The carnage in Iraq continues to escalate. On Saturday, six people were killed and 67 wounded as Iraq spirals out of control.
6 Are Killed and 67 Hurt in Bombings in Iraq Cities
SAM DAGHER and AMIR A. AL-OBEIDI
Published: Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 5:09 a.m.
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BAGHDAD — At least 6 people were killed and 67 others wounded Saturday in bombings in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul, according to witnesses and Iraqi security officials.AC = -->
The attack in Mosul killed at least 4 and wounded 35 and involved a car bomb on a street in the neighborhood of Kokjali on the city’s eastern side, said a police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the attack with the news media.
The area is mainly inhabited by Shabak, a Kurdish-speaking minority group who are mostly Shiite.
The bombing came two days after a double suicide bombing killed 35 and wounded dozens in Tal Afar, a city 40 miles west of Mosul inhabited by another ethnic group, the Turkmens.
Nineveh Province, which includes Mosul and Tal Afar, remains one of Iraq’s most volatile areas. Like neighboring Kirkuk Province, it is embroiled in a bitter territorial dispute involving Kurds, Arabs, Turkmens and other ethnic and sectarian groups.
Later on Saturday, a bomb exploded inside a pool hall in central Baghdad, according to an Interior Ministry official and witnesses. No one was killed. Shortly afterward, a second explosion occurred at the entrance of the pool hall, killing a police officer.
A total of 20 people were wounded in the two bomb attacks.
Elsewhere in Baghdad, an employee in the office of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki was killed when a bomb placed in his car exploded, according to the same Interior Ministry official, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the news media.
The attack happened in the neighborhood of Saidiya in southwestern Baghdad, and the victim was identified as Zaid Abdul-Karim. His wife and 11 others were wounded, the official said.
Also on Saturday, the United States military announced that it had sentenced a soldier to three years in a military prison for the accidental shooting death of another soldier in Iraq. Sgt. Miguel A. Vegaquinones pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after the Jan. 11 shooting, the military said in a statement.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
SIX ARE KILLED, 67 WOUNDED IN IRAQI CITIES
HOOAH!!!! APACHE CHOPPERS CLEAN UP TALIBAN ON AFGHANISTAN MOUNTAIN (SUPER VIDEO)
There is nothing that sends chills through the Taliban more than the sound of an Apache helicopter as it zeroes in on their position. In this video, you see Apache choppers cleaning up an Afghanistan mountain range after the ground troops have bombarded Taliban.
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ASS-KICKING VIDEO OF CANADIAN SOLDIERS AMBUSHED IN AFGHANISTAN (BRILLIANT VIDEO)
These Canadian troops are on a mission to find drugs hidden away in Afghanistan when they are suddenly caught in an ambush by the Taliban. Watch as the Canadians fight their way out of the ambush.
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
THE PANTHERS IN AFGHANISTAN: VIOLENT COMBAT VIDEO
They are known as "The Panthers" and they are one of the toughest units fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. This video is a composite of The Panthers in action. They are something else.
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THE BRITISH ARE COMING! THE BRITISH ARE COMING! (AFGHANISTAN COMBAT VIDEO)
This is a really GREAT video showing various elements of the British military in action in Afghanistan. It's about time we gave some credit to the Brits who are doing their part in taking the battle to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Great video with great music.
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BLOW ME AWAY! U.S. NAVY SEALS IN ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN (COMBAT VIDEO)
The song is "Blow me Away" and it is a fitting accompaniment to this video of U.S. Navy Seals in action in Afghanistan. Great combat video.
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KEEP SHOOTING UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITE FLAG (COMBAT VIDEO)
Nothing seems to deter a motorized piece of U.S. equipment as they keep firing on enemy positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan. The orders are to keep shooting until you see the white flag.
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SHOW THEM NO MERCY: U.S. MORTAR CREW FIRES EVERYTHING THEY HAVE AT TALIBAN (GREAT VIDEO)
Watch and listen as a U.S. mortar crew unloads everything they have on Taliban positions in Afghanistan. Video was taken using a helmet cam and you get to hear the U.S. troops barking out coordinates and orders to each other. WARNING: Raw language.
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RAW COMBAT FOOTAGE. EXTREMELY VIOLENT. (MUST SEE VIDEO!!)
There is nothing but raw combat footage in this video taken just a few weeks ago. Watch as U.S. forces pour it on the insurgents. Listen to troops shouting orders at each other. This is a must see video. RAW LANGUAGE
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WAR: A FIRST HAND PERSPECTIVE (MUST SEE VIDEO!!)
There is nothing pretty about war. It is brutal, bloody and deadly and this combat footage shows you what war is really like. Too many Americans have no idea what our young soldiers and Marines are going through on a daily basis in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq is again on the brink of falling into a civil war, and Afghanistan is a smoldering mess which could go on for years and years with a death toll in the hundreds if not thousands.
