U.S. & Coalition/Casualties
There have been 503 confirmed coalition deaths, 432 Americans, 53 British, 17 Italians and one Polish, in the war as of November 25, 2003. This list is updated regularly. Our sons, daughters, brothers,...
View ArticleHow We Got Here
At the request of Rep. Henry A. Waxman the Special Investigations Division compiled a database of statements about Iraq made by President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary...
View ArticleForces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties
There have been 718 coalition deaths, 616 Americans, 59 Britons, five Bulgarians, one Dane, one Estonian, 17 Italians, two Poles, one Salvadoran, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and three Ukrainian, in the war...
View ArticleAsset Systems Attack
This is an important news report: A series of explosions ripped through one of Iraq's main oil facilities yesterday in one of the most daring attacks by local insurgents or Islamic militants to date....
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U.S. Intelligence Shows Pessimism on Iraq's Future. A National Intelligence Estimate prepared for President Bush in late July spells out a dark assessment of prospects for Iraq. By By DOUGLAS JEHL....
View ArticleRetired Army colonel, 70, sent to Afghanistan
Dr. John Caulfield thought it had to be a mistake when the Army asked him to return to active duty. After all, he's 70 years old and had already retired - twice. He left the Army in 1980 and private...
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Shredding Law and Human Rights in the War on Terrorism. Newsweek: Aboard Air CIA. The evidence backing up Masri's account of being "snatched" by American operatives is only the latest blow to the CIA...
View ArticleIraq Intelligence And Facts Were Being Fixed Around The Policy
Kevin Drum has posted a story, The Times of London has gotten hold of the minutes of a private meeting between Tony Blair and his staff that was held on July 23, 2002 after talks with the Bush...
View Article1000 Days of War in Iraq
NEW YORK To mark what it called the "1000 Days" of the Iraq war, the London daily The Independent offered extensive coverage today, featuring a by-the-numbers approach. Here are some of their...
View ArticleBush's Iraq War Costs $$$$$$
3 Billion Dollars of borrowed money for each month of the Iraq war. Bush and the Republicans are spending the United States into the poorhouse. No bid contracts, fraud, massive waste, and NO...
View ArticleJohn McCain Out of Step
In the time before W I thought John McCain was presidential material. During the 2000 electorial season I rooted for John McCain. Not so any longer. It appears that John McCain has sold out to the same...
View ArticleAP Credibility Sinking
You've probably not read much about it because only a handful of mainstream media outlets have covered it, but the Associated Press - for decades America's largest and most trusted wire news service -...
View ArticleMy New Years Message
Tomorrow Never Knows: Lyrics, AMG, Wikipedia Whithin You Without You: Lyrics, AMG, Wikipedia
View ArticleWhen Will Media Deeply Probe Corruption in Iraq Contracts?
Joe Galloway asks the question. My answer is most likely never. If the public can't be outraged over Bush sending $12 Billion american dollars in cash into Iraq with no controls, not even a reciept...
View ArticleCollapsing Iran
Global Guerrillas Networked tribes, infrastructure disruption, and the emerging bazaar of violence. An open notebook on the first epochal war of the 21st Century. By John Robb I've just re-read John's...
View ArticleMilitary Medical Care Scandal Grows
The George Bush administration is doing it's best to kill this story but this one has legs, long legs that go deep into the US government bureaucracy. This scandal goes from indifference to lies to...
View ArticleSo, how's that Iraq security 'surge' going?
Here's a reportTen U.S. Soldiers dead as Iraqis prepare for massive anti-American rally Iraqis Protest to Mark Baghdad's FallInsider: Missteps Soured Iraqis on U.S.Security Increase Made Baghdad...
View ArticleThere is No Liberal Media
Someone had to say it straight. We, the American people have been getting fed lies and manipulation by the media. The media is at the least complaisant, or more likely supportive of the Bush...
View ArticleA Clear Reason To Impeach
Sen. Durbin Drops Bombshells on the Senate Floor I like being right and I like that other people agree. But it's disturbing that about 29% of Americans still have faith in Bush and the Neo-Con...
View ArticleREMEMBER
To thank all our basic military personnel for placing themselves into the US armed Forces. I am grateful for all your effort and wish you God Speed with your return home.
View ArticleMia Farrow's Nephew Dies in Iraq -- Uncle Pens Angry Letter to Editor of...
By Greg Mitchell Published: June 01, 2008 10:40 AM ET NEW YORK Sgt. Jason Dene, the nephew of actress and activist Mia Farrow, died in Iraq last week and his uncle blames George W. Bush for the loss....
View ArticleHalliburton, KBR, Others - Fraudulent War Profiteering
Army contracts overseer tells of being forced out of his job of 31 years for refusing to approve paying more than $1 billion in questionable charges to KBR.The Good Friday Massacre A lawsuit was...
View ArticleNew Blog and Tools
After more than 10 years of good Blogging use from Radio Userland 8 I've moved on to MarsEdit, NetNewsWire, and WordPress. Follow this link to my next blog, webstir.com/opmlblog/.
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