VIDEO: THE IRAQ WAR: "WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD" -SUNG BY LOUIS ARMSTRONG

This Sunday marks Father's Day and this video is a tribute to the many fathers who will never again be able to enjoy Father's Day with their family. The music is by Louis Armstrong singing "What A Wonderful World" and the title of the video is simply "The Iraq War."

http://www.youtube.com/v/JGjf5QH4sIU&hl=en&rel=0

IRAQ WAR MUSIC VIDEO: THE "KILLING" HAS TO STOP!!

We have now been in Iraq fighting a war longer than we were in World War II or the Korean War.

And what have we got to show for 4,100 DEAD Americans and another 30,000 wounded?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

The Iraqi government is now demanding U.S. troops report where they will be going before going out on patrol.

This whole war was a horrible mistake and it is NEVER going to get better.

There is no such thing as "winning" in Iraq because there isn't one government or group that would represent everyone that could sign a surrender.

So the war will go on and on and on until someone has the guts to say to the Iraqi people, "you are on your own. We have sacrificed enough blood and treasure and we are out of your country."

No more scenes like the ones shown in this video. We have had enough. The Iraqi people don't want us in Iraq anyhow. So let's just pack up and ship out.

COMMENTARY BY BILL CORCORAN, EDITOR OF CORKSPHERE AND A FORMER GI


http://www.youtube.com/v/LSYsin3e9rk&hl=en&rel=0

FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBER STRIKES IRAQI SOCCER FANS

Female bomber strikes Iraqi soccer fans
Woman detonates explosive belt at emerging crowd at a cafe; 34 injured

The Associated Press
updated 1:17 p.m. CT, Sat., June. 14, 2008
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25161104/

BAGHDAD - A female suicide bomber targeted a crowd of soccer fans celebrating Iraq's win in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday, wounding at least 34 people near a cafe north of Baghdad, police said.

The young woman, who was covered in a traditional black Islamic robe, was dropped off by a car shortly before the attack as dozens of cheering young men poured out onto the streets after watching Iraq beat China 2-1 on TV in the cafe in the town of Qara Tappah.

She told suspicious police that she was waiting for her husband but blew herself up after an officer spotted the detonator and began screaming at the crowd to disperse, according to the town's top administrator Serwan Shukir.

Seven police and 27 civilians were among the wounded, Shukir said, but the officer's warning had averted a higher casualty toll by preventing the woman from reaching the bulk of the fans.Police Capt. Najib Khourshid said she was about 20 yards away from the crowd when the blast occurred. "About 100 people were in the cafe and we went out to celebrate the victory after the match. Minutes later, a big explosion took place near us," said Salman Hameed, who was wounded in his chest and right hand. "The female bomber has spoiled our joy and celebration."

VIDEO: IRAQ WAR: U.S. MARINES: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE: MUSIC BY GUNS 'N ROSES

"WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE"

The video tells it all. The music by Guns 'n Roses is a perfect match for this video of Marines in action in Haditha, Iraq.
http://www.youtube.com/v/-1xmRSf98Gk&hl=en&rel=0

STREET FIGHTING IN IRAQ (NEW VIDEO)

While the mainstream media in the United States focuses on anything but the Iraq, the Iraq war is still going on as witnessed by this NEW video:

http://www.youtube.com/v/S9_AHKQbaP8&hl=en&rel=0

WASHINGTON POST REPORTS: FOUR GIS. KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN: MORE VIOLENCE IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN REPORTED

Four U.S. soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan and the violence continues in both Iraq and Afghanistan as the Iraqi government ponders whether they should restrict where U.S. troops can go in Iraq. Meanwhile, more Iraqi leaders meet with Iranian leaders in what now appears as an effort to rid Iraq of U.S. troops. Finally, Moqtada al-Sadr is saying he is organizing his 60,000 man Mehdi Army with the intent of killing as many American troops as possible in Iraq.

And STILL the mainstream press in the United States doesn't think any of this is important enough to give one paragraph to or one one second to in their newspapers or on TV.

