The George “Two Shoes” Bush Exit: Mission Accomplished - The Real WMDs Found …SHOES!, as Iraqi ‘SHOEICIDE‘ Bomber attacks Bush! In the process, a Lame and Limber Bush experiences combat for the first time ever, and DUCKS just like he did in the National Gaurd, while serving as a Grade D Pilot. Arrest this murderer, [...]
“A picture paints a thousand words”
I have written over a hundred essays expressing my disgust and anger at Bush’s illegal and unethical invasion of Iraq that has resulted in the meaningless death of thousands of American soldiers, and over a hundred thousand Iraqi civilians. I have debated many friends and family members, defending my position [...]
Muntadhar al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist with Egypt-based al-Baghdadia television network threw his shoes at President Bush during a news conference in Baghdad on Sunday during his farewell visit. The journalist could be heard yelling in Arabic: “This is a farewell … you dog!“
While pinned on the ground by security personnel, he screamed: “You killed [...]
Wait a minute! I thought the Iraqi people loved sitting President George W. Bush for liberating their country. Was I wrong?Take a look at this Iraqi Journalist hurling his shoes at him during Bush's recent visit to the troubled country.Sources: Huffington Post, MSNBCSubscribe to my feed
Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoe at Bush
An Iraqi journalist threw two shoes at President Bush during a news conference Sunday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The president was not hurt in the incident. (Dec. 14)
Raw Video: Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoe at Bush
Sidebar: How do you combat those willing to destroy themselves while destroying others? BAGHDAD — At least 48 people were killed and 96 wounded when a suicide bomber in a vest blew himself up near Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Thursday inside a popular restaurant where hundreds of families were celebrating the end of a religious holiday, officials said.The attack took place during a meeting of loca
After Saddam Hussein was captured in a make-shift rat hole in 2003, the Iraq War seemed to be viewed as some what of a success. U.S. and other coalition troops raced across the desert toward Baghdad as America watched (thanks to embedded journalists). Easy enough, right?Now it was time to do what America does best...force a democracy style government on a people who couldn't even conceive such a t
Prayer Requests:Please pray for Christians in Iraq.On Wednesday, an Iraqi archbishop said that a "campaign of killings and deportations," were taking place against Christians in Mosul.Police in Mosul, have reported seven Christians Killed this month.Archbishop Louis Sako said that "the Christians want only to live in peace and harmony and to work together with all Iraqis for the benefit of Iraq. S
Culture Watch vol. 36Nancy MorganRightBias.comOctober 13, 2008God is still smiling.No, Shirley, the world hasn't melted down. Despite the media insistence that the US is once again facing an unprecedented crisis, there remains much to celebrate.Yes, the US seems to have started down the path of socialism. The good news is, Americans are starting to realize this. And they're starting to protest. Po
Recently, Sarah Palin said at a campaign stop near Cincinnati that Senator Obama tried to make a secret deal with the Iraqi government to delay an agreement that would spell out the U.S. troop presence in Iraq. Sarah Palin was refering to a status of forces agreement that is currenting being negotitated to replace the [...]
The below story highlights the efforts of many within our government and numerous groups outside of it to increase the number of Iraqis granted visas to enter the United States. While there is hope for the future Iraq, the war has obviously displaced or negatively affected thousands of Iraqis. During the 2007 fiscal year, only [...]
Iraq may execute MP for Israel visit - Sep. 22, 2008 AP and herb keinon , THE JERUSALEM POST Ok. There are a few rules we need to understand about President Bush's new Iraq. The point is that just because the government may be freely elected it doesn't mean that:The country or government will be Jew friendlyJust laws will be passedUn-just laws will be overturnedAll democratically elected states wi
An Iraqi Army Soldier and a Sons of Iraq member stand watch side by side in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, March 2, 2008. Photo by 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division. CAMP TAJI — The government of Iraq (GoI) has pledged millions of dollars to begin paying the ‘Sons of Iraq’ (SoI), the highly-successful, volunteer groups of citizens w
The Bush war has created pain for so many people whether in Iraq or the United States and its consequences are daily unfolding in disastrous outcomes for individuals who served in the armed forces. Many carry away physical pain from the conflict, others must deal with the nightmares which invariably accompany war. Three American solders [...]
