More than 1,000 Iraqis dead in June

7-2-2006 • AFP

AT least 1009 Iraqis, including civilians, soldiers and policemen, were killed in rebel attacks in June, government officials said today. In May the total number of people killed was 1055, according to statistics from the ministries of interior, d

Saddam's daughter wanted for defending her dad

7-3-2006 • AFP

US ally Jordan insisted on Sunday that deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter remained under its protection despite calls from the US-backed authorities in Baghdad for her extradition. Jordanian Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit stre

Pentagon sees Iran bombing as unsuccessful: report

7-2-2006 • Seymour Hersh (New Yorker)

Top Pentagon officers have told the Bush administration that bombing Iranian nuclear facilities would probably fail to destroy that country's nuclear program. Any attack launched if diplomacy fails to end the sta

Iraq Sunni bloc boycotts parliament for second day

7-3-2006 • Reuters

Iraq's main Sunni political bloc boycotted parliament for a second straight day and said the walkout would last until a colleague was freed by gunmen who seized her in a Shiite area of Baghdad two days ago. "Members of the Iraqi Accordan

Ex-Guantanamo prisoners go on trial in France

7-3-2006 • Reuters

Six French former inmates of the controversial U.S. military detention centre in Guantanamo Bay went on trial in a French court on Monday, accused of links with a network plotting terrorism attacks. The six, who have all spent lengthy periods in d

Shiites now vowing to attack US troops in Iraq

7-3-2006 • AP

A self-styled Shiite Muslim insurgent group made its public debut in a videotape pledging to fight U.S., UK and other coalition forces but to spare Iraqi civilians and soldiers. "We have been patient enough and we have given the political proces

US could lose in Iraq due to negative media coverage: commander

7-2-2006 • AFP

A US combat commander suggested the United States could lose the war in Iraq if public support for it at home is sapped by negative media coverage. [It's the press' fault.]

Guantanamo inmates 'no longer any use'

7-3-2006 • London Times

MOST of the detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp no longer face regular interrogation and some have not been questioned for six months or longer, its base commander said. 75% of the 450 inmates were no longer deemed useful intelligence so

Baghdad attacks higher since security crackdown

7-2-2006 • Reuters

Insurgent attacks in Baghdad have risen despite a recent security crackdown that added thousands of troops and new checkpoints to the streets of Iraq's capital, a U.S. commander said. "I think since we have started Operation Together Forw

Iran won't be rushed to answer nuclear offer

7-3-2006 • AFP

Iran reiterated its rejection Sunday of a deadline to respond to an international offer aimed at resolving a nuclear standoff after world powers said they expected a "clear and substantive response" by mid-July. "A deadline is not an i

They hate us for our freedom's

7-2-2006 • Yannone blog

The Americans took Qasim, his wife, and their daughter Hadil and put them in one room of their house. The Americans shot Qasim, his wife, and their daughter in that room. They pumped four bullets into Qasim’s head and five bullets in to Fakhriy

Bin Laden Lauds Al-Zarqawi; Readies Message

6-30-2006 • AP

Osama bin Laden will address the fight by Islamic militants in Somalia and Iraq in an upcoming Internet message, a Web site said Friday, just hours after the al-Qaida leader released a rare statement that praised the slain Iraq insurgent leader Abu M

List of suspected Iraq War attrocities

6-30-2006 • Reuters

The U.S. military is investigating whether U.S. soldiers raped an Iraqi woman and then killed her and three members of her family south of Baghdad, officials said on Friday. Following are some details of cases against U.S. troops:

Troops Facing Another Bush's Iraq War Murder Probe

6-30-2006 • Washington Post

The U.S. Army is investigating allegations that American soldiers raped and killed a woman and killed three of her family members in a town south of Baghdad, then reported the incident as an insurgent attack, a military official said Friday. The a

Bush Vows to Pursue Detainee War Trials

6-29-2006 • AP

After a Supreme Court decision overruling war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees, President Bush suggested Thursday he would seek Congress' approval to proceed with trying terrorism suspects before military tribunals.

