Pregnancy punishable for troops in Iraq

" Washington (CNN) -- A new order from the general in charge of northern Iraq makes getting pregnant or impregnating a fellow soldier an offense punishable by court-martial. The directive, part of a larger order...

Iraqi Troops Mass Along Iran Border

" Tensions are rising at the Eastern Maysan oil field, which straddles the border between Iran and Iraq, and Iraqi forces have massed at a “staging area” just outside the field, awaiting orders. The situation...

'Iran Invades Iraq': Oil Field Siezed in Disputed Territory

Iran "invaded" part of Iraq, according to Iraqi officials. Iranian troops siezed an oil field north of Basra last night, and have been entrenching ever since. A likely motive for the incursion is Iran's unwillingness to see Iraq's rich oil reserves getting sold off to foreign...

Gazprom group to invest $2bn in Iraq

 A consortium led by the Russian oil firm,  Gazprom Neft, will invest $2 billion in developing the Iraqi oilfield it won at last weekend's oil development auction. Gazprom Neff expects to pump the first crude from Badrah within three years  Gazprom plans to...

War bonds proposed to pay for Afghanistan, Iraq conflicts

 Lawmakers in both houses of Congress have introduced legislation to pay for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq by using a method that's a throwback to prior U.S. conflicts: war bonds. In the House, war bond legislation was proposed by Rep. Kendrick Meek. Sen. Ben Nelson,...

Old Lang Syne - Iraq

We coming to the time of year where we sing Old Lang Syne, please sing it with me now, dedicated and in the memory of all those that have died far away, from the shores of the lands they have loved and far away...

Paul Craig Roberts on Iraq and Afghanistan wars

Roberts: Nothing is worse then to establish legally that the rulers are not subject to law

Mr Blair – An elected “New Labour” liar towards his own Nation

Only truths can now serve to remedy the “spin” exhaulted by New Labour over the Iraq War yet many questions still linger which remain unanswered as to untruths regarding words such as “terrorism“ stemming from the US and BUSH to which it has costed UK taxpayers...

British involvement in Iraq war blamed on Blair’s ‘sycophancy'

"British soldiers were sent to their deaths in Iraq because of Tony Blair’s “sycophancy” towards Washington and the failure of the governing class to speak the truth, a former prosecutions chief says today."This is the kind of thing we need to be hearing now: the truth....

Lieutenant Michael Behenna Needs Your Help

" Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna is an American hero now serving 20 years at Fort Leavenworth after killing a known Al-Qaeda operative in self-defense.  The fact that his clemency hearing is set for Jan. 7 in Arlington, Va., makes it imperative that we raise...

The Michael Behenna Story: Part Nine

" EDITOR’S NOTE: On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda agent operating near Albu Toma, an area north of Baghdad.  Seven months later, the leader of the 18-member Delta Company,...

The Michael Behenna Story: Part Eight

" EDITOR’S NOTE: On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda agent operating near Albu Toma, an area north of Baghdad.  Seven months later, the leader of the 18-member Delta Company,...

The Michael Behenna Story: Part Seven

" EDITOR’S NOTE: On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda agent operating near Albu Toma, an area north of Baghdad.  Seven months later, the leader of the 18-member Delta...

Source of Iraq 45-minute WMD 'intelligience' was a taxi driver

"Introducing the first of the British government's "dodgy dossiers" on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction in 2002, the then prime minister, Tony Blair, announced that Saddam Hussein's military planning "allows for some of the WMD to be ready within 45 minutes of an order to...

Blackwater Guards Tied to Secret Raids by the C.I.A.

Spies, spies and super spies, Oh well whats an ex-seal or a delta force guy got to do after leaving the military. Could the problem be the CIA normally recruit from the Ivy league universities and needed to use...

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