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Tag: "Iraq"
Like a Toy Soldier
The Age report how a photo of what terrorists claim is a kidnapped US soldier might just be a toy. A militant website has posted a photograph of what it claimed was a kidnapped American, but a Californian toymaker says it could be one of its action figures. Doubts emerged about the authenticity of the [...]
Feb 02, 2005 | 2 comments | View Post
Army Corps Corpse
I have heard of crack combat units, but this is ridiculous. Although the ferocity of insurgents is generally attributed to religious fervor and a hatred of America, Marines who participated in the November assault on Fallujah say many of their foes also had something else to bolster their tenacity: drugs. The Marines say they [...]
Jan 17, 2005 | 0 comments | View Post
Good News From Iraq
No, you have not mistakenly entered Chrenkoff. I have named this post after Arthur’s renowned series of informative posts because..well, here is some very good news from Iraq: A new Iraqi political party calling for the establishment of diplomatic relations with Israel will compete in the upcoming elections in Iraq. Mithal al-Alusi, an Iraqi politician [...]
Nov 26, 2004 | 0 comments | View Post
The Terrorist Way of Tackling Perceived Media Bias
Iraqi terrorists have targeted a new enemy: Arabic-speaking Americanized spy journalists (or ASASJ for short) Arab satellite channel Al Arabiya on Sunday denied accusations by Islamist groups that it had a pro-U.S. editorial line, a day after a bloody car-bombing of its offices in Baghdad. Seven Iraqis were killed and 19 wounded after a [...]
Nov 01, 2004 | 0 comments | View Post
Discomfort
Something that causes Saddam Hussein discomfort: a hernia Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had a hernia operation two weeks ago, a U.S. military official has told CNN. The surgery, which was performed by Iraqi doctors, took place at the Ibn Sina Hospital, located inside the heavily secured Green Zone — where U.S. and Iraqi [...]
Oct 13, 2004 | 0 comments | View Post
Good News in Iraq
WorldNetDaily reports: U.S. military sees good news in Iraq While continuing terrorist attacks in Iraq have pushed the military campaign into the middle of the presidential debate in the United States, a declassified military report shows the progress that has been made on the political, economic and societal fronts. On the transition to Iraqi [...]
Oct 11, 2004 | 0 comments | View Post
Look Who’s Not Dead (Yet)
US military to media: “Reports of Tariq Aziz’s death have been greatly exaggerated.” Baghdad: The US military said on Saturday it had “absolute confirmation” that Tariq Aziz, Iraq’s former deputy prime minister, was still alive. “I can absolutely confirm that he is still alive,” Lieutenant Colonel Barry Johnson, spokesman for detainee operations in Iraq, told [...]
Oct 10, 2004 | 0 comments | View Post
Back to Reality
Yesterday I reported on some promising news regarding the prospects of relations normalizing between Iraq and Israel. Well, that was yesterday. Ahmed Chalabi’s Iraqi National Congress has fired one of its most senior members for visiting Israel, a spokesman for the group said Monday. During an emergency meeting, the leadership of the former exile [...]
Sep 14, 2004 | 0 comments | View Post