President George W. Bush welcomed Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to the Oval Office, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, where the two leaders heralded the improved security situation and quality of life for the citizens of Iraq. The Iraqi President praised US lead “Iraqi Freedom” and referred to George Bush as the “Hero of Liberation of Iraq”. [...]
Well sometimes it gets a little boring over in Iraqi for the US Soldiers and here is a little proof that shows a few guys messing with a dog. I kinder thought that it was nice to see a little friendship with the dog to help relieve the stress of every day pressure.
Operation Soldier Care ended at midnight Pacific time on August 18th with $3411 in donated funds. And thanks to the generous matching funds of Nancy Sutherland, sales director of Mary Kay (www.directsalesmarketingqueen.com), the total of sun and skin care products is $6822. Nancy also handled the packaging and shipping of eight large boxes. And these sun/skin care products are now en rout
That is what the Wall Street Journal is reporting (click here for article).
Here is a snippet:
U.S. and Iraqi negotiators reached agreement on a security deal that calls for American military forces to leave Iraq’s cities by next summer as a prelude to a full withdrawal from the country, according to senior American officials.
The draft agreement [...]
John McCain told fellow veterans on Monday that his Democratic rival Barack Obama tried to legislate failure in Iraq and has refused to admit he erred when opposing the military increase there last year.
Nearly 50,000 Iraqi police and soldiers were involved in a U.S.-backed operation against al-Qaida in Iraq in one of its last major strongholds near the capital, a senior provincial official said Wednesday. The house-to-house search operations now focused on the Diyala provincial capital of Baquoba will be extended to rugged areas near the Iranian border, said Ibrahim Bajilan, the head of the regio
John McCain's campaign could not have seen this coming -- the presumptive Republican presidential nominee forced on the defensive by, of all people, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. Much as McCain and his staff wanted to hammer home their view that Barack Obama is clueless about Iraq, Maliki seemingly gave the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a big dose of credibility when word surf
US troops have shot dead the son, Husam, and nephew of Hamid Hummud al-Shakti, the governor of Iraq’s northern Salaheddin province. According to Iraqi police, the killings occurred during a raid on Sunday in the town of Baiji. The first thing I could think of is…just another reason to blame US troops and the United [...]
Baghdad – Al Sumaria TV (Iraqi Satellite TV Network) is reporting that Malaki and Bush have agreed that a time for withdrawal of US troops in Iraq should be set, however, the talks concluded that “the new role of US Forces in Iraq will be for a limited period of time according to the successes of cooperation between national forces and multinational forces.”. Additionally, some Iraqi politi
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government rejected calls by Iraq to set a timetable for withdrawing troops from the country and said the planned reduction in force levels will be dictated by conditions on the ground.The U.S. and Iraq are negotiating an agreement that will lay the legal boundaries for the operation of coalition forces after their United Nations mandate expires at the end of Decembe
The Soviet T-72 tank went into production in 1971 and was designed as a mass production tank to complement in service much more complicated and advance T-64 tank (which was never exported) in service with Soviet Army and for export.
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Le Grillion is a restaurant-bar in the always-crowded downtown Cairo. But this restaurant has a particular significance amidst the relentless movement surrounding it. Le Grillion is a cultural center, where a wide spectrum of artists, playwrights, journalists and civil-society activists meet. Owned by an Iraqi...
This is from Atlas Shrugs, thanks for the tip Muscle Daddy!
Iraq will be suing the UN for the biggest scandal in human history. BRAVO!!! This is interesting to me because Obama’s backers, Rezko and Auchi were both involved and dirty in this travesty. Obama better hope the international wheels of justice (now there’s an oxymoron) [...]
