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Sadr City — a journalist responds
TweetMy brief post about Sadr City on Friday drew a long comment from Fox News reporter Anita McNaught, who has been reporting from there recently. Since it's an important report from on the ground in...
View ArticleAnother Haditha case dismissed
TweetThe government is now 0-for-7 on prosecuting the eight Haditha Marines: In a move that prompted tears of joy from courtroom spectators, Military Judge Colonel Steven Folsom, USMC, this morning...
View ArticleWe need an army of Yons
TweetCharlie Foxtrot, commenting from Afghanistan, is amazed (as I was) at the change in mainstream media coverage of Iraq (emphasis in original): … Powerline and Danger Room are right to point out the...
View ArticleAnother Gitmo alum collected his 72 virgins
TweetAccording to Bill Roggio, a new al Qaeda jihad video features a former Gitmo detainee who killed 13 in a suicide truck bomb attack in Mosul. The Kuwaiti jihadist was presumably one of those...
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Dems oppose increasing Iraq’s oil output, too
TweetDemocrats in Congress, who seem to believe they can wave a magic wand and convert the country to solar planes and trains and wind-powered cars and trucks, don't just oppose more domestic oil...
View ArticleHow the troops celebrated in Iraq
TweetSpeaking of patriotism, our troops in harm's way know the meaning of true patriotism and the significance of Independence Day. Bob Krumm has a marvelous report and video of an Independence Day...
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Original or extra crispy in Fallujah
TweetSee update below. About 2½ years ago, in a post about how well things were going in Iraqi Kurdistan, I posted a picture of the McDonald's that had opened up in Suleimaniyah, and said, "I can't...
View ArticleMcCain makes difference on Iraq clear
TweetSen. John McCain was in Denver today, addressing a national convention of Hispanic veterans before heading to Aspen to meet with the Dalai Lama. He outlined the history of the surge and subsequent...
View ArticleFallujah fake
TweetRemember the KFC restaurant in Fallujah that I posted about last month? Apparently, it's a trademark ripoff, not a genuine Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet. Not surprising, really — and it doesn't...
View ArticleBridge of hope
TweetCourtesy of Reuters (!), here's the feel-good story of the week from Iraq: The Bridge of the Imams connects the Adhamiya and Kadhimiya neighborhoods of Baghdad, named for mediaeval Sunni and...
View ArticleThanksgiving greetings from Iraq
TweetBill at Castle Argghh! reported on his Thanksgiving Day in Iraq (don't mind the acronyms and jargon; that's typical military-speak) and passed along a message from the locals: … I stopped to chat...
View ArticleOIF anniversary
TweetToday is the sixth anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Iraq hasn't been much in the news or on our minds lately, but Families United wants us to remember on this day: … It is a day to...
View Article30,000
TweetWas Obama channeling Bush at West Point? Jon Stewart compares surges then and now, and presidents then and now. Enjoy: #call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}
View ArticleOutrageous revisionism
TweetIn an exercise of historical revisionism that takes my breath away, on the Larry King show Wednesday night, Vice President Joe Biden took credit for the victory in Iraq (emphasis by The Weekly...
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Congratulations, Iraqis!
TweetHearty congratulations to the brave people of Iraq! Once again, they risked life and limb to flock to the polling stations. Al Qaeda promised to disrupt the election, and there were indeed a...
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