Iraq
2,809 US fatalities in Iraq. 96 this month.
(AFP) Ramadi has been lost. "The US-led coalition has denied losing control of the situation, but on Thursday military spokesman General William Caldwell said the marines based in Ramadi were engaged in a tough operation to "take back" the city." (WaPo also.)
(This follows reports that Haditha and other towns may have been lost.)
(NYTimes) Iraqi police were lured into an ambush around Baquba, and we have another repeat of this horror, "One fight apparently ended when 18 policemen, each armed with only one or two clips of bullets, ran out of ammunition two miles north of Khan Bani Saad, officials said. Many appeared to have been executed near a canal, shot in the back of the head."
(Iraqi troops are limited in the ammo they are allowed to carry out of fear it will go to the militias/insurgents.)
(AFP) New reports that the bad prewar intelligence was obtained through torture. (This report references Egyptian torture, but let's go back and remember that in Nov 2005 (on a Friday afternoon,) ABC reported that al Libbi had been waterboarded in a US secret prison.)
(McClatchy) Recent Mahdi/Badr violence is souring Shias on the idea of federalism. (Reuters) talks about the intrasectarian conflicts as well.
(AFP) Ramadi has been lost. "The US-led coalition has denied losing control of the situation, but on Thursday military spokesman General William Caldwell said the marines based in Ramadi were engaged in a tough operation to "take back" the city." (WaPo also.)
(This follows reports that Haditha and other towns may have been lost.)
(NYTimes) Iraqi police were lured into an ambush around Baquba, and we have another repeat of this horror, "One fight apparently ended when 18 policemen, each armed with only one or two clips of bullets, ran out of ammunition two miles north of Khan Bani Saad, officials said. Many appeared to have been executed near a canal, shot in the back of the head."
(Iraqi troops are limited in the ammo they are allowed to carry out of fear it will go to the militias/insurgents.)
(AFP) New reports that the bad prewar intelligence was obtained through torture. (This report references Egyptian torture, but let's go back and remember that in Nov 2005 (on a Friday afternoon,) ABC reported that al Libbi had been waterboarded in a US secret prison.)
(McClatchy) Recent Mahdi/Badr violence is souring Shias on the idea of federalism. (Reuters) talks about the intrasectarian conflicts as well.
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