US General calls Fallujah a "rat's nest." "We went in because we had to to find the perpetrators and what we found was a huge rat's nest that is still festering today. It needs to be dealt with," he told the Senate Armed Services Committee. All right. It's time to...
Sadr's Army Has a Humvee Gutted Humvee becomes trophy for cleric's troops Raed Jarrar writes:A funny image of AlMahdi Army soldiers going around Kufa today driving an American Hum-vee, the military Hummer was left behind after some clashes around the city. That...
It seems that there are quite a few troops held over in Iraq that have worse problems than still lacking the body armor they were supposed to get and haven't yet. Some of them don't have anything at all. 23 News has learned that the 333rd Military Police Unit in...
ANTI - IRAQI FORCES FIRE ON MARINES FROM MOSQUE This is an actual headline from a "Centcom" press release. Think about this for a minute. "Anti-Iraqi" forces fired on Marines from a mosque? What the hell are "anti-Iraqi" forces? Why would an anti-iraqi person care...
Spanish Troops Withdrawing Now Jose Bono, speaking after the new government's first cabinet meeting, said that the process had already started. He said that a plan was in operation and would "conclude swiftly". Another account: Bono revealed after the new Socialist...
AFP Reports: Ramadi - Insurgents' assaults on supply convoys west of Baghdad landed a blow to United States marines' stomachs on Monday as their bases in al-Anbar province began rationing food amid fears their stocks could run low. Since Sunday, all 1st Marine...
The US is issuing this face-saving statement: The US-led coalition in Iraq has announced measures to end the military stand-off in the battle-scarred city of Falluja, west of Baghdad. These include shortening the curfew and allowing unfettered humanitarian access to...
Zapatero said he acted after deciding the United Nations was unprepared to take over the occupation of Iraq -- his condition for keeping Spanish troops in the country. Zapatero is right. There's nothing the UN can do to end this debacle.
Read Steve Gilliard's assessment of the condition of US supply lines in Iraq. The situation is so bad the CPA is almost reduced to eating MRE's. The New York Times reports: On Saturday, travelers heading north to Baghdad on the main highway from Kuwait saw at least...
Firefight Near Syrian Border? Robert Burns of the AP reported April 16 the glowing success the US Marines were having in their mission of "sealing the border" with Syria, even though "a number" of Marines were killed in the process.WASHINGTON (AP) -- Marines have had...
