Larry’s Log

A sad bit of trivia popped up in the news today.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. military deaths from hostile fire in Iraq (news - web sites) have reached a grim landmark with the post-war toll surpassing the number of troops killed during the invasion itself.

Now a lot of people are going to tell you that this […]

This is fascinating tale. The interesting part to me is the talk of how Uday and Qusay were organizing resistance. They were killed in northern Iraq which was not suppose to be an area particularly fond of their regime.

Since the topple of Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq we are seeing that country move toward a western style democracy. There have been some stumbles but with the implementation of just five little things the US/UK coalition will help the Iraqi’s become a world class democracy:

The first thing that the US military to see that […]

Stupidity and incompetence does much more to damage the United State’s reputation abroad than any secret imperialistic designs. For Pete’s sake, haul the stuff off into the desert to get rid of it. Keeping this stuff around the civilian population can only lead to opportunities for mischief.

QUSAY SADDAM HUSAYN
AL-TIKRITI
Special Security Organization
(SSO) Supervisor/Ba’th Party
Military Bureau Deputy Chairman
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This is going around a few other places but I felt compelled to comment on it also. Eason Jordan gives us a very good reason of why the lives of a few often must be sacrificed for the lives of many. It isn’t something that any one wants on their hands but sometimes our actions […]

Dear Raed is a blog published from Bahgdad. It’s still being updated. Todays entry made me stop and think.

On BBC we are watching scenes of Iraqis surrendering. My youngest cousin was muttering "what shame" to himself, yes it is better for them to do that but still seeing them carrying that white flag makes something […]