Iraq
This is fantastic. This creep thought he could take down his arrogant, obnoxious post about dealing with the US soldiers at a checkpoint, but he was sorely mistaken. The Americans, however, are the absolute worst. I had a testy exchange Tuesday with an American soldier at an entry checkpoint into the Green Zone. The pomposity […]
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From Laughing Wolf at Blackfive, I discovered that Patti is a finalist in the Microsoft Above and Beyond Awards. Patti does go above and beyond, always has and always will methinks, and that seems to be the norm for the fine folks at Soldier’s Angels, as I haven’t met a one of them who don’t […]
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Got to give the MSM points for persistence. Just a few days ago we got a hearty laugh out of the report about ditch diggers at Iraq’s largest cemetery. Seems like the dramatic drop in violence was bad for business. Now, we have yet another story that twists itself into a pretzel trying to bring […]
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Get ready for the next big scandal of the Bush Administration, according to Newsweak Magazine, The Bush administration is starving for good news out of Iraq, and it may finally have some: new U.S. government statistics showing that violent attacks of all kinds are down to levels not seen since 2005. But until recently, the […]
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Resistance is futile: You will be (mis)informed. Today I am in Iraq, back in a war of such strategic consequence that it will affect generations yet unborn—whether or not they want it to. Hiding under the covers will not work, because whether it is good news or bad, whether it is true or untrue, once […]
From Move America Forward, Mark this day down folks. It was Wednesday, October 17, 2007 that hundreds of pro-troop supporters turned out for a giant pro-troop rally in Berkeley, CA (one of the most anti-military & anti-war cities in this nation). Not only did the size of the rally shock the San Francisco Bay Area […]
As violence falls in Iraq, cemetery workers feel the pinch NAJAF, Iraq — At what’s believed to be the world’s largest cemetery, where Shiite Muslims aspire to be buried and millions already have been, business isn’t good. A drop in violence around Iraq has cut burials in the huge Wadi al Salam cemetery here by […]
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