Breitbart - Some 300 rare and valuable books confiscated from Iraq's Jewish community by Saddam Hussein's regime have been secretly spirited into Israel, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday.The books include a 1487 commentary on the biblical Book of Job and another volume of biblical prophets printed in Venice in 1617, the Haaretz daily said.The volumes are part of a massive collection of book
"These educational support programs for children of conflict are the best way to help them heal," Angelina Jolie said. The EPCC, which Jolie co-founded in 2007, has earmarked $500,000 for the Armed Service YMCA Operation Hero Program, which helps educate and emotionally support children of military personnel serving in Iraq. The money will bring 2,500 new children into the program.
The other $
(See also - MSNBC Deep Background: "Exclusive Interviews with Iraqi Insurgents" ) In an effort to help Americans better understand the evolving dynamics behind the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, I have begun conducting a series of exclusive interviews with prominent Sunni insurgent organizations. The first groups to accept my invitation were Hamas al-Iraq and the Al-Rashideen Army--arguably two of the
Sydney-based Iraqi, Faisal Faisal, has had his dream to represent his country delayed after he failed to auction off his 1989 328 GTS Ferrari at the Sydney Italian Motor Show. Proceeds above the reserve price of $74,000 were to go to charity.Boxed into a stripped-down sled, racers like Mr Faisal in the 'individual skeleton' event slide head-first down an icy course. Mr Faisal missed out in the qua
From Muttering Jam's long time nominee for super-hero elect, Greg Palast - the real story of the war that John McCain would like to see continue for 100 (10,000?) years:"Conspiracy nuts think Geroge Bush, from the moment he took office, had a secret plan to control Iraq's oil. Their wrong. Bush had two plans. Here they are. One crafted by neo-conservatives at the Pentagon; another fashioned by
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister said Friday that talks with the U.S. on a long-term security pact are at an impasse over objections that Iraq’s sovereignty is at stake, but he held out hope that negotiators could still reach a compromise.
In his strongest comments yet on the debate, Nouri al-Maliki echoed concern by Iraqi [...]
Two Iraqi spies met in a busy restaurant after they had successfully slipped into the U.S.The first spy starts speaking in Arabic.The second spy shushes him quickly and whispers: "Don't blow our cover. You're in America now. Speak Spanish.
Dubai: Australian soccer fans who travelled to watch Australia play Iraq in a World Cup qualifier have complained that Iraqi officials charged them up to twenty times more for tickets than Iraqi fans and kept them waiting for hours.The pricing fiasco, coupled with a week of 'dirty tricks' for the players, is seen by many as an insult after the Football Federation of Australia bent over backwards t
Yet another positive story from Iraq that you won’t hear about in the lamestream media.
Hero of Anbar Would Stir a Revolt in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — The leader of the tribal confederation that has fought to expel Al Qaeda from most of Iraq’s Anbar province is offering his men to help gin up a rebellion against [...]
A guy walks into a coffee shop and sees President Bush and Colin Powell sitting together. He introduces himself and asks President Bush, "How goes the War effort, Sir?" President Bush answers, "We're getting ready to kill 40 million Iraqi's and one blonde." The gu
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A long way from Iraq and the war debate in Washington, Herman Moore sat outside a tent in a downtown New Orleans homeless camp, trying to make sense of a proposal that helps...
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Report: Al-Maliki vows Iraq will not be used for attack on Iran Story Highlights Iraq’s prime minister in Iran trying to calm fears over any U.S.-Iraq security pact Nuri al-Maliki visiting Tehran where he is …
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Castrating Iraq: Mossad has Murdered 530 Iraqi Scientists, Academics Numerous reports for many months have stated that with collaboration from American occupation forces, Israel's espionage apparatus, Mossad, slaughtered at least 530 Iraqi scientists and academic professors. Persistent Israeli hit squads against Iraqi scientists had been active in Iraq since April 2003, but the latest chapter was
Abu Al Khasib is on Highway 6 at the border crossing with Iran at Shalamcheh. The Iranian city of Shalamcheh is the main forward operating base for the Ramazan Corps's southernmost command. The Ramazan Corps is the Qods Force command assigned to direct operations inside Iraq. Weapons, fighters, and cash smuggled across the border into Basrah would pass through Abu Al Khasib. More...
