Sergeant Miguel A. Vegaquinones Sentenced for Accidental Shooting

US Sergeant Miguel A. Vegaquinones has been sentenced for the accidental shooting and death of fellow soldier Sean McCune in Iraq. His sentence comprises three years of confinement, demotion to the rank of private, and a dishonorable discharge.Vegaquinones accidentally shot...

Soldier's Heroism Receives Little Press Coverage

It's the stuff about which too few movies are made and not enough books are written: 1st Lt Nicholas Eslinger's willingness to give his own life in order to save the lives of his fellow soldiers earned the West...

As Bombs Fall Silent, an Iraqi City Rebuilds

Today is better than yesterday! it would seem that things are settling down that the Iraq security troops are able to keep order. I really think now is the best time for USA to hand back Iraq to whom it belongs to. But of course everything is geared to the five new US bases...

Welcome to Iraq, the hot new holiday destination

" It has some of the finest archaeological sites in the world and some of the holiest places in Islam - but persuading tourists to visit Iraq has to be one of the toughest jobs around. Hamood Massam...

Why We're Fighting in Iraq

Steve Schippert from NRO's The Tank wrote this great piece asking some obvious questions and making some obvious points about Iraq. "Yesterday morning, you likely had to look hard to find coverage of LTG Odierno...

Islamic Rape Cell Busted

"Without a bit of pressure -- indeed, without the appearance of a care in the world -- Medhi, described in graphic detail the other half of his ISI cell’s operations: running an organized al Qaeda Rape ring in...

Shiite Shrine in Samarra Attacked Again

The last time this shrine was attacked, in 2006, it set off a massive wave of sectarian violence throughout the country. I wonder what'll happen this time, seeing as how that violence is still ongoing."BAGHDAD -...

Iraq: Girls' school attacked - 250 insurgents die as battle rages

"U.S.-backed Iraqi troops on Sunday attacked insurgents allegedly plotting to kill pilgrims at a major Shiite Muslim religious festival, and Iraqi officials estimated some 250 militants died in the daylong battle...

Saddam's supporters vow revenge

"Hundreds of supporters of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein have been protesting in the cities of Baghdad, Tikrit and Samarra against his hanging. Many of the protesters vowed revenge for Saturday's execution, describing it as a criminal act of cowardice orchestrated by...

Curfews imposed after Saddam's execution

"BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis awoke Saturday to television images of a noose being slipped over Saddam Hussein's neck and his white-shrouded body, the pre-dawn work of black-hooded hangmen. They went to bed as new video...

American General Kicked Out of Iraq

"In an interview with Time.com, Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the man in charge of combat operations in Iraq, reflects on the troubled mission, Lt. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli's two tours of duty in Iraq have coincided with some of the worst violence the country has experienced since...

What The Ministry Of Truth Isn't Telling You -- Part 5907

A classified chart the U.S. military uses to assess the situation in Iraq is increasingly edging toward the chaos designation.

High-level al-Qaida leader is captured

"BAGHDAD, Iraq | The man who supervised the bombers of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra last February, an act that set off a wave of brutal sectarian violence, has been captured. Iraq’s national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, said the second-ranking leader of...

Samarra, Iraq

"Samarra is in the news. The modern city is small, but built on the colossal ruins of the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. Google Earth reveals amazing details of the ancient city, one of the largest archaeological sites in the world."

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