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DRIVE-BY SHOOTING ADDS TO DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ
Drive-by shooting marks third day of Iraq attacks
Story Highlights
Seventy-five people killed and 202 wounded in Iraq in three days
Two killed in Friday drive-by shooting in Baghdad, Iraqi official says
Deadliest bombing happened in Tal Afar, where at least 35 people were killed
U.S. combat forces pulled out of urban areas June 30
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A drive-by shooting Friday in Baghdad marked the third day of attacks across the country that have killed 75 people, officials said.
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Gunmen in a speeding car opened fire on a western Baghdad checkpoint run by the Sons of Iraq, killing two of their members, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.
The Sons of Iraq, also known as Awakening Councils, are made up of mainly former Sunni insurgents who turned on groups such al Qaeda in Iraq.
The Sunni militias created by the U.S. military are credited as a major factor in the drop in violence in Iraq.
In addition to the 75 people killed, 202 people have been wounded in the series of attacks that began Wednesday.
The most fatal one occurred Thursday when a double suicide bombing killed at least 35 people and wounded 65 others in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar in Nineveh province. Political tensions between Arabs and Kurds have recently increased in the region.
Another double bombing in northern Baghdad killed nine civilians and wounded 35, Interior Ministry officials said.
WATCH AS U.S. MARINES PREPARE VEHICLES FOR ATTACK ON TALIBAN AND THEN LAUNCH THE ATTACK (GREAT VIDEO)
This video starts out with U.S. Marines cleaning up their vehicles in preparation for an attack on the Taliban in Helmand Province Afghanistan. The video continues with the Marines launching their attack on Taliban forces. Terrific action video.
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5th AND 8th MARINES BATTLE TALIBAN IN "OPERATION STRIKE OF THE SWORD" IN HELMAND PROVINCE AFGHNISTAN (ACTION VIDEO)
This video shows the 5th and 8th Marines in "Operation Strike of the Sword" in Helmand Province Afghanistan. The firefight lasted several hours and there were no U.S. casualties.
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Friday, July 10, 2009
173rd AIRBORNE: FIRST 30 DAYS IN AFGHANISTAN (MUST SEE VIDEO)
This video captures the 173rd Airborne on their first mission into Afghanistan. The unit continues to distinguish themselves as they take the battle to the Taliban all across Afghanistan.
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MASSIVE FIREFIGHT BETWEEN U.S. TROOPS AND TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN (GREAT VIDEO)
This video depicts a typical day for a U.S. Army unit in Afghanistan. You see them engaged in a massive firefight with the Taliban deep in the heart of Afghanistan. The language can be rough at times.
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRASH TALK YOUR STAFF SERGEANT (GREAT VIDEO)
This video shows what happens to a GI who trash talks his Staff Sergeant. Too funny for words.
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OUR BIG GUNS UNLOAD ON THE TALIBAN (FANTASTIC VIDEO)
The big guns of the U.S.military blast the mountains of Afghanistan where the Taliban are hiding out. This is just a great video of our big guns in action.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING HERE? (AERIAL VIDEO OF AFGHANISTAN)
Just imagine what it would be like to be fighting in Afghanistan. This aerial video shows what the terrain of Afghanistan looks like. Our troops are fighting the Taliban in this God-forsaken country and nobody has yet to explain why. The idea that we are still searching for Usama bin Laden is a joke. He could be hiding in a cave right in front of the eyes of our troops and they wouldn't know it. Afghanistan is going to be President Obama's Vietnam.
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CAPTURED TALIBAN VIDEO: 3 COALITION TROOPS KILLED AFTER CONVOY IS ATTACKED
This video was captured from the Taliban and shows a convoy under attack by the Taliban. Three coalition troops were killed when one vehicle in the convoy was blown up. Watch as the Taliban fighters gather up weapons from the destroyed vehicle.
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INTENSE FIREFIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN (MUST SEE VIDEO)
This is the type of video that should be shown again and again on American TV, but for some unknown reason the people who run our television networks have decided showing our troops in battle in Afghanistan is NOT news. This video shows a non-stop firefight between U.S. forces and the Taliban in the desolate mountains of Afghanistan. There is some harsh language.
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BOMB KILLS 41 AS IRAQ VIOLENCE FLARES--WASHINGTON POST
IRAQ IS GOING DOWN THE TUBES AS VIOLENCE ESCALATES
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Bombs in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed at least 41 people on Thursday, police said, underscoring doubts about local forces' ability to keep Iraqis safe after U.S. troops pulled out of city centers.
By Jamal al-BadraniReutersThursday, July 9, 2009 2:08 PM
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The attacks in the north, where tensions between Arabs and Kurds threaten to flare into Iraq's next conflict, appeared to be part of an attempt by insurgents to reignite sectarian fighting following the partial U.S. pullback.
Two suicide bombings in Tal Afar, a town in volatile Nineveh province that is mainly home to minority Turkmen of the Shi'ite Muslim faith, killed 34 people and wounded 60, police said.
One suicide bomber detonated an explosives vest in the historic center of the town, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, followed by another suicide attack just as people responded to the first blast.
Nineveh and its main city Mosul have suffered a steady drumbeat of attacks since June 30, when U.S. troops withdrew from urban centers. It is an area where groups like al Qaeda have taken advantage of tensions between Sunni Arabs, ethnic Kurds and other minorities to sustain a stubborn insurgency.
In Baghdad, seven people were killed and 20 wounded by two bombs in a market in Sadr City, a poor, Shi'ite Muslim area.
Police said both bombs were placed among rubbish piles in the popular market. Reuters Television footage showed the bloodstained interior of a minivan damaged in the attack.
The worst of the bloodshed between Shi'ites and Sunnis set off by the 2003 U.S. invasion has faded, but violence in ethnically mixed Nineveh reflects lingering divisions among Iraqis, and underscores the fragility of security gains.
Mistrust is still strong between the Sunni Muslims who dominated Iraq under Saddam Hussein and majority Shi'ites.
In the city of Baiji north of Baghdad on Thursday, Iraqi police clashed in a violent gunfight with a U.S.-backed Sunni neighborhood guard unit, and ended up arresting around 15, Iraqi police and U.S. military officials said.
The reasons for the incident were unclear, but the Shi'ite-led government is suspicious of the guards, known as Awakening Councils, because many of them used to be allies of al Qaeda until they decided to join up with U.S. forces.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
SUICIDE ATTACKS KILLS 27, WOUNDS 60 IN IRAQ
Iraq continues to show signs of falling apart. A suicide bomber killed 20 people in Northern Iraq and seven more were killed by a suicide bomber in Baghdad on Thursday morning. There are estimates of up to 60 or more people injured.
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Iraq and Afghanistan will NEVER be civilized democracies. Haven't we learned anything from history?
THE SLAYING OF MASTER SERGEANT ANTHONY DAVIS IN IRAQ--NY TIMES VIDEO
The trust between U.S. forces trainers and the Iraqi trainees was shattered recently when an Iraqi in uniform shot and killed Master Sergeant Anthony Davis at a remote outpost in Northern Iraq.
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VIDEO OF WOMEN WARRIORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
These are just some of the "women warriors" from around the world who are deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. We didn't have women like this when I was in the Army in the '50s.
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BRUTAL FIREFIGHT: CHARLIE 3-71 RECON COMPANY ATTACK TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN
This is a fantastic video showing Charlie 3-71 Recon Company during combat operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan. The action is intense.
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FANTASTIC NEW VIDEO: WATCH AS U.S. SPECIAL FORCES GO ON A DRUG RAID IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Special Forces, Afghan and coalition units seized and destroyed more than 100 tons of narcotics during a four-day operation that began May 19 in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. During the operation, dubbed Operation-Siege-Engine
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MASSIVE FIREFIGHT WITH TALIBAN IN AFGHAN MOUNTAINS (MUST SEE VIDEO)
Video shows a unit of U.S. soldiers engaged in a massive firefight with the Taliban in the hostile mountains of Afghanistan. WARNING: Salty language.
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SOLDIER'S KIDS' MENTAL HEALTH REQUESTS DOUBLE PRE-IRAQ NUMBERS
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a terrible toll on children of service personnel.
There has been an alarming spike in the number of military kids hospitalized for mental health reasons.
There is a shortage of therapists and with the war in Afghanistan getting worse it is expected the rise in children of military personnel will be seeking more and more mental health help.
Soldiers' kids' mental health requests hit double pre-Iraq number
The Associated Press
Wednesday, July 8th 2009, 4:00 AM
WASHINGTON - Children of U.S. military troops sought outpatient mental health care 2 million times last year - double the number at the start of the Iraq war.
There was also an alarming spike in the number of military kids actually hospitalized for mental health reasons.
Internal Pentagon documents show the increases, which come as the services struggle with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a shortage of therapists.
From 2007 to 2008, some 20% more children of active-duty troops were hospitalized for mental health services, the documents show. Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, inpatient visits among military children have increased 50%.
The overall number of children and spouses of active-duty personnel and National Guard and reserves troops seeking mental health care has been steadily increasing during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Last year's increase in child hospitalizations coincided with the "surge" of tens of thousands of additional U.S. troops into Iraq to stabilize the country.
However, reasons for the treatment increases are not clear from the documents.
Besides the impact of service members' repeated tours in overseas war zones - and the severe economic recession that has affected all American families - the military has been encouraging troops' family members to seek mental health help when needed.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
SEMPER FI---U.S. MARINES IN RUGGED BATTLE WITH INSURGENTS IN AFGHANISTAN (FANTASTIC VIDEO)
Everything looks calm and peaceful at the very start of this video, but then all hell breaks loose and a platoon of U.S. Marines are suddenly fighting for their lives against the Taliban in the remote regions of Afghanistan. Listen to the Marine chatter. Some of the language is raw, but this is war not a video game.
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BRAND NEW VIDEO OF FIREFIGHTS BETWEEN U.S. TROOPS AND TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN
This video captures our troops in violent firefights with the Taliban in Afghanistan. The language is explicit at times. Superb musical background. Filmed one week ago in Afghanistan.
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