This is a very interesting and telling question and answer session. The language and communication barrier is large, but it comes out loud and clear that the Iraqi people do not want a massive long-term U.S. military presence and a Vatican-sized U.S. embassy. George W. Bush said we were giving them democracy right? [...]
Gateway Pundit - Some 1000 protesters took to the streets of Kut supporting the recent military operations of Maliki in Basra. After the huge win over the Shiite militias in Basra and Sadr City this week, Iraqis rallied in support of their democratically elected leader and military.
The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated two new statements from an emerging Sunni insurgent faction calling itself “the Iraqi Martyrs Brigades.” In its initial statement of purpose, the IMB indicated that its fighters were being guided both by Muslim Shariah law and “contemporary laws… Our clerics have previously agreed that fighting the enemies who are attacking Mus
~Snooper~We have all heard how Nancy Pelosi has stated that the Troop Surge failed and that any success is due to the benevolence of Iran. The audio of the interview is here but A Newt One has the verbiage in question for our readers. The segment is about two minutes long and the entire interview is about an hour and twenty minutes or so which I also have downloaded and will be picking apart for
As if the situation in Iraq wasn’t bad enough it appears that American marines are contributing to the problem by attempting to convert the Muslim residents of Fallujah to Christianity.
According to this report, unidentified Marines are said to have passed out evangelical coins at the gates of Fallujah while serving as guards.
One side of the [...]
When the Bush invasion of Iraq began in 2003 there were approximately 800,000 Christians living in that nation. The born-again Christian president’s policies have resulted in the departure of about 400,000 of those Iraqis who have fled to avoid attacks by militant Muslims. During the past two weeks, Iraqi exiles in Belgium and Sweden have [...]
It’s not just US soldiers the regime is killing.Mahdi Army fighters gesture as they stand next to a burning Iraq armored police vehicle. (Nabil Al-Jurani/AP For the Guardian)
The Iranian government paid Iraqi insurgents hundreds of thousands of American dollars to kill British soldiers in southern Iraq according to a new report.The Telegraph and ROP reported:
The [...]
Who's talking about them? Green Party leader Elizabeth May, who is calling on the Prime Minister to stop the deportation on June 12th of Iraqi war resister Corey Glass. He will be the first Canadian "refugee" to be deported, based...
Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric has been quietly issuing religious edicts declaring that armed resistance against U.S.-led foreign troops is permissible — a potentially significant shift by a key supporter of the Washington-backed government in Baghdad. The edicts, or fatwas, by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani suggest he seeks to sharpen his long-held opposition to American troops
I did not plan to post today. However, I began thinking what do the Iraqi’s think of this withdrawal mantra spewed by Democracts? How do American Iraqi’s feel and who do they plan to vote for? I have no answers to the later, but below is a message all should listen to.
This [...]
This week's episode of NEFA's TerrorWatch broadcast takes a closer look at Mohammed al-Thibaiti (a.k.a. Abu Sulaiman al-Otaibi), a Saudi Arabian national and a senior Al-Qaida lieutenant who was confirmed killed during recent clashes with the "crusaders and apostates" in the Paktia province of Afghanistan--and the larger spillover impact of the Iraqi jihad on the conflict in Afghanistan. On May 11
They needed the work and spoke English, so the two Iraqi men, Adnan and Laith, grabbed the chance to work as translators for the U.S. military in Baghdad, as did thousands of their compatriots. Yes, the job offered a steady paycheck in a war-torn nation with a shattered economy. But it may not have been worth the cost. The nagging fear of being branded a traitor and marked for death, by one I
BAGHDAD — Staff Sgt. Luis Falcon, 38, was patrolling the streets of Baqouba, north of Baghdad, when he saw Shahad Abbas.The 11-year-old girl was in a large decrepit wheelchair, and the stumps of her legs where her calves should have been were crusted with dried blood.Falcon couldn't just walk on, so he stopped to talk.He came back the next da
The rewarding of high compensation packages to top executives who turned over weak quarterly earnings, or who were involved in corporate scandals, adversely affected short-term investing, and collectively contributed to the downturn of the global economy over the last couple of years. Even the help and expertise of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and several notable Nobel Prize winning
H/T to the Jawa Report Nice to see that they didn't loose the White Man disease and still can't dance Nice ot see them act like normal guys. Making fools of themselves. I think that maybe they can make the...
