Updated at 3:25 p.m. EDT, July 5, 2011
At least 47 Iraqis were killed and 59 were wounded in the latest round of attacks. The worst occurred just north of Baghdad in Taji. Meanwhile, 100 lawmakers signed a petition demanding the withdrawal of U.S. troops on schedule at the end of the year.
Data on attacks by armed opposition forces and U.S. combat casualties since the U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan was completed last summer provide clear evidence that the surge and the increase in targeted killings by Special Operations Forces have failed to break the momentum of the Taliban. The Taliban and allied insurgent organizations launched 54 …
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Updated at 10:59 p.m. EDT, July 4, 2011
At least 26 Iraqis were killed and 67 others were wounded in a series of attacks that occurred across the country. The violence comes after increased security for a Shi’ite religious observance was relaxed. During the holiday, reports were scant and it is unclear if there was an actual downturn in violence or that fewer reporters were able to cover it.
Yes, that was I standing before the U.S. Embassy in Athens on the eve of the July Fourth weekend holding the American flag in the distress mode — upside down. Indignities experienced by me and my co-guests on The Audacity of Hope, the American boat to Gaza, over the past 10 days in Athens leave …
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The war continues – the war against “isolationism,” that is. This time the latest blows are being struck on the op ed page of the New York Times, where Rutgers historian David Greenberg takes up the cudgels against these hated troglodytes. Bemoaning the sudden Republican turnabout on foreign policy, Professor Greenberg notes his surprise that …
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At least 17 Iraqis were killed and six more were wounded in Sunday’s attacks. Meanwhile, members of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) are accused of killing a Turkish soldier and wounding two other people during an attack in eastern Turkey. Meanwhile, K.A.R. President Massoud Barzani warned Iran against shelling border areas. The attacks target Party For A Free Life In Kurdistan (PJAK) rebels who, like the PKK, hide in northern Iraq and share the same goal of an independent Kurdistan.
At least seven Iraqis were killed and 11 more were wounded of the last two days. Also, the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, James F. Jeffrey, told reporters that the United States is open to allowing troops to remain in Iraq after the scheduled withdrawal at the end of the year. Some Iraqis apparently agree.
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