Updated at 7:40 p.m. EST, Jan. 15, 2010 At least 33 Iraqis were killed and 127 more were wounded in today's attacks. Among them was a multiple bomb attack in the holy city of Najaf. Meanwhile, a former Iraqi leader criticized the controversial decision to ban 500...
Wednesday: 10 Iraqis Killed, 13 Wounded
Updated at 9:21 p.m., EST, Jan. 13, 2010 At least 10 Iraqis were killed and 13 others were wounded in the latest violence. Baghdad, meanwhile, remains under a security crackdown. Seven people were killed and six others were wounded during a suicide truck bombing at a...
Need for Presidents to ‘Look Tough’ Isn’t Getting US Anywhere
President Barack Obama is said to feel he is in trouble politically because his enemies in Congress and among the Washington journalists who decide what the "mood" of Washington is on any given day say he is not tough enough. This is the kind of mind reading...
Tuesday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 6 Wounded; Massive Security Sweep
Updated at 7:39 p.m. EST, Jan. 12, 2010 A massive security sweep in Baghdad has suppressed other news reporting in Iraq. The operation, which government officials say was against a bomb plot, even drowned out the stunning assessment that Dutch involvement in the Iraq...
Why Are They at War With Us?
Monday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 13 Wounded
Updated at 8:48 p.m. EST, Jan. 11, 2010 At least three Iraqis were killed and 13 more were wounded in light violence. Among them is one election employee, only one of several who have suffered thanks to their connection to the March poll. Security officials are...
The COIN Myth
The U.S. military's fabled counterinsurgency field manual (FM 3-24) is an authoritative-sounding 281-page volume of balderdash. Even the legend of its origin is a fabrication. Gen. David Petraeus, former commander of forces in Iraq and now in charge of Central...
Saturday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 8 Wounded
At least five Iraqis were killed and eight more were wounded in light violence. Meanwhile, Iraq began disarming private contractors in what appears to be a response to the dismissal of U.S. court case against Blackwater. Iraqi forces began confiscating arms from...
Friday: 10 Iraqis Killed, 12 Wounded
Updated at 4:50 p.m. EST, Jan 8, 2010 At least 10 Iraqis were killed and 12 more were wounded in the latest attacks; however, the Accountability and Justice Committee's decision to ban several lists yesterday could foreshadow a larger increase in violence than was...
Thursday: 1 US Soldier, 12 Iraqis Killed; 31 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 7:50 p.m. EST, Jan. 7, 2010 At least 12 Iraqis were killed and 31 more were wounded during attacks in three cities. A U.S. soldier died of non-combat injuries. Meanwhile, Iran and Iraq's foreign ministers met to resolve at border dispute. Also, Blackwater...


