Or was it Cheney's run home? The New York Times reported in this article last Wednesday that VP Dick Cheney was booed during the seventh inning of the Yankees-Red Socks baseball game at Yankee Stadium the night before. According to Tristero: Fair and Balanced blog...
Iraq Pipeline Watch
Found an interesting website which keeps track of attacks on oil pipelines, installations and industry personnel in Iraq, starting in June of 2003 ... here Apparently this past month, June 2004, has been the worst, at least in terms of the number of incidents.
Promises to keep-NATO
A bit of a reality check has crept into this article from Stars and Stripes on NATO's promise to train Iraqi security forces: The North Atlantic Council decided on Monday it was “possible” for NATO to train Iraqi security forces, though it wasn’t clear how or when, or...
Changing the banner
Raed Jarrar, an Iraqi blogger, shares his personal views on the June 30th "liberation" of Iraq.The American army is building six permanent bases in Iraq, three surrounding Baghdad, one in the south, on in the east and on in the north. The three surrounding Baghdad are...
Thrill of War is Gone
A letter from a KBR civilian employee in Iraq: The thrill of war is gone Imagine explosions without warning 24-7. Mortar attacks are unpredictable. They're in the minds of every person who lives on the forward operation bases in Iraq. They kill, wound, bloody and...
Putin’s warning
President Putin really stunned the world, and especially the State Department, when he recently stated that Russian intelligence had warned Bush before the war that Saddam had oodles of terrorists in Iraq just waiting in the wings to attack America and the world....
“Neither rain nor sleet…”
Amidst this glowing account, Better days beckon for Baghdad's weary postmen, about the dedication of the workers and all the improvements being made to the "new" Iraqi postal system, be sure not to miss the following sentence:''Hopefully within the next few months we...
Army Times poll
This is a current poll being done by Army Times asking: "Do you think violence against U.S. forces will diminish after June 30, when Iraqis are scheduled to take control of their government again?" I am making an assumption (yes, I know, usually a bad thing to do)...
1000 Days
Yes, it's been 1000 days since 9-11!! Still haven't captured Osama bin Laden as George W. Bush promised he would!! Or do we already have Osama on ice waiting for a November defrosting right before the election? I don't think there is any trick or lie that the neocons...
Sleeping on the Roof
Critics of the antiwar movement are constantly singing praises about the good things that are happening in Iraq and berating the media for not reporting on the wonderful progress being made in painting schools, and patching up bridges and sewer systems blown apart by...
