Já slæmt er þetta, enda búið að henda írak í stjórnlaust rugl á upplognum forsendum.
Það var jú Bush og hyski hans í Washington sem hóf þetta. Orsök-afleiðing.
Helstu fréttir frá Írak í gær, eins og hver annar dagur:
09/27/05
DOD Identifies Army CasualtiesSgt. Andrew P. Wallace, 25, of Oshkosh, Wis. … Spc. Michael J. Wendling, 20, of Mayville, Wis. … died in Shaibah, Iraq, on Sept. 26, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during convoy operations.
09/27/05
DOD Identifies Army CasualtySgt. Andrew J. Derrick, 25, of Columbia, S.C., died on Sept. 23 near Baghdad, Iraq when his dismounted team came under attack by enemy forces using small arms fire. Derrick was assigned to the 411th Military Police Company …
09/27/05
DOD Identifies Army CasualtySpc. Mike T. Sonoda, Jr., 34, of Fallbrook, Calif., died in Baghdad, Iraq on Sept. 22 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M113 Armored Personnel Carrier on Sept. 21.
09/27/05
DOD Identifies Army CasualtySgt. Howard P. Allen, 31, of Mesa, Ariz., died in Baghdad, Iraq on Sept. 26 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV. Allen was assigned to the Army National Guard's 860th Military Police Company, Phoenix, Ariz.
09/27/05 newschannel9: Lafayette Soldier Injured in Iraq Now Home on Leave
Sgt. 1st Class Andy Gideon was hurt, along with the other men riding in his Humvee. Sgt. Gideon is no newcomer to the military life. He's an 18 year veteran, currently assigned to the 48th Brigade 108th Armored 3rd Division in Calhoun, Georgia.
09/27/05
LATimes:Missteps Hamper Iraqi Oil RecoveryThe failure to rebuild key components of Iraq's petroleum industry has impeded oil production and may have permanently damaged the largest of the country's vast oil fields, American and Iraqi experts say.
09/27/05 Daily Democrat: Local soldier slowly heals from Iraq blast wounds
Sgt. Brandon Huff of Woodland, whose left leg was taken by a hidden explosive in Mosul, Iraq last April, is still being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
09/27/05
DoD Identifies Army Casualty Sgt. Shawn A. Graham, 34, of Red Oak, Texas, died on Sept. 25 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained earlier that day in Baghdad, Iraq. The vehicle in which he was riding accidentally rolled over.
09/27/05 Xinhuanet: Al-Qaida denies aide to Zarqawi killed in Iraq
An internet statement denied on Tuesday reports that the right-hand man of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted militant in Iraq, has been killed by US forces.
09/27/05 Xinhuanet:
US troops kill 4 civilians in western IraqUS troops on Tuesday opened fire randomly at civilians in central Ramadi, a western city of Iraq, killing four people and wounding five others, medics said.
09/27/05
DoD Identifies Marine CasualtyPvt. Elijah M. Ortega, 19, of Oxnard, Calif., died Sept. 26 as result of a non-hostile gunshot wound at Camp Baharia, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
09/27/05 Advertiser Newspapers: NATO opens Baghdad headquarters
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has inaugurated the headquarters of the NATO mission to Iraq in Baghdad.
09/27/05 AFP:
Twenty-two bodies discovered in IraqThe bodies of 22 men, shot dead and partially eaten by dogs, were found Tuesday in open countryside in eastern Iraq near the Iranian border, an interior ministry official said.
09/27/05 IRIN: Families flee Samara ahead of planned offensive
Hundreds of families have started to flee the Iraqi city of Samara, some 120km north of the capital, Baghdad, following a recent MOD announcement that preparations had started for an offensive by Coalition forces against insurgents holed up there.
09/27/05 Cox:
Wounded soldiers bring war trauma home with themAfter five surgeries, parts of his neck, right arm and right hand remain paralyzed for Sgt. Jim Kirchner's. The doctors limit him to carrying no more than 5 pounds. He still has 28 throughout his body.
09/27/05 CENTCOM:
MARINE KILLED BY IED IN KHALIDIYAH (confirmed)A Marine assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), was killed in action by an improvised explosive device on Sept. 24 while conducting combat operations in Khalidiyah, Iraq.
09/27/05 AP:
Two soldiers from Wisconsin National Guard unit killed in IraqTwo soldiers from a Wisconsin National Guard unit have been killed in Iraq, family members say. They were Michael Wendling, 20, of Mayville, and Andy Wallace, 25, of Oshkosh, members of the 2nd Battalion of the 127th Infantry Regiment.
09/27/05 Reuters:
Five wounded in Baghdad IED attackA car bomb wounded five civilians near a restaurant in central Baghdad's Nidhal street as a convoy of foreign security contractors passed, police said.
09/27/05 Reuters:
Civilian–counter- insurgency official killed in KirkukA roadside bomb on a police patrol killed an Iraqi civilian and injured two policemen in Kirkuk. Insurgents assassinated police Major Fakhir Jalal Amin in central Kirkuk. Amin worked for the city's counter- insurgency centre
09/27/05 Reuters:
Three bodies found in LatifiyaIraqi police found the bodies of three Iraqis, bound and blindfolded, with gunshot wounds near the volatile town of Latifiya, just south of Baghdad, police said. The identity of the victims was not immediately clear.
09/27/05 khilafah: US Troops In Iraq use 250,000 Bullets for every person killed
A US government report says that US forces are now using 1.8 billion rounds of small-arms ammunition a year. The total has more than doubled in five years, largely as a result of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as changes in military doctrine.
09/27/05 Freedom ENC: Wounded guardsman has benefited from Disabled Sports USA
Ed Salau stopped taking his life for granted the day he lost his leg in Iraq. One RPG hit Salau's Bradley Fighting vehicle while a hatch was open. The explosion ripped off most of his left leg and the right leg of his gunner.
09/27/05 KUNA:
Policeman killed, three injured during armed attack in the Green ZoneAn Iraqi policeman was killed and three others were injured Tuesday during an armed attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a police patrol on a highway near the green zone.
09/27/05 AP: NATO Secretary-General Visits Baghdad
The unannounced visit was de Hoop Scheffer's second trip to Iraq. He was accompanied by the alliance's supreme commander for operations, U.S. Gen. James L. Jones.
09/27/05 AP:
Suicide Bomber Kills Seven in IraqA suicide bomber attacked a group of Iraqis applying for jobs as policemen Tuesday, killing nine and wounding 21, a police officer said. The blast occurred in Baqouba, 30 miles north of Baghdad…
09/27/05 SFC:
Insurgents seize 5 towns near Syria
A senior U.S. Marine commander said Monday that insurgents loyal to militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had taken over at least five key western Iraqi towns on the border with Syria and were forcing local residents to flee.
Hvað haldið þið að þeir sem fara fyrir stuðningi íslands við stríðið viti um ástandið?
Tja, amk segir það sitt að þeir þaga um þetta, enda fátt annað í stöðunni eftir athlægið í upphafi stríðsins :D
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Íslenskir sprengjusérfræðingar finna sinnepsgas í Írak :D