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...
From the forthcoming issue of National Review:Since the conclusion of the war, the Bush administration has shown a dismaying capacity to believe its own public relations. The post-war looting was explained away as the natural and understandable exuberance of a...
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.
An editorial on the accused Marine (see also this and this) appears in today's New Orleans Times-Picayune. A snippet:The Marine Corps has investigated the matter, although it has yet to disclose its findings on the authenticity of the photo or its decision on whether...
You've never been a regular reader of Matt Yglesias, either? Arthur Silber puts our minds at ease about the opportunity costs we've incurred.
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...
Ian Welsh points out in this insightful, must-read post that Europe reacted just as Osama bin Laden knew they would to his peace offer. Welsh writes that OBL was speaking to the Muslim world, not Europe, when he made his offer:As everyone has probably heard by now,...
Marines in Fallujah are reported to be holding 200 Iraqis in detention for refusing to take part in the assault on Fallujah. These Iraqis are described as members of the 36th Battalion of the ICDC. The 36th Battalion is an interesting unit, supposedly made up of...
