Tuesday, November 17, 2009 News Update

... Lionel, one of the officers who witnessed the attack. Lionel, who gave the death toll, said these types of tribal council meetings are vulnerable because so many people are... to the head, including a local leader of Iraq's largest Sunni party, which once helped fight ...before January elections. Violence has dropped sharply in Iraq over the past year, but politicians and security ...

unfortunate

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iraq "BAGHDAD – The death toll from Iraq's worst attack in more than two years climbed to 155 Monday as Iraqis buried the dead from the twin suicide bombings that devastated the heart of Baghdad. Funerals were held around the city amid heightened security that snarled traffic during the morning rush hour. The bombings targeted two ...

They hate us for our freedoms...oh wait.

1.2 million dead in Iraq as a result of the US invasion, ... 2003 invasion has caused a far more substantial death toll than officially acknowledged. The ORB survey follows ... in two. If true, these latest figures would suggest the death toll in Iraq now exceeds that of the Rwandan genocide in which about 800,... counted and their memories preserved, but the death count of the people whose country was ...

TWITTER TRACKER

...be said on the air. # 16:55 Awful shooting at Fort Hood. I think my cousin was there once? Death toll keeps rising. How awful :( # 17:00 Ooh, Brian Williams is covering it over on NBC and hasn't yet ...18:38 @ lechatsavant Now he's just gone on a rant. From bailout to Iraq to education reform (he's M.Ed student, just like Mom was, she's ...

News Clips

... Baghdad Kill 155, Injure Scores... Obama/Iraq War 9) Israeli Police Storm Jerusalem...00.html October 26, 2009 BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi officials said at least 155...to undermine the impressive progress that Iraq has made towards stability and self...speak to the media, gave the death toll. The explosions were caused by... prominent government institutions come as Iraq is preparing for January elections....

86,000 Iraqis killed since 2004, official figures show

...his wounded son to hospital. The toll counted Iraqi civilians, military and police...numbers to sway public opinion. As Iraq became increasingly violent following the 2003...the country descended into chaos. The toll also included 15,000 unidentified ...and buried in special cemeteries. Iraq's death toll continued to climb ...a dramatic drop in violence in Iraq, insurgents continue to target civilians, ...

Notes on The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein

...at some length about New Orleans, Iraq and Afghanistan. Since she likes an.... While in many places the death toll is less grim, in other...places it is worse, such as Iraq and Afghanistan which have seen tremendous... the quality of life, increased death rates and, of course, innumerable people (in Iraq, somewhere between 100,000 and ... it into Disneyland NOLA. Unlike Iraq where the corporations begged off ...

Thursday October 1, 2009 News Update

... trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity's liberty!" --Samuel Adams Quakes hit Indonesia; death toll 529 Cantor: Obama's not met with GOP leaders since May U.S., Europe may expand ... goes rogue. Obama Can't Outsource Afghanistan; George Bush succeeded in Iraq by talking to his generals regularly. Stimulus Spending Doesn't Work; Our...

From Twitter 09-11-2009

...Bush’s handling of the Iraq war, an “alltime high.” [AP...30,000 more troops” to Iraq 21:20:12 : DECEMBER 21...troops who have died in Iraq this month, “making December the...3, 2007: Death toll of U.S. soldiers in Iraq reaches...oppose sending more troops to Iraq. 21:29:02 : JANUARY 19...billion: The cost of the Iraq war per month 21:33...percentage of Americans believe the Iraq war was not worth fighting...

...? If he was a Major, my guess is that he may have been to Iraq or Afganistan before? This is sad. I have read about people who during combat (or... never opaque to the media. All I can say is that combat takes it's toll. Maybe this officer just saw too many battle worn young men, men whose minds had been twisted with death and destruction. If that is the case, the battle came home via our own troops...