Category: Iraq

… who shall remain nameless. And a few buddies. The Shadow Warrior says this: “it is very bad here on all levels from the highest policy levels to the guys with boots on the ground”. Come back safe and soon, my friend. Godspeed.

Nice job, Kevin Drum. Violence Metrics June/July2006 June/July2007 Change Iraqi Military and Police Killed 349 429 Up 23% Multiple Fatality Bombings 110 82 Down 25% # Killed in Mult. Fatality Bombings 885 1,053 Up 19% Iraqi Civilians Killed(All violent causes) 6,739 5,300 Hard to say1 U.S. Troop Fatalities 104 187 Up 80% U.S. Troops Wounded…

Farls, in a long post considering various things having to do with the case some are making for invading Iran, says this about Iraqi WMD: While the allegations about chemical weapons formed the center of the administration’s case for war, the real problem is not that the administration was lying (although it was), but rather…

Too bad they ignored it.