November 27, 2005
The Left’s Brave “Minutemen” and “Insurgents”
Some refer to them as the modern day “Minutemen,” others prefer “insurgents,” “militants,” or even “freedom fighters.” But to those of us grounded in reality and who still retain the ability to refrain from nihilistic moral relativism, we label the… Posted by Jeff on 2005 11: Read more… | Comments (3)
November 03, 2005
Who Said That?
With Senator Harry Reid trying to rekindle controversy over supposed intelligence manipulations by the Bush Administration prior to Gulf War II (something that has been settled for some time by multiple official sources – there was no manipulation), it is… Posted by Jeff on 2005 11: Read more… | Comments (0)
November 01, 2005
US Soldier Should Become Leftist Celebrity
Because they, of course support the troops when they kill their officers (here, don’t miss this here, and here, for good measure). Well, line up the tie-dyed, burnt-out anti-imperialist, fun-loving totalitarian-philes and support the beejezus out of this guy here…. Posted by Brad on 2005 11: Read more… | Comments (0)
October 31, 2005
Whether You Are Interested in War, It Is Interested in You.
Saddam could have gone into exile versus war, but the deal was blocked by the Arab League, and so made war inevitable. History really is going to be very kind to the critics of the war, they will forget everything… Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
October 25, 2005
Iraqi’s Draft Constitution
It wasn’t really in doubt…but, thank Almighty Gawd… Two mostly Sunni Arab provinces — Salahuddin and Anbar — had voted against the constitution by at least a two-thirds vote. The commission, which had been auditing the referendum results for 10… Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
October 24, 2005
Journalists Attacked in Baghdad
But of course. It isn’t necessarily politics that keeps the media on the ‘neutral’ or ‘insurgent’-abetting page. It’s fear. Journalists are one of the most powerful weapons of this war, and now the terrorists have nearly lost on the ground…. Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
October 23, 2005
Iraqi Constitution Voting Results Tickle In
Dan Darling at the Winds of Change… Via Knight-Ridder, I see that the official preliminary totals for the Iraqi constitutional referendum are coming in. While the final results aren’t in yet, so far it looks like both Anbar and Salahuddin… Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
October 20, 2005
Breaking: Lawyer in Hussein Trial Kidnapped
According to ticker at FoxNews. Developping. AP. BAGHDAD, Iraq – The lawyer for one of Saddam Hussein’s co-defendants was kidnapped from his Baghdad office Thursday, police said. Saadoun Sghaiyer al-Janabi, who was in the courtroom during Wednesday’s opening session of… Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
October 19, 2005
The al Anbar Campaign
Ladies and gentlemen, the al Anbar campaign is presented in flash player courtesy of Steve Schippert, Marvin Hutchens and Bill Roggio. The al Anbar campaign is the ongoing set of operations to close the arteries leading into Iraq, specifically the… Posted by Brad on 2005 10:Read more… | Comments (0)
October 15, 2005
The Ramadan Offensive
The mighty election day offensive of the vaunted terrorist ‘insurgency’ has ended, with 13 incidents. Contrast that with 347 attacks in January. The Iraqi government has stood up over 200,000 troops, in contrast to 120,000 in January. They are also… Posted by Brad on 2005 10:Read more… | Comments (2)
What a Difference a Year Makes
Who is the stronger horse? Who must fight in the shadows, in their ‘own’ country? This is the face of the new, confident Iraqi Army. Unafraid of the ‘Insurgents’… Exercising the franchise… Walking a post… Guarding a corner… Because every… Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
Iraq Constitution Voting Opens** Updated
And now they’ve closed at approximately 10:00am eastern time. Terrorists attacked five polling places and wounded seven voters. Where the January vote was significant in itself, the constitutional vote hinges on a yes or a no; developing. Tallying the… Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
October 13, 2005
Iraq’s Security Forces Top 200,000
More than 200,000 Iraqis are serving in Iraq’s security forces. An excellent graphic is here at the Security Watch Tower. The projected total will be end strength of 270,000 through the Ministry of Defense and the Interior. Its important to… Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
September 19, 2005
A Thought About the Iraq War
Over at the Hauenstein Center For Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State, the debate between Victor Davis Hanson v. Arianna Huffington is now online. The debate over whether America is now an empire goes off the rails almost as soon… Posted by Brad on 2005 09: Read more… | Comments (0)
September 05, 2005
Terrorists have seized Qaim
Qaim has been the recent site of a brutal infighting amongst the Sunni tribes. Links here,here, and here. Al Qaeda and its ally, the Karabila, has perhaps successfully wrenched control of the town from the Coalition and its allies, the… Posted by Brad on 2005 09: Read more… | Comments (2)
September 04, 2005
The Baghdad Stampede
