Category Archives: Iraq

Mookie takes a powder

Posted on February 13, 2007 | Comments Off on Mookie takes a powder

Best news yet from Iraq. Mookie has lit out for the territories, i.e. to his buddies in Tehran:

"Sources believe al Sadr is worried about an increase of 20,000 U.S. troops in the Iraqi capital. One official told ABC News’ Martha Raddatz, "He is scared he will get a JDAM [bomb] dropped on his house. Sources say some of the Mahdi army leadership went with al Sadr."

He should have been killed a long time ago. But skedaddling will have to do. Captain Ed has more.

UPDATE  Well, maybe not, according to his Iraq associates, one of whom calls the little thug "his eminence." Let’s hope his demise becomes imminent.

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Iran’s free ride

Posted on February 13, 2007 | Comments Off on Iran’s free ride

Support the troops–except when it comes to Iran, which has killed 170 and wounded more than 600 in Iraq, according to the Pentagon. But the Bush administration apparently has done nothing about it, and now that it is talking about doing something about it, the Democrats are threatening to retaliate–against the administration. Doesn’t anybody here know how to play this game?

UPDATE  Among the arms Iran is sending into Iraq are these .50 caliber Austrian sniper rifles. 

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Heroes

Posted on February 12, 2007 | Comments Off on Heroes

Fifty of them, from all fifty states, including Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Juan M. Rubio, of Texas.

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Sea Knight shootdown

Posted on February 10, 2007 | Comments Off on Sea Knight shootdown

Very jerky al Q video (with, oddly, a singing chorus) of the missile shootdown of the CH-46 Sea Knight over Iraq this past Wednesday, Feb. 7. The crew and passengers obviously had plenty of time to realize what was happening before the helicopter was engulfed in flames and crashed. Freelance embed Bill Roggio, a former Army officer with signal and infantry experience, says his sources say it could have been a Russian-made Strela 3 shoulder-fired missile provided by Iran. If so, how long will we let this go on?

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Iran, again

Posted on February 9, 2007 | Comments Off on Iran, again

The 26 Americans killed in five helicopter shootdowns in Iraq since Jan. 20 were the latest casualties in our unheralded war with Iran inside Iraq, according to Bill Roggio’s intelligence sources. The action the Democrats in Congress seem determined to keep from becoming obvious with a strike against Iran itself. But it’s another underscoring of the fact that until we take the fight to Tehran and Damascus, no amount of Baghdad neighborhood scouring is going to work for long.

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The war within

Posted on February 7, 2007 | Comments Off on The war within

The American opposition to Iraq rises, threatening a million demonstrators before the year is out:

"A band of Republican senators, including Nebraska’s Chuck Hagel, threatened Wednesday to shut down the Senate until it debates a resolution disagreeing with President Bush’s troop surge for Iraq."

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On the third rotation

Posted on February 7, 2007 | Comments Off on On the third rotation

Good piece in the Dallas Morning News about members of the 1st Cav in Iraq, some on their third rotation back to the sand box:

"’They (the Iraqis) stood up for us and we stood up for them," Sgt. Rountree said, adding that he had been looking forward to going back. ‘We’ve seen it blown apart,’ he said. ‘I want to see it put together. I want to see what we fought for the first rotation. People who say it’s not worth it, it is.’"

Meanwhile, according to the Harvard Crimson, the Marines are getting a track star for a new infantry lieutenant:

“’I think this is my generation’s greatest calling,’ said [Sean] Barrett. ‘Fighting for the freedom of others is a uniquely American value. Protecting my family, my country, our values and way of life is of the utmost importance to me…This isn’t something that’s going away. We have to win.’”

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