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More Madness in our 51st State

Isn't it great that our troops are smack dab in the middle of this insanity: Iraqi soldiers and police fought running battles with gunmen from a Shi'ite cult in two southern cities on Friday in which dozens of people...

Posted on January 19, 2008 12:00 PM

Iraq Rejects Permanent US Bases

This is great news, reported by Reuters: Iraq will never allow the United States to have permanent military bases on its soil, the government's national security adviser said. "We need the United States in our war against terrorism, we need...

Posted on December 11, 2007 2:11 PM

Iraqi Parliament Seals Failure of the Surge

It is once again time to remind everyone what were the true goals of the surge as explained by Bush at the beginning of 2007: This new strategy will not yield an immediate end to suicide bombings, assassinations, or IED...

Posted on December 7, 2007 5:00 AM

Women's Rights in "Liberated" Iraq

Neocons are fond of claiming that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have "liberated" 50 million people. Here's what Dick Cheney said: "Just in this administration, we've liberated 50 million people from the Taliban in Afghanistan and from Saddam Hussein...

Posted on November 15, 2007 6:00 AM

Wildly Misplaced Priorities

Bush has just vetoed another spending bill that would have provided funding for health and education programs: President Bush vetoed legislation Tuesday funding federal health and education programs, marking the latest turn in an ongoing budget fight with the...

Posted on November 14, 2007 6:00 AM

Iran Staunches Flow of Weapons into Iraq

One of the central causus belli that neoconservatives embittered by the disaster in Iraq are using to justify an attack on Iran is the flow into Iraq of explosively formed projectiles (EFPs) of Iranian manufacture. Now, it appears that this...

Posted on November 3, 2007 6:00 AM

Olbermann Rips Bush for the Pimping of Petraeus

Raw Story has a must-see commentary from Keith Olbermann about how President Bush has pimped out General Petraeus to be the front-man for this sorry debacle in Iraq that he is forcing on the American people against their will: "Deliberately,...

Posted on September 21, 2007 1:53 PM

Cholera Outbreak in Iraq as Thousands Flee Their Homes

The Independent has the story on a cholera outbreak in northern Iraq: Lack of clean drinking water and poor sanitation has led to 5,000 people in northern Iraq contracting cholera. The outbreak is among the most serious signs yet...

Posted on September 2, 2007 6:00 AM

Another Astonishing Pack of Lies from the Liar-in-Chief

The President issued another breathtaking pack of lies yesterday in a follow-up to the breathtaking pack of lies in his disastrous "Iraq is Vietnam" speech. As always, I am more than happy to dismember the President's deceptions, falsehoods and...

Posted on August 30, 2007 6:00 AM

50 Killed 250 Wounded in Shiite-on-Shiite Clashes

If you thought Iraq was interesting up until now, hold onto your hats because it's about to get a LOT more interesting. CNN has the bloody details: A curfew and weapons ban was in effect and Shiite pilgrims were evacuated...

Posted on August 28, 2007 4:15 PM

Is Iraq on the Brink of Sunni vs. Kurd Civil War?

Update I: The Associated Press is now reporting the death toll from yesterday's bombings could reach as high as 500. It appears that the Iraqis have just had their own 9/11. Yesterday saw the deadliest series of coordinated attacks...

Posted on August 15, 2007 6:00 PM

Bush Goes on Vacation as Attacks Hit All-Time High

President George Bush is on his way to Kennebunkport to begin a well-deserved vacation given all of the accomplishments he's had recently. Meanwhile, in the god-forsaken, sweltering hot, dustbowl called Iraq attacks on US troops are at an all-time high...

Posted on August 9, 2007 4:45 PM

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