The Observer (via Hot Air Headlines) conducted an interview with the filthy Muslim father who murdered his daughter in Iraq for falling in love with a British soldier. If you read the first paragraph after the article's author credits, you'll see that he is one repugnant monster, and the worst part is that he had police backing his actions.
Update: and while we're on the subject, another Islamic
Among the reasons for the invasion of Iraq was to end a dictatorial regime and bring to that nation the semblance of a democratic government. Two weeks after the British newspaper, the Observer, revealed that an Iraqi father had killed his daughter because she had fallen in love with a British soldier, the man remains [...]
Friends:We leave today for Armenia and the Republic of Georgia to work onprojects in those countries. We expect to return to the States by themiddle of June, unless something extends our work.Such as: I received a note from a father of a marine in Iraqyesterday, whose unit is trying to assist a village of 25,000 Iraqi'sgrow fresh food for their sustenance. It's a desert community in theSouthEast o
Fox News - The U.S. military says in a statement that Iraqi police believe the attack was carried out by Sunni insurgents belonging to Al Qaeda in Iraq.A police official, citing testimony from one of the wounded women, says the insurgents knocked on the apartment's door Monday and shouted at the women that they had been warned before not to carry out prostitution. The militants then opened fire.
~Snooper~This War News Series, as all the rest, are published here because the Lame Stream Media, controlled by the Leftinistra, the armies of the socialist moron liberal, won't publish such positive news in the GWOT.101st Airborne and Iraqi Army - A Good ComboNewsIED Kills Two Iraqis, Injures Five in AmeriyahBAGHDAD - Criminals set off an improvised explosive device near a Sons of Iraq (Abna al-Iraq) council building, killing two Sons of Iraq and wounding four others and one council guard in the western Baghdad community of Ameriyah at approximately noon, April 26.The council building is in the vicinity of a Sons of Iraq checkpoint and initial reports indicate criminals set off the blast in an attempt to assassinate a Sons Of Iraq council member. The building and five vehicles were also d
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi reporter on Sunday after pulling her out of a car in northern Mosul, a notoriously violent city where journalists are often targeted and live in fear of their life.
Police said Serwa Abdul-Wahab, in her mid-30s, was on her way to work when gunmen forced her from [...]
~Snooper~It is things like this that make me wonder how much "progress" our own politicians would make if they lived under these conditions.Fox News has a small snippet and as news trickles in, we will post. A bomb wounded 4 body guards when her motorcade was attacked. The reports now are that no one is sure if these was a planned or random attack.Yeah. Right.
Several Iraqi deputies bitterly attack PM Maliki over a bloody military campaign against forces loyal to Moqtada Sadr.
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After an Army medic reported that a bullet-riddled insurgent was going to die, his sergeant ordered him to suffocate the Iraqi before fatally shooting the man himself, the medic testified during the sergeant's court-martial Tuesday. Sgt. Leonardo Trevino had asked how to speed up the Iraqi's death following a gun battle in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, Spc. John Torres testified. The medic said he was kidding when he suggested suffocating the wounded man, but when ordered to do so, he pretended by lightly holding his hand over the man's mouth. Torres later told Army investigators that he felt bad after that night in June, although he testified Tuesday that the man was bleeding so badly that he could not have given him morphine for pain. Under cross-examination, he denied defense attorney Rich
The UN should examine concerns about the detention policies of US-led troops in Iraq, a rights group says.
