Surging ‘Uptick’
April 20, 2008Just as soon as we think the situation in Iraq is going to get worse, it does. Business for the new, improved Iraqi version of al-Qaeda is booming. The Iraq central government is farther pushing…
Category Archives: Just Plain War
Occupier Beware!
April 16, 2008Yesterday, car bombs in Baghdad and in a couple of other places in Iraq continue to explode-open a war which has become so confused and unfettered by the day. Fifty (at the minimum, probably more)…
‘blood of our children’
April 10, 2008According to the Associated Press, as of this morning 17 mostly-young US service people have been killed since Sunday. Five on Wednesday. The mortality rate has started to increase. While politicians fiddle, Iraq burns. BAGHDAD…
Historic Reality
April 5, 2008As the dust settles gently over the Tigris and Euphrates, Decider George’s war in Iraq has moved into its final stages — the US military should at least now have plans (or plans in the…
‘Into the Abyss’
March 28, 2008An uneasy sense of watching in slo-mo some nasty, cruel shit hitting the fan. Iraq’s Prime Minister was staring into the abyss today after his operation to crush militia strongholds in Basra stalled, members of…
‘By-product’ Civil War
March 28, 2008Despite wanting to wield a mighty sword, Iraqi President Nouri al-Maliki’s central government assault this week on Shia militia in Basra has encountered much difficulty, making no significant gains against the army of Mugtada al-Sadr, and creating…
‘Positive” Iraqi Pause
March 27, 2008A spokesman for the Baghdad security plan, Tahsin al-Sheikhly, was kidnapped from his Baghdad home by armed men on Thursday, security officials told AFP. The officials said Sheikhly, who spoke on civic matters related to…
Easter’s Ending
March 26, 2008Just at dawn on Christianity’s most-holy day, rockets and mortor rounds slammed into Baghdad’s Green Zone. Time for the biggest blunder in history to begin its horrific draw down. The attack seemed to spark violent incidents all across Iraq, like a disjointed, ragged shock wave, although…
Surge II: The Anti-Sequel
March 23, 2008A mark in the sand. This evening as it does just about every evening, the death toll in the horrific war in Iraq has quietly spiked. BAGHDAD – Four U.S. soldiers were killed by a bomb blast…
Massacre No-News
January 15, 2008As we scanned the online news sources this morning there was nothing at all about this in any of the US mainstream or alternate news operations: Hamas has blamed George Bush’s tour of the Middle…