COMMENTARY BY BILL CORCORAN, EDITOR OF CORKSPHERE


War News for Saturday, June 14, 2008

The Washington Post (AP) is reporting the deaths of four American ISAF soldiers in a roadside bombing in Farah province, Afghanistan on Saturday, June 14th. One additional soldier was wounded in the attack. As always no other details were released but it is possible that they were U.S. Marines.

The DoD is reporting a new death. Sgt. Steve A. McCoy died at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas on Tuesday, June 10, of wounds suffered in an improvised explosive device attack in Baghdad on Sunday, March 23. No other details were released.


SOURCE: http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/

Reported Security incidents:

Baghdad:#1: A force from the Iraqi army arrested eight wanted individuals and found two arms depots in southern and eastern Baghdad, a spokesman for Baghdad's operations command said on Saturday.

#2: Two civilians were killed and seven others were injured when a bomb exploded inside a bus in Fdheliyah intersection in east Baghdad around 1:00 p.m.

#3: In a separate incident, another roadside bomb detonated near a police patrol in the al-Nidhal street in Baghdad's central neighborhood of Karradah, wounding four civilians, the source said.

#4: A third roadside bomb went off near a U.S. patrol near an intersection in the Shiite-dominated neighborhood of Kadhmiyah, but the U.S. military has not confirmed the incident yet.

Diyala Prv:#1: A Sahwa (Awakening) tribal fighter was killed and another wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near their headquarters south of the city of Baaquba, an official security source in Diala said on Saturday. An IED ripped through a Sahwa headquarters in the village of Youssuf Hammadi, Bani Saad district, (20 km south of Baaquba), killing one fighter and wounding another," the source, who declined to have his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq.

#2: Three border guards were injured in an IED explosion on the main street of Khanaqin- Naftkhana northeast Diyala province on Saturday morning.

Amarra:#1: Iraqi forces backed by US troops have poured into the southern Shiite stronghold of Amara in a fresh offensive to drive militiamen out of the violence-wracked city, security officials said on Saturday. Large numbers of heavily armed soldiers have taken up positions in and around the city ahead of an operation that local police said would target "outlaws". "Many Iraqi and American troops are everywhere inside and outside Amara waiting for the start of the security operation," a local police official told AFP. "The operations will target outlaws."

#2: On Friday, American jets fired on militants who were trying to launch rockets at Iraqi security forces and coalition troops in Amarah, said Lt. Col. Chris Charleville, a U.S. military spokesman in Basra. He had no information about casualties in the air attack. The British military denied Iraqi reports that three Iraqi policemen were wounded.

Basra:#1: An Iraqi policeman was wounded in an armed attack on a security checkpoint in northern Basra city, a local police source said on Saturday. "At the early hours of Saturday morning, unknown gunmen attacked a checkpoint in al-Abla area, northern Basra," the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq-(VOI). "The attack wounded a policeman, who was taken to the hospital," the source noted.

Balad:#1: Two Iraqi servicemen were killed and another was wounded in an explosive charge attack near Balad district, the Multi-National Force (MNF) said on Saturday. "Two soldiers from the Iraqi army were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near Balad district (110 km north of Baghdad), Salah al-Din province, on June 13," according to an MNF statement received by Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq. "Another Iraqi soldier was injured in the attack," the statement added, providing no further details.

Samarra:#1: A roadside bomb killed a traffic policeman and wounded six others when it blew up near their patrol in central Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

Dhuluiya:#1: A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi Army patrol in the town of Dhuluiya 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, on Friday, killing three Iraqi soldiers and wounding one, a source in the Iraqi Army said.

Kurkuk:#1: An IED exploded on Kirkuk – Taza street south of Kirkuk city on Saturday morning. No casualties reported.

Biaj:#1: A member of the al-Qaeda terrorist network was killed and another 15 were arrested when US forces discovered a hideout of the organization, the US military said on Saturday. In a statement, the US military said forces uncovered a hideout of the al-Qaeda near Biaj area, some 130 kilometres south-east of the northern city of Mosul.