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Girl, 17, killed in Iraq for loving a British soldier
Rand Abdel-Qader was stamped upon, suffocated and stabbed by her father, then given an unceremonious burial to emphasise her disgrace. Police released her father without charge two hours after his arrest.
“Not much can be done when we have an honour killing case,” said Sergeant Ali Jabbar [...]
Radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr rejects government conditions for talks on ending Iraqi army attacks on his militia.
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An oil pipeline south of Baghdad has been blown up, causing a large fire and at least eight injuries, Iraqi police say.
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According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Anthony Cordesman, Afghanistan won't be solved by moving out of Iraq.
“In math and science, for example, our fourth graders are among the top students globally. By roughly eighth grade, they’re in the middle of the pack. And by the 12th grade, U.S. students are scoring generally near the bottom of all industrialized countries.”
America's schools are in trouble, yet education is receiving scant attention from the presidential hopefuls, writes Bob Herbert.
Slowly, results are coming in from Zimbabwe's election recount. The state media are calling for a unity government and various heads of state from around the world — including Gordon Brown — are pushing for an arms embargo to keep weapons out of the country
In Iraq you don't direct traffic, traffic directs you.Watch videoIn Iraq you don't direct traffic, traffic directs you. This video was filmed in an intersection on an average traffic day in Iraq. Over there you don't need traffic lights, signs or rules. All you need is a police man to direct traffic who stands in the street corner doing nothing.
Can we snuff this guy out already?
Memri
The head of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada Al-Sadr, has issued a communiqué in which he threatens the Iraqi government with “open war until liberation” if the U.S. and Iraqi forces continue their military operations against his people in Baghdad and Basra. Al-Sadr accuses the Iraqi government of ungratefulness, and [...]
is about to be the best in the Middle East. The Iraqi military is the best equipped, trained and led by far. The Iranians are right to be afraid. The Iraqi army has just knocked off an area in Basra that the British were unable to occupy. The Iraqi's have shown the British up big time.
From the Times Online:
Many here blame the British for allowing the al-Mahdi Army and other militias to...
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Bill Roggio makes the key point that the Iraqi Army is exceeding expectations in some encounters with the militias --successes that need to be as publicized as its failures.
Gateway Pundit - The FBI is now involved in the theft of a car after it was found in Los Lunas with an explosive device and Iraqi currency inside FBI agents say that they have ruled out terrorism The car was reported stolen last week. After the theft, the car’s owner was fueling his motorcycle when he spotted his stolen car. “While he was refueling his motorcycle, low and behold, the vehicle that he had reported stolen that belongs to him happened to pull into the gas station area also,” said Los Lunas Police Captain Charles Nuanes. The car’s owner pulled the keys out of the ignition of his stolen car and the people in the car fled. When police arrived, they found the explosive device and less than $1,000 worth of Iraqi cash.
That's what Chicago Sun Times columnist Michael Sneed is hearing: A Pinocchio problem? To fib . . . or is it a faulty memory? . . To wit: Dem presidential contender Barack Obama's handlers may be telling the press...
'Alwan called on the Arab world to acknowledge the Jews' right to Palestine, because justice demanded it and also because doing so would end the violence and the killing of Arabs, as well as intra-Arab strife. He added that such a move would also open up new avenues for the Arab world that would be more consistent with the values and needs of modern society.'Alwan writes that the Arab League is to blame for the refusal to recognize the 1947 U.N. partition plan, for starting a war to prevent its implementation, and for the results of that war, which the Arabs call the Nakba (disaster). He points an accusing finger at the Arab regimes, the Arab League, and the educated circles in the Arab world, saying that they had all used the term "nakba" to direct popular consciousness toward a cultural
BAGHDAD, April 14 (Xinhua) — Iraqi Army forces freed the kidnapped British journalist in the city of Basra, a military spokesman said on Monday.
“I confirm that the British journalist Richard Butler has been freed today in the Jubailah area in Basra,” Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Muhammad al-Askari told Xinhua by telephone.
