Please see Occupation Iraq: Bombing Just in Time and related links.
And CUI BONO?
"Cadets among 36 killed in Iraq blasts; Security forces are targeted" by Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times | December 2, 2008
BAGHDAD - Bombers targeting Iraqi and US security forces cut a deadly swath across Iraq yesterday, killing as many as 36 people, including 15 police cadets slain at a police academy in Baghdad. Also in the capital, an Iraqi army general escaped an assassination attempt, but the roadside bomb targeting him killed one of his bodyguards...
The day's killings pointed up the volatility in Iraq as it heads toward two milestones: provincial elections on Jan. 31, and the pullback of US combat troops from cities and towns by June 30. The attacks show the challenges awaiting Iraqi security forces when Americans draw down.
And CUI BONO? And my reaction to a "draw down" was MAYBE NOT!
President-elect Barack Obama said yesterday.... that he would listen to the recommendations of military commanders.
Oh no!! WHERE have we heard THAT BEFORE?!!! We AIN'T LEAVIN', folks!
In the Iraqi capital yesterday, twin blasts minutes apart struck the police academy in eastern Baghdad, one of them caused by a car bomb and the other by a young man wearing an explosive belt or vest. Iraqi police said the blasts killed 16 people, including the suicide bomber. Iraqi officials said the victims were young recruits. Some hospital officials put the death toll at 20, but there was no confirmation of the number from police or US military officials.
In the northern city of Mosul, a car bomb targeting a patrol by US and Iraqi security forces blew up shortly before noon. US officials said nine Iraqis, including the bomber, were killed. Four American troops and two Iraqi national policemen were wounded, said a military statement.
Iraqi officials in Mosul put the death toll at 15. Violence has dropped dramatically across Iraq in the past year, but bombings remain a daily threat. The Iraqi death toll from bombings and other war-related violence for November was 339, compared with 278 in October, according to figures from the Health and Interior ministries. The number is far lower than November last year, when 608 Iraqis died in war-related violence.
I've stopped believing MSM numbers when it comes to dead Iraqis. They never stopped lying about Iraq, so why would they change now? Bush going out on a high, right?
The number of Iraqis killed by the surge has been around 300 per day, 10,000 per month -- with 1.2 million Iraqis dead since the invasion (must be nearly two million by now).
Also see: Story Iraq: MSM Lied About Death Tolls
Memory Hole: 600,000 DEAD!
Occupation Iraq: One Million Dead Iraqis
You clear now about those "unappreciative Iraqis," readers?
Let's tweak that butt-head one more time:
"Under Saddam Hussein, Iraq's million or so Christians for the most part coexisted peacefully with Muslims, both the dominant Sunnis and majority Shiites (New York Times October 17, 2007)....
Sunnis, Shi'ites, and Christians lived side by side; many intermarried"
The United Nations' Iraq envoy, Staffan de Mistura, predicted "spectacular attempts" by insurgents to disrupt the provincial elections and derail security gains made in recent months. De Mistura made his comments at a news briefing Sunday, a day after a rocket slammed into Baghdad's fortified Green Zone near the UN compound. --more--"
You CLEAR on what is to come, readers? We AIN'T LEAVIN'!!!!
I know, I know, you need MORE PROOF!
"Diverse security team is united in fighting terrorism" by Bryan Bender, Globe Staff | December 2, 2008
Vice President-elect Joseph Biden (right), with US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at a news conference in Chicago. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
So much for all that campaign rhetoric, ha-ha-ho-ho, huh?
WASHINGTON - The members of President-elect Barack Obama's national security team come from diverse backgrounds - a Republican defense secretary, a former Marine general, and his principal rival for the Democratic nomination - but they all agree on one major point: The war in Afghanistan is the central front in fighting terrorism.
No, that would be EXAMING WASHINGTON D.C. and TEL AVIV!
In naming his top national security advisers yesterday, Obama affirmed his campaign pledge to withdraw combat forces from Iraq and turn America's attention to defeating Al Qaeda and rolling back the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He reiterated his view that most combat troops should be out of Iraq in 16 months....
Obama told reporters in Chicago as he introduced his top picks for diplomatic and security posts: "The safe havens for terrorists that have been established there represent the single most important threat against the American people."
Sigh. I am SICK of the SHIT LIE, dammit!!! Change my ass, because 9/11 is the STARTING POINT for TRUTH!!!!!
A number of foreign policy analysts and activists said that Obama has selected a strong team to carry out his signature campaign promise....
What ESCALATING AFGHANISTAN (and entering Pakistan)?
All of the key players - including Robert M. Gates, President Bush's current defense secretary who will stay in that role under Obama - have long said they believe that defeating the network that carried out the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks will require far more resources.
Oh, yeah? Well, I AM TIRED of WASTING MONEY and KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE all over a crock full of DAMN LIES, so SHUT DOWN the WAR MACHINE and TELL the TRUTH about 9/11, will ya?!!!!
And they have recognized that resources that have been in short supply due to the war in Iraq, where the United States has nearly five times the number of troops. Michael O'Hanlon - a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank - said, however, that the security Cabinet's commitment to the war in Afghanistan will be tested if the security situation in Iraq deteriorates and the president and his team are forced to reexamine their assumptions.... --more--"
And THAT'S what we are WAITING FOR!!! Looks like it has begun!
