Monday, August 16, 2010
U.S. TROOPS PULLOUT OF IRAQ, BUT COUNTRY IS STILL IN CHAOS
The mainstream media is all giddy over the fact that "the surge" worked in IRAQ and American troops are starting to depart the country.
This blogger couldn't be happier to see American troops leave IRAQ, but the facts are IRAQ is still a very unstable nation as witnessed by this report out of IRAQ which spells out the number of attacks which continue to take place.
Again, the mainstream media in the United States is either unaware of what you will read below, or they simply have turned a blind eye to security problems in IRAQ.
Read more here about security incidents over past day in IRAQ:
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com
Reported security incidents over past 24-hours in IRAQ
Baghdad:#1: Four civilians were wounded when a sticky bomb attached to their car went off in eastern Baghdad. “The blast occurred last night in Palestine Street, eastern Baghdad,” a local security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Monday.
#2: An IED went off near a civilian vehicle in al-Amiriya, western Baghdad, leaving two on board and another nearby wounded and causing severe damage to the vehicle,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
#3: Another IED blast targeted an Iraqi army patrol in the area of Camp al-Rasheed, southeastern Baghdad, leaving two soldiers wounded and damaging their vehicle, the source said.
Diyala Prv:#1: A suicide car bomber rammed his car into a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims, killing one Iraqi man and wounding 10 Iranians, in the town of Muqdadiya, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, a source in the security operation centre of Diyala province said. Another police source in the town said the incident involved a parked car bomb.
#2: A U.S. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) crashed yesterday evening in Iraq’s Diyala province, approximately 2 kilometers northeast of Muqdadiyah. The small UAV impacted an open area outside of a residential suburb after experiencing engine problems.
Mahmoudiya:#1: “An IED went off at the entrance of al-Mahmoudiya town, (30 km) southern Baghdad, leaving one civilian killed and three others wounded and damaging vehicles near the blast site,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Abu Ghraib:#1: “Another IED attached to a civilian vehicle went off in Abu Ghraib area, (25 km) western Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounded two others who were on board and causing severe damage to the nearby buildings and vehicles,” the source added.
Karbala:#1: Unknown gunmen on Sunday used guns with silencers to rob a gold shop in Karbala city, wounding four civilians. “An armed group driving an OPEL car robed today a gold shop at the al-Nassir neighborhood, 3 km southern Karbala,” an eyewitness told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He noted that the gunmen used guns with silencers. “They wounded a number of people, including the shop’s owner, and then they escaped to an unknown place taking away gold items and money from the shop,” the eyewitness added.
Umm Qsar:#1: The U.S. Navy said Sunday that gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles had boarded four commercial ships in a two-hour time span in the vicinity of an Iraqi oil terminal in the northern Persian Gulf on Aug. 8. The assailants took computers, cell phones and money from crew members before fleeing, according to Lt. John Fage, a spokesman for the Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. The vessels were identified as the American ship Sagamore, the Antigua-flagged Armenia, the North Korean Crystal Wave and the Syrian Sana Star. The seaborne robbery — which occurred about 20 miles (32 kilometers) off the port of Umm Qasr in an area patrolled jointly by the U.S. and Iraqi navies — raised concern about a new threat in the strategic area.
Basra:#1: “A roadside bomb went off today near the house of a police officer (major) in the 50-Hosh area, 7 km north of the Basra city, causing damage to the house but without any casualties,” the source added.
Mosul:#1: Two policemen were killed and three others wounded in two separate attacks with improvised explosive devices in western and southern Mosul city on Sunday, a local police source said. “An IED went off in al-Tojjar neighborhood, western Mosul, near a police patrol of the 7th Emergency Contingent, leaving a policeman and three others injured,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.“A second IED went off near a federal police patrol on the Baghdad road, southern Mosul, killing a patrolman,” the source added.
#3: One Iraqi army soldier was killed on Sunday and another wounded when unknown gunmen attacked an army checkpoint eastern Mosul city. “The attack occurred in the al-Qadissiya al-Thaniya neighborhood, eastern Mosul,” a local police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
#4: Gunmen shot dead a policeman manning a checkpoint in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
#5: A civilian was killed and his son wounded during a shootout when Iraqi army forces chased suspected militants in eastern Mosul, police said.
Al Anbar Prv:#1: A policeman was wounded after gunmen waged an attack with hand-grenades on Sunday, a source in al-Falluja police said. “Unidentified gunmen on a bicycle attacked a Falluja police patrol that stopped in the area of Jubail, southeastern Falluja, with hand-grenades, leaving a patrolman wounded,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
TROOP DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN PASS THE 2,000 MARK
More than 2,000 U.S. and NATO troops have been killed in Afghanistan since the war started in 2001.