A YOUNG Iraqi man who was accidentally shot by a British soldier is set to receive £2 million, it emerged last night.
The Ministry of Defence confirmed that the man – who cannot be named – was to receive the money after suffering spinal injuries that left him paralysed.
The sum is far higher than any paid to any British troops injured in Iraq and is likely to reopen the controversy over compensation levels for wounded service personnel.
There were also fears among opposition MPs that it could set a precedent, opening the way for further big compensation claims by Iraqis.
The MoD last night insisted the case was a one-off. "It is not a precedent; it is an exceptional case. It is not expected there are any other cases of such severity," a spokesman said.
He also rejected comparison
~Snooper~101st AirborneNewsIraqi Army Soldiers Find Second Cache in ShakariyahCAMP STRIKER, Iraq - For the second time in a week, Iraqi army soldiers from 3rd battalion, 22nd brigade, 11th Iraqi army division uncovered a weapons cache in Shakariyah on April 4. [...]Iraqi Army Keeps Peace in Mahmudiyah, Deters CriminalsCAMP STRIKER, Iraq - The Iraqi army commander in Mahmudiyah won’t stand for criminal activity in his city. [...]Communications Soldiers Keep Rakkasans ConnectedCAMP STRIKER, Iraq - To get the Minutemen ready for the Revolutionary War, Paul Revere waited for a signal. Army communications, or "commo," has come a long way from hanging one lantern for attack by land, two if by sea.Keeping the lines of communication up and running for the Rakkasans are Soldiers of the automation
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie addressed the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington D.C. Tuesday — and said that education is the best way to help the plight of Iraqi child refugees.
“It is a fact that the best way to heal children in conflict and their trauma is to focus their minds on their future,” the [...]
Yesterday, the Jerusalem Post ran a short story about a soon-to-be released US-Israeli report on the September 6, 2007 attack on the alleged North-Korean supplied Syrian nuclear facility. The Post says the (Israeli) attack was related to Saddam’s WMD . This is the text of the relevant part: 'Report on Sept. 6 strike to show Saddam transferred WMDs to Syria': An upcoming joint US-Israel report on the September 6 IAF strike on a Syrian facility will claim that former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein...(read more)
BAGHDAD (AP) — Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened Tuesday to lift a seven-month freeze on his Mahdi Army militia if the Iraqi government does not halt attacks on his followers or set a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal.
The cease-fire credited with helping bring down violence has been under severe strain since fighting broke out last [...]
MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian spiritual guru is teaching yoga and meditation to a group of war-weary Iraqis, whom he hopes will extend their new-found inner peace to their nation.The 55 men and women — chosen by the Iraqi government — live on an expansive spiritual retreat in southern India and will follow an intensive meditation and rhythmic breathing regime for a month to learn about an alter
The murders of more than 125 women in Basra has been documented, but what is less known, and apparently a byproduct of the US military's surge, is the violent oppression of women throughout the rest of Iraq. In this Newsweek article, we find that the surge has created a patchwork of fiefdoms in various districts in Baghdad where women are allowed freedoms in some areas but not others. Where women are are allowed to wear black while in mourning for only three days and any longer means they are questioning the will of God. Where some women are allowed to attend college while others can't leave the house. It's an interesting portrait of what the US occupation has wrought and a glimpse into the the future of Iraq.Sacrificed to the SurgeBy Sylvia Spring and Larry Kaplow NewsweekThe insurgents
In March, civilian deaths in Iraq rose 31 percent up from February with a total of 923 Iraqi civilians killed. Of course, that will mean little to most people here, as innocent Iraqis caught in the crossfire between our troops and insurgents doesn't weigh as heavily on American consciences.So, when those who support the war claim that pulling out now will result in chaos, how exactly do they explain away nearly 1,000 dead bodies over the course of 31 days and tell me that it's a sign of stability in the region?Well, as long as the supporters of the war continue to repeat over and over again that the surge is working while the media and the public laps it up without thinking about it much like they did 5 years back with the WMDs, then this farce of a war will continue to be a waste of human