Missed this piece. THEY had been coming from all over Iraq in their thousands for days, being joined on arrival by thousands more from a dozen other countries. It was the 26th month of Rajab on the Muslim lunar calendar:… Posted by Brad on 2005 09: Read more… | Comments (1)
August 26, 2005
The ‘Fly-Paper’ Shenanigans
At the Belgravia Dispatch, Greg Djerejian discusses aspects of the the strategic value of Iraq to the War on Terror. Gregory argues that Iraq became important to fighting terrorism post hoc, in effect separating Iraq from the general campaign against… Posted by Brad on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (0)
August 25, 2005
The Southern Problem
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Clashes erupted between rival Shiite groups across the Shiite-dominated south Wednesday, threatening Iraq with yet another crisis at a time when politicians are struggling to end a constitutional stalemate with Sunni Arabs. The confrontation in at least…Posted by Brad on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (0)
August 22, 2005
Chuck Hagel on Iraq
Time commitments resulting from the beginning of law school (and a transfer of schools) have prohibited commentary on Senator Chuck Hagel’s recent remarks about Iraq. Fortunately, Justin at Digital Dissent nicely described (more or less) my opinion on the Senator’s… Posted by Jeff on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (0)
August 17, 2005
Why I’m Buying a Honda…
With gas prices so high is there a single silver lining to the cloud hanging over my pocket book? Do we have to subsidize the OPEC bloc while simultaneously pouring money into Iraq and Afghanistan? Well, yes. Here’s why. DESPITE… Posted by Brad on 2005 08: Read more…| Comments (0)
August 13, 2005
The Day After
Let’s conjecture for a moment. What happens the day after the Sunni insurgency is put down? Consider what we will have to do to accomplish that; US troops will stand up Iraq’s army from 3 battalions fully capable of action… Posted by Brad on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (0)
August 11, 2005
IED Escalations
What do submarines, bombers, and nuclear weapons, snipers, suicide bombs, and IEDs all have in common? Each of these changed the level of warfare being played from conventional to unconventional, and each of these have dire consequences to civilians; these… Posted by Brad on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (0)
August 08, 2005
Why Iraq Matters
Caesar was head of a Triumvirate with Crassus and Pompey the Great. Pompey held a governorship over the central provinces of Rome centered on Italy and Crassus held the East. Caesar held Gaul. Gaul was a formidable enemy of Rome,… Posted by Brad on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (0)
August 06, 2005
Sniper War
The movie Enemy At The Gates is based on a true story…awfully done, of course. It’s a Hollywood movie, after all. An even better historical fiction is War of the Rats. It is a fascinating read flush with tactics, techniques,… Posted by Brad on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (0)
IEDs
In response to a reader, Jeremiah, over at Organic Warfare over my post here, “Securing Al Anbar”, I’ll clarify my previous assertion that the insurgency has peaked. Indeed I stand by the assertion, but to do so I must retract… Posted by Brad on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (0)
August 05, 2005
Iraq Index
The Brookings Institute has put together an incredibly comprehensive report full of charts, graphs, and general statistics concerning a wide range of topics involving the situation in Iraq. There is too much important information to excerpt, so be sure to… Posted by Jeff on 2005 08:Read more… | Comments (0)
Securing Al Anbar
Bill Roggio over at the Fourth Rail goes into details over what is an ongoing operation without name in Iraq, specifically in the Al Anbar province. He has attached a list of operations conducted in Iraq mostly within the past… Posted by Brad on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (2)
July 22, 2005
Iraq Violence Perspective
While researching expert witnesses on the structure of Al Qaeda, I stumbled upon this passage in a report written by terrorism expert Brian Michael Jenkins that puts the task of defeating the terrorists in Iraq into perspective: Wars against terrorists… Posted by Jeff on 2005 07: Read more… | Comments (1)
June 28, 2005
Father’s Day
I think the utter lunacy of the times hit me the hardest over Father’s Day. I was enjoying a get together with the family and sat down next to my beloved nanna, my paternal Grandmother, and across from my two… Posted by Brad on 2005 06: Read more… | Comments (0)
June 24, 2005
The Hysteria Over Iraq
Just one day after Senator Ted Kennedy recklessly and inacurately labeled the Iraq war a “quagmire,” Victor Davis Hanson, as only he can, puts the growing hysteria over Iraq into its proper perspective: Two factors explain the current growing hysteria… Posted by Jeff on 2005 06: Read more… | Comments (0)
June 22, 2005
U.N. Secretly Meeting With Bathist Terrorists
The Iraqi government wants to know why and under what authority the United Nations is holding secret meetings with Bathist remnants in Iraq: A special panel charged with dissolving the ousted ruling Baath Party and its remnants said Wednesday that… Posