

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Over 500 people in total attended an all day vigil and candlelit remembrance was held on the Pentacrest yesterday to commemorate the 5th ann...
Wednesday, March 19

Bush Does the Safety Dance

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With President Bush now touting the relative worth of the war saying "Five years into this battle, there is an understandable debate ov...
Monday, March 17

Cheney: Iraq a "Successful Endeavor"

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What planet is he living on? Reuters reports that Vice President Dick Cheney declared the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq a "successful ...
Monday, March 10

Five US Troops KIA in Baghdad by Suicide Bomber

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Five US soldiers have been killed by a suicide bomb attack while they patrolled in Baghdad, the US army said. The suicide bomber approached ...
Tuesday, February 26

65th Iowa Serviceman Killed in Iraq

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Spc. Chad Groepper, 21, of Kingsley, died Sunday morning in Diyala Province as a result of wounds suffered from small arms fire, family mem...
Saturday, February 16

US Troop Levels To Become Surge-ier

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Reuters via the New York Times reports that we are likely to have more troops in Iraq than before the Surge. The United States will probabl...
Monday, February 11

Def Sec Gates May Slow Down Drawdown

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From the Washington Post Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Monday that it "probably does make sense" to pause troop withdrawa...