Puppets rule out amnesty for those who kill in Bush's Iraq War

6-28-2006 • AP

Iraq's prime minister said that several insurgent groups have shown a willingness for reconciliation, but that any amnesty for insurgents would exclude militants who killed American forces or Iraqis. [Which is no amnesty at all.]

Insurgents quit if US leaves Iraq

6-28-2006 • AP

Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered an immediate halt to all attacks including those on American troops if the United States agrees to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq in two years, insurgent and government officials told The Associated Press

Do you really want to stop the war?

06-29-2006 • Sir No Sir

You really want to end the war in Iraq? Get the soliders who are fighting to stop fighting. Here's is the untold story of soliders who decide to stop fighting the war in Vietnam. Hope this comes to a area near you.

Ruling won't close Guantanamo camp: Pentagon

6-29-2006 • Reuters

The Pentagon on Thursday reaffirmed the need for the Guantanamo prison even though the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the system of military tribunals put in place to try the prisoners. The prison commander had earlier said such a ruling would not af

Analyst warned of Iraq Insurgency at beginning of war

6-28-2006 • Washington Post

Wayne White, a former deputy director in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, told senators that when British soldiers were forced to repeatedly take the port city of Umm Qasr from Iraqi guerrillas, "I knew then and th

U.S. [Doesn't] Says Baghdad Crackdown Complete Failure

6-27-2006 • AP

The U.S. military issued a sober assessment of the Baghdad security crackdown, saying violence had decreased slightly but not to "the degree we would like to see" in the two weeks since 75,000 Iraqi and American troops flooded the capital.

150,000 recently displaced in Iraq to join the 1.3 million since wars start

6-28-2006 • AP

Some 150,000 Iraqis have been displaced in a surge of sectarian violence sparked by the bombing of a Shiite shrine 4 months ago, the UN said. It now estimates that 1.3 million people are displaced in Iraq, about 5% of the population of 25 million.

Opponents of Iraq war rally around Lt. Watada

6-27-2006 • Seattle Times

Lt. Ehren Watada couldn't be called a media figure, but the Hawaii-born officer who refused to deploy with his Fort Lewis unit has done his bit to court the press. Part of the public exposure is designed to protect Watada from potentially harsh m

Pentagon Resists Ban on 'Degrading Treatment'

6-27-2006 • AntiWar.com

As new reports detail further abuse by the U.S. military of its prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, a behind-the-scenes battle is being fought between the U.S. Departments of State and Defense about whether a key section of the Geneva Conventions shou

Maliki's Master Plan

6-26-2006 • MSNBC

A national reconciliation plan for Iraq calls for a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops and, controversially, amnesty for insurgents who attacked American and Iraqi soldiers.

Iraq conflict leaves at least 130,000 displaced

6-26-2006 • Reuters

Iraq's sectarian violence of the past four months has pushed the number of displaced people to above 130,000, parliament heard on Monday as members urged ministers to give more aid and security to contain the crisis.

At least 50,000 Iraqi's killed in Bush's Iraq War

6-26-2006 • E&P

At least 50,000 Iraqis, mostly civilians, have died violently since the 2003 U.S. invasion, according to statistics from the Baghdad morgue, the Iraqi Health Ministry and other agencies, the Los Angeles Times reports today. This is "a toll 20,00

Iraqi Prime Minister unveils Peace Plan

06-25-2006 • Aljazeera

Nuri al-Maliki's reconciliation plan includes an amesty for fighters and opposition figures who have not been involved in "terrorist" activities. He said however, that killers would not escape justice. "The plan is open to all th

Iraqis Call State of Emergency in Baghdad

6-23-2006 • AP

Iraq's government clamped a state of emergency on Baghdad and ordered everyone off the streets after U.S. and Iraqi forces battled insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades and rifles near the heavily fortified Green Zone.