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From the BBC . 28 April 2003: US paratroopers shoot dead 13 demonstrators May 2003: Grenade and gun attacks on US troops become a routine occurrence November 2003-January 2004: Three helicopters are shot down in the area with the total loss of 25 lives 31 March 2004: Four US security guards killed and mutilated […] CNN story I should add to this that in Basra, the same group has taken over many government buildings and the British Army is negotiating with them peacefully instead of fighting, so far. here this is at 1:13PM CST AFP has done a roundup of the number of people killed in clashes that began on Sunday in Iraq, as of 8PM Iraqi time on Tuesday. This raises the number of US soldiers killed in action to 616. I suggest that from here forward mercenaries such as those who work for Blackwater, KBR etc. be referred to as “rent-a-soldiers,” “Pentagon temp workers,” or, most accurately, “mercenaries.” From CNN’s “Lou Dobbs” show Monday night, as he interviews Senator Joe Biden, ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Commitee. Biden was talking about the total lack of planning by Bush for the handover of power and for security in Iraq. Biden: We need a plan. We don’t have one yet. Dobbs: You and […] Bush’s job approval rating both in general and on iraq have hit an all-time low . Now, can we please have a moratorium on people asking me “why isn’t his bad handling of everything in the world not hurting him?” As everyone of you can recall, I’ve been saying, IT IS, just wait for the […] Following clark’s link below, Juan “This Guy” Cole links to a paper he published last fall in Middle East Journal, “The United States and Shi‘ite Religious Factions in Post-Ba‘thist Iraq”. (pdf) The paper gives a good description of the ideology, history, geography, and current (as of last Fall) state of the Shi’ite factions. I would […] Sorry to break the momentum (especially with a war going on), but did anyone notice the Pork Spending Bill that passed the house… did I say Pork? I meant Highway.. really. Thoughtfully passed on Friday (passes the 20 minute media attention rule by 2 days!). One estimate shows it dumps $112 billion onto the federal […] OK rant-o-rama-eers, here’s the deal. I’m going to open up rant-o-rama to a streets of Baghdad level of chaos. Anyone who wants to post on the blog needs to send me three things: your e-mail address, and a desired username and password. Once you send me these, I’ll send back an e-mail explaining how to […] |
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