Mosul:#1: A force from the Iraqi army on Saturday opened fire on a civilian, whom it described as "mentally ill," after they mistakenly identified him as a suicide bomber, a security source from Ninewa said. "On Saturday, an Iraqi army force opened fire on a civilian, after they mistook him for a suicide bomber in Hay al-Zahra area, eastern Mosul," the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq. "The man was wounded in the leg and was taken to a hospital for treatment," the source noted, adding that the man "turned out to be mentally ill."

#2: A woman was injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in eastern Mosul city, a local security source said on Saturday. "On Saturday, an explosive charge detonated in al-Darkazliya area, eastern Mosul, wounding a woman.

#3: Gunmen shot dead an off-duty policeman and his brother near their house in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.Afghanistan:#1: update More than 600 prisoners escaped during a brazen Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan that knocked down the front gate and demolished a prison floor, officials said on Saturday. At least nine police officers were killed in the attack. The complex attack took place on Friday which included a truck bombing at the main gate, a suicide bomber who struck a back wall and rockets fired from inside the prison courtyard which set off a series of explosions that rattled Kandahar, which is the country's second biggest city. A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi said, 30 insurgents on motorbikes and two suicide bombers attacked Sarposa Prison and freed about 400 Taliban members. Police official Mohammad Jamal Khan said more than 600 prisoners escaped. Nine police officers and eight prisoners were killed and another 12 police officers were wounded. More than 30 nearby shops were damaged.

An Afghan police chief says almost 900 prisoners have escaped in a Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan. However, Brig. Gen. Carolos Branco, a spokesman for NATO‘s International Security Assistance Force, is giving a slightly higher number. He says 1,100 prisoners escaped. It was not immediately clear why the two numbers were different.A local politician said 15 policemen were killed in the Taliban storming of the prison and subsequent clashes. He did not have more details.

#2: Afghan and foreign troops were hunting on Saturday hundreds of prisoners, including militants, who escaped the main prison in southern Kandahar city after a raid by Taliban insurgents, the government said. So far none of the prisoners have been tracked down, deputy justice minister Mohammad Qasim Hashimzai, told Reuters.

VIDEO TRIBUTE TO U.S. MARINES 3RD BATTALION, 1ST AND 4TH MARINES. NICE JOB!

This video is an excellent tribute to the Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 1st and 4th Marines in Iraq as they go about their daily work of trying to bring some kind of peace to the war torn country.
Nice job!

THE VIDEO IS THE SECOND ONE ON THIS PAGE

http://www.videosfromiraq.com/2008/05/16/tribute-video-3rd-battalion-1st-and-4th-marines/

NEW IRAQ WAR VIDEO: STREET BATTLE IN IRAQ. IT DOESN'T GET ANYMORE WICKED THAN THIS. LOTS OF FIREWORKS

The "Rush of Battle" is a riveting video showing street fighting in Baghdad and should be viewed as a reminder to everyone that there is a still war going on in Iraq. There are lots of fireworks in this video and the language at times gets a little salty, but this is war not a video game.

THE VIDEO IS THE SECOND ONE ON THIS SITE

http://www.videosfromiraq.com/2008/05/18/the-rush-of-battle/

CNN REPORTS: AL-SADR FORMS NEW FORCE TO FIGHT U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ: IRAQI GOVERNMENT SAYS IT IT WILL DICTATE WHERE U.S. TROOPS CAN GO IN IRAQ

This has now reached beyond the point of being absurd in Iraq. Not only has Moqtada al-Sadr emerged from his self-imposed exile, but he is organizing a massive force of Mahdi Army troops with the sole intention of killing as many American troops as possible in Iraq.

Hello, Sen. John McCain. What say you about these developments?

Then to add insult to injury the Iraqi government has decided they are going to TELL the United States military where they can go and not go in Iraq.

Yes, you heard me right. Just read the rest of the CNN story. The Iraqi government, such as it is, says they will be issuing a statement to General Petraeus telling him where the United States Army and Marines are allowed to go in Iraq.

No wonder one out of every three returning troops from Iraq suffers from PTSD. When the leaders of your own Army or Marine Corps are being pushed around by puppet government set up by the Bush Administration it is time to tell Iraq they can have their country back and we are going to pack up and ship out.

