Month: May 2007

Updated at 11:45 p.m. EDT, May 29, 2007At least 13 new U.S. servicemember deaths were reported today, making May the bloodiest month since 2004. So far, at least 116 Americans were killed in Iraq in May, including 10 who were killed on Memorial Day. Several Westerners were abducted in a daring attack in Baghdad. Also, … Continue reading “Tuesday: 13 GIs, 169 Iraqis Killed; 146 Iraqis Wounded; 40 Iraqis, 5 Britons Kidnapped”

The Bush administration has blown chances to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, to win wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and now to have any chance of maintaining a stable nuclear-armed Pakistan. Like U.S. policy toward the shah’s Iran in the 1960s and 1970s, the Bush administration, despite a rhetorical commitment to spread democracy around … Continue reading “Pakistan Is Going Down the Road of the Shah’s Iran”

Rep. Jimmy Duncan (R-Tenn.) is considered one of the most conservative members of Congress – the American Conservative Union gives him a lifetime score of 88 out of 100. But that doesn’t mean Duncan always goes along with the Bush administration. In fact, when it comes to foreign policy, Duncan has been one of the … Continue reading “Tenn. Republican Calls for End to Intervention”

Updated at 12:45 a.m EDT, May 29, 2007At least 123 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 233 were killed in violent events. The most significant incident was a bombing at a Sunni shrine in Baghdad. No foreign deaths were reported, but May has been one of the bloodiest months of the occupation with over … Continue reading “Monday: 123 Iraqis Killed, 233 Wounded”

It’s the season of political makeovers, what with Hillary Clinton, former Warrior Princess, now turning herself into La Pasionaria of the antiwar movement, and Mitt Romney, her probable opponent in the race for the White House, transforming his previous Rockefeller Republican persona into a "pro-life," anti-gay, "movement" conservative caricature. This passion for reinvention is also … Continue reading “Why Are We in Iraq?”

Updated at 11:59 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2007At least 94 Iraqis were killed or found dead today and another 55 Iraqis were wounded during violent events. However, the day’s biggest news was the rescue of 42 hostages from a suspected al-Qaeda hideout northeast of Baghdad. Unfortunately, another 40 were abducted from Samarra, and seven were … Continue reading “Sunday: 3 GIs, 94 Iraqis Killed; 55 Iraqis Wounded, 47 Kidnapped”

Updated at 11:00 p.m. EDT, May 26, 2007At least 91 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 116 more Iraqis were injured on a day punctuated by deadly raids in Baghdad and Basra. Nine Iraqis were kidnapped. Four U.S. servicemembers were killed today in Iraq, while the U.S. military announced that four other servicemembers had … Continue reading “Saturday: 8 GIs, 91 Iraqis Killed; 116 Iraqis Injured”

Two major studies prepared by the US intelligence community and distributed to senior officials in every relevant agency two months before Washington’s invasion of Iraq warned of many of the problems that have turned the US occupation there into the worst foreign policy crisis since at least the Vietnam War. The studies by the National … Continue reading “Intel Agencies Warned of Postwar Risks”

Even as the United States and Iran seem to be moving toward direct talks over the security situation in Iraq, the symbiotic relationship between President Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is flourishing in ways that seem to guarantee continued hostility. President Bush in his al-Qaeda dominated news conference Thursday, did not neglect to mention … Continue reading “Iranian Rumblings”

There is reportedly a heated debate underway between members of the Cheney Cabal – who want to bomb-bomb-Iran – and members of the Condi diplomacy crowd, who want to conduct “covert” destabilizing operations within Iran and to impose crushing sanctions on the Iranians, themselves. The “diplomatic” approach towards effecting regime change in Iran reportedly has … Continue reading “Effecting Regime Change in Iran”