This is the article I pulled down from the Globe's website yesterday:
"Roadside bombs kill 4 US soldiers in Iraq" by Kim Gamel, Associated Press Writer | September 8, 2009
A family react for a relative who was killed in a suicide bombing that struck Monday evening outside a mosque in Baqouba, 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2008. A roadside bomb targeting the police chief of a northern Iraqi town that is home to a large Shiite population killed 5 people on Tuesday, including the chief and four of his bodyguards, a police official said. (AP Photo)
BAGHDAD --Four U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs Tuesday, the deadliest day for American forces in Iraq since combat troops pulled back from urban areas more than two months ago.
Even though they never really did.
The separate attacks in Baghdad and in northern Iraq showed the dangers still facing U.S. troops as they drastically scale back their presence and prepare for a full withdrawal by the end of 2011.
Yeah, if you are believing that one: Occupation Iraq: 2012 and Beyond
The monthly U.S. death toll has declined sharply this year, falling into single digits for the first time, with American troops shifting to a mainly support and training role in line with a security pact that took effect on Jan. 1. August saw the lowest monthly toll since the war began in 2003, with seven U.S. deaths.
Also see: Occupation Iraq: AmeriKa's Greatest Enemy
But attacks have persisted....
The attacks have heightened concerns about Iraqi forces' ability to protect the people and raised fears of resurgent violence....
Tired of hearing the same thing yet, or....
One roadside bomb struck a patrol in southern Baghdad, killing one American soldier. A short time later, another bomb targeting a patrol in northern Iraq killed three U.S. soldiers, the military said. With the deaths, six U.S. troops have been killed this month....
In all, at least 4,343 U.S. service members have died since the war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.....
Somehow, THINGS LIKE THAT RARELY MAKE my paper -- except maybe on a .
August was the third deadliest month for Iraqis this year, with at least 425 people killed, according to an AP count. Only June with 448 casualties, and April with 451, saw more people killed. So far this month at least 63 Iraqis have been killed....
And those are just the low-balled official numbers.
This is what I find in my paper today:
"Danger still high for US in Iraq; 4 soldiers killed in bombings" by Marc Santora, New York Times | September 9, 2009
BAGHDAD - In the worst day of violence against American soldiers in Iraq since combat troops moved out of the cities this year, two bombings left four Americans dead, underscoring the dangers troops here still face even as they prepare for their exit from this country.
The American military provided little detail about the attacks, saying only that one soldier was killed in a roadside bombing in southern Baghdad and that three more were killed in another roadside bombing in northern Iraq....
There are still thousands of American soldiers working as advisers inside cities and towns across Iraq. Tens of thousands more are also on the road every night as Americans move equipment and resources in preparation for the large-scale reduction of forces scheduled to begin after January elections here.
Just wondering why we are SENDING MORE FORCES there then!
One critical calculation is how the Americans can provide the protection needed to move the vast amount of equipment from six years of war and maintain the capacity to support Iraqi forces if violence spins out of control. Iraq’s security forces also continued to come under attack yesterday, with at least 10 police officers killed in Kirkuk province and another six wounded.
While Iraq’s police and army have long been targets of insurgents, August was the deadliest month for them since the Americans withdrew combat troops from the cities in late June, with 32 members killed. Since January, 164 Iraqi police officers and army soldiers have been killed.
So THAT is ALL the NYT refers to regarding DEATHS in IRAQ? Same old NYT!
The strategy of those committing violence in Iraq, never easy to divine, is particularly difficult to gauge when dealing with attacks on police in local areas.
That almost makes me laugh if it it wasn't so fatal.
See: Boston Sunday Globe Censorship: Covering Up Cheney's Crimes
Occupation Iraq: Tortured Logic
Those two posts pretty much explain the AmeriKan MSM pap, don't they?
Insurgents, of course, seek to destabilize the government. But there are also networks and overlays of crime, corruption, political power plays, ethnic rivalries, and local factions in competition for control over vital areas.
And ISRAELI and U.S. INTEL OPERATIVES carrying out false flag attacks.
In few places do those tensions form as combustible a mix as they do in Kirkuk province, known as the country’s fault line because of the tensions between the central government in Baghdad and the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan to the north. The deadliest attacks against Iraqi police officers yesterday took place around the city of Kirkuk. In one bombing in the town of Armeli, populated with Shi’ites from Iraq’s Turkman ethnic minority, the local police commander was killed along with three officers when his convoy struck a roadside bomb.
Pulling out all the stops to keep Iraq divided, as per a Clean Break.
The ongoing tensions in Kirkuk province are an increasing focus for American commanders here, who have announced a new initiative to try and bring stability to the factions competing for power in the area."
Well, WHAT WOULD THAT BE exactly, NYT?
They DON'T TELL YOU -- but I WILL!
Related: Occupation Iraq: Why We Must Stay
Yeah, right, we are leaving!
Americans WE NEVER WERE and NEVER ARE and HAVEN'T YOU HAD SIX YEARS of this SAME SHIT?