Read more here:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/08/20108161532562124.html
Click on link to read complete story
Sunday, August 15, 2010
THE OVERLOOKED COSTS OF WAR: VETERAN'S BENEFITS
This is an article that explains how most people haven't got a clue how veteran's benefits have been slashed and how our veterans are being treated.
It is well worth your time to read this article:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/14/INIU1ENRJ8.DTL
Click on link to read article
ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME AT FIREBASE BRUIN IN AFGHANISTAN (VIDEO)
This video was made by some of the guys with the 82nd Airborne stationed at Firebase Bruin in Afghanistan. Hope you find it as funny as I did.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGfXtXMv3Bw
CLICK ON LINK AND VIDEO TO PLAY
NBC'S RICHARD ENGEL REPORTS FROM A FOB IN KORENGAL VALLEY (ACTION VIDEO)
NBC'S RICHARD ENGEL, the very best war correspondent in the business, reports from a Forward Operating Base in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan. Plenty of action in this video.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpEba2bguOU
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U.S. FORCES IN VIOLENT COMBAT WITH TALIBAN IN "VALLEY OF DEATH" (VIDEO)
The Korengal Valley in Afghanistan is known as "the valley of death," and in this video you see U.S. troops on a mission to seek and destroy the Taliban in the Korengal Valley.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Ywd0YqCCs
CLICK ON LINK AND DIAMOND SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY
U.S. ARMY'S BRAVO COMPANY UNDER TALIBAN FIRE IN AFGHANISTAN
Video shows a platoon from the U.S. Army's Bravo Company coming under Taliban fire during a patrol in Afghanistan.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUKmOaMomGU
CLICK ON LINK AND DIAMOND SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY
95 PERCENT OF AFGHAN MILITARY CAN'T READ OR DRIVE (ABC NEWS VIDEO)
The Afghanistan military is far from being ready to takeover the security in Afghanistan.
95 percent of the Afghan military can't even read their own language.
Also, 98 percent of the Afghan military can't drive.
The situation is dire and the chances of U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan by 2011 as President Obama has said is highly unlikely.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/will-afghan-military-be-ready-for-troop-drawdown-21377812
CLICK ON LINK ABOVE TO PLAY VIDEO
Saturday, August 14, 2010
HUGE NIGHT FIGHT AT FOB IN AFGHANISTAN (ACTION VIDEO)
Video is taken with night vision camera and shows a huge night fight at a Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLANM2W6LsA
CLICK ON LINK ABOVE TO PLAY VIDEO
NEWEST LIST OF NAMES AND HOMETOWNS OF MILITARY RECENTLY KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN WAR
The Department of Defense has released a list of names and hometowns of military personnel recently killed in the Afghanistan War.
You can read all the names, hometowns and other information by clicking on this Washington Post link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/13/AR2010081305852.html?wprss=rss_world/asia
Friday, August 13, 2010
NOT A SINGLE NEWSPAPER IN U.S. OTHER THAN NY TIMES RAN THIS STORY ABOUT 10 OF OUR TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
This story about how 10 American soldiers were killed in Afghanistan today received only one major newspaper report, the New York Times.
The press have proven what we have been saying for over two years.
The media in this country don't give a damn about our troops overseas in IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN.
It should be noted also that not a single TV news station reported on this debacle that has taken place on Friday in Afghanistan.
Read the full story here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/world/asia/13afghan.html?_r=1&ref=afghanistan
U.S. MILITARY MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN TURNS INTO DEBACLE--SCORES KILLED OR WOUNDED
Afghan military operation goes badly wrong: NY Times
2 hrs 43 mins ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/world/asia/13afghan.html?_r=1&ref=afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AFP) – An Afghan operation to flush out the Taliban and showcase growing military competence has turned into a debacle, with many troops dead or captured and commanders pleading for help, The New York Times reported Friday.
A senior US official with knowledge of the mission -- apparently not coordinated in advance with NATO officers -- said commanders called for backup from foreign forces after at least 10 Afghan soldiers were killed and up to 20 captured since the operation began August 3 in a rugged region east of Kabul.
Fighting has raged so intensely over the past week in the area around Bad Pakh village, in Laghman province, that the Red Cross has been unable to reach the battle zone and evacuate the wounded and dead, the Times reported.
"There are several soldiers unaccounted for and killed," a senior American military official was quoted as saying on condition of anonymity because the operation was ongoing.
He said "about 10" soldiers had been killed.
Read full story here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/world/asia/13afghan.html?_r=1&ref=afghanistan
Thursday, August 12, 2010
WHAT WILL PRESIDENT OBAMA DO NOW? IRAQ'S TOP GENERAL WANTS U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ UNTIL 2020
Al Jazeera is reporting the top Iraq General says the Iraqi Military is not ready to handle security for Iraq and wants U.S. troops to stay in Iraq until 2020.
President Obama's plan is to remove all combat troops from Iraq by end of August.
Read full Al Jazeera story here:
Iraq army 'not ready' until 2020 - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
