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Category Archives: Gulf_War_II
American Post-War Iraq Deaths Surpass War Casualties
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 … Continue reading
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Uday’s Bodyguard Interviewed
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.
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5 Steps Toward Democracy in Iraq
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 … Continue reading
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Munitions Explosion Causes Much Resentment
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 … Continue reading
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Those Iraqi Playing Cards
QUSAY SADDAM HUSAYN AL-TIKRITI Special Security Organization (SSO) Supervisor/Ba’th Party Military Bureau Deputy Chairman Want a deck of those Iraqi playing cards? Lord knows I’ve been inundated with enough spam offereing those cards that some … Continue reading
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The News We Kept to Ourselves
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 … Continue reading
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Dear Raed; News From Bahgdad.
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 … Continue reading
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