If McCain and the Republicans are all for staying in Iraq "FOREVER," then let every Republican who supports this illegal occupation of a sovereign nation make sure their military age children and grandchildren sign up RIGHT NOW for the United States Army or the United States Marine Corps.

COMMENTARY BY BILL CORCORAN, EDITOR OF CORKSPHERE

Al-Sadr: New force to fight U.S. in Iraq

Story Highlights
Sources: Muqtada Al-Sadr apparently embracing what U.S. calls rogue militants
Shiite cleric's Mehdi Army has operated under cease-fire since last summer
Al-Sadr says there'll be no stop to resistance in Iraq "until liberation or martyrdom"

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/13/iraq.alsadr/index.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is establishing a new fighting force to battle U.S.-led troops in Iraq, he said in a letter read in Iraqi mosques Friday.

Al-Sadr's letter said that "the resistance will be exclusively conducted by only one group. This new group will be defined soon by me."

Al-Sadr's militia, the Mehdi Army, has a strong and ubiquitous presence in Shiite cities, towns and neighborhoods.

Sources familiar with al-Sadr said they believe he's trying to embrace what the U.S. calls "Special Groups" -- Iran-backed Shiite militants, including rogue Mehdi Army members, who have been fighting U.S.-led troops despite a cease-fire that the cleric declared in August.
The mainstream Mehdi Army has operated under the cease-fire, which dramatically reduced violence in Iraq. During that time, however, there has been fighting between U.S. and Iraqi troops and members of the Mehdi Army, with many of the battles this spring in the southern city of Basra and Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood.

In the latest fighting overnight, American-led coalition forces killed five and arrested two Special Groups members near Hilla, south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
In the letter, al-Sadr said, "The weapons will be held exclusively by this new group, and they should be pointed exclusively at the occupier," adding that he will forbid the group "to target anyone else."

The letter added, "We will not stop resisting the occupation until liberation or martyrdom."
Al-Sadr is transitioning much of the rest of the Mehdi Army into a civilian movement dealing with "religious, social and cultural affairs," according to the letter.

That part of the Mehdi Army will not be involved in militancy but will "fight the Western ideology and liberate the minds from domination and globalization."

The letter said al-Sadr would disown anyone in the Mehdi Army who disobeys his new command. It was read at mosques affiliated with the cleric's movement.

Iraqi and Western intelligence sources have said that Iran, over the last few months, has pressured al-Sadr to promote its interests, which include getting the United States out of Iraq.
Al-Sadr's letter didn't explain why he decided to issue his command.

Meanwhile, Iraqi officials, frustrated by the lack of success in negotiations with the United States over a long-term security agreement, are contemplating a new tack -- pulling out of security talks and developing their own legislation that would dictate the shape of the American military presence in Iraq.

BREAKING NEWS FROM CLG: AL SADR GEARING UP FOR MASSIVE ATTACK ON U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ

Moqtada al-Sadr, leader of the 60,000 strong Mahdi Army in Iraq, has been all too quite for the past two months.

And now we know why.

Al-Sadr has been regrouping his forces in preparation for an all out assault on U.S. forces in Iraq and in particular Baghdad and Sadr City.

Source: http://www.legitgov.org/

Iraq's Sadr plans new armed group to fight US forces 13 Jun 2008 Iraq's Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr announced on Friday that he plans to form a new armed group to fight US forces in Iraq. In a statement issued to his nearly 60,000 strong Mahdi Army militia, the cleric said the fight against US forces will now be waged only by the new group. "We will keep resisting the occupier until the liberation (of Iraq) or (our) martyrdom," Sadr declared in a statement which was read out at a mosque in the holy Shiite town of Kufa. Sadr said the group will direct its operations against US forces and will be banned from fighting Iraqis.

"This group will be professional and it will be the only group carrying arms which will be directed against the occupier.

It will be banned from using arms against any Iraqis." [It's bye-bye to the 'sectarian violence' lie invented by the corporate-owned media as a cover for Blackwater and other US terrorists carrying out war crimes in Iraq, daily. --LRP]

http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news