Twin Blasts in Iraq, 23 killed

New Delhi: In shivering Iraq another twin suicide blasts in the western city Ramadi on Wedenesday killed 23 peaple and the Anbar Provincial Governer wounded in the latest attacks. The co-ordinated bombings, which...

shelling of Mortars Killed Two In Anbar Of Mohmand Tribal Region Bordering Af...

GHALANAI:  Two persons including a minor boy of four years were killed and several others injured on Saturday in Mohmand Agency when some stray mortar shells fell in the villages of Charguli and Kamangara in tehsil Anbar to the north-east from here in the wee hours of...

U.S. Hands Back a Quieter Anbar

Though two years ago Iraq's Anbar Province was the most deadly place for US troops, today the US military is withdrawing from a transformed province. Today the US military is returning responsibility for the...

McCain Statement: Anbar Province, Iraq

"ARLINGTON, VA -- Today, U.S. Senator John McCain issued the following statement regarding the handover of responsibility in Anbar province: "Today's handover of responsibility from the U.S. to Iraq in Anbar province is a solemn and proud moment for the Iraqi people...

US hands over key Anbar province to Iraqis

After months of delays, the US is to hand over the once volatile Anbar province to the Iraqi government. "The province began a transformation in late 2006 as former insurgents turned against al-Qaeda and became US allies. Towns in the province - like Ramadi and Falluja -...

Anbar suicide bombing fatalities - 30 civilians, three Marines, and the truth...

[note: The word "fired" in this article is used very informally in service to the employment analogy later in the piece. It refers to the fact that the Marines chose to rescind Zoriah's access and unembed him due to a blog entry and some photographs he posted. Please...

Suicide Bomber Strikes Iraq Funeral

In war-torn Iraq, even funerals have become targets for further violence."A suicide bomber has killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens more at a funeral being attended by Sunni Arab tribesmen opposed to al-Qaeda. Police said the bomber blew himself up inside the...

Marine, Iraq dog reunited in San Diego

It's nice to read a story about a Marine in Iraq who nursed a dog back to health, and didn't throw him off a bridge, as it was revealed a few weeks ago that two soldiers in Iraq threw a puppy off a bridge and the...

'Torture Complex' Discovered in Iraq

The BBC is reporting that an al-Qaeda "torture complex" has been discovered in Iraq. "US and Iraqi forces have discovered a "torture complex" in an al-Qaeda safe haven near Muqdadiya in central Diyala province,...

Things Improving in Middle East

Victor Davis Hanson, in Doomsday Debunked, sums up the situation in the Middle East unlike anyone I've heard recently. For those of you who don't know, Mr. Hanson is a professor of the classics and all-around...

Suspected Al Qaeda Fighter Arrested in Sunni Leader Killing

The message seems to be clear: if you work for peace, or do not support the jihad, you will die. Al Qaeda and its Muslim extremists cohorts make it clear that leaders who oppose them are marked for execution."A...

Double Blow in the War on Terrorism

Two attacks in Iraq and Pakistan have been timed to coincide with John Negroponte’s visit to Pakistan and George Bush’s visit to Iraq  A suicide bomb attack at a Pakistani army base has killed 15 elite...

Shifting Sands: Couric Sees Iraq Progress

NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actual experience.      Plauged with historically low Neilsen...

New MRAP The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles

MRAPs The JERRV is one type of vehicle in the category of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, or MRAPs. It’s the usual alphabet soup of military acronyms that all boils down to one thing: protecting...

Wait, Don't Go

That is what at least one Iraqi policeman told Mario Loyola when interviewed. I first learned about this happening in the most recent edition of National Review. Mario Loyola is an embed in Iraq and what he round in Ramadi, the capital of the Al Anbar Province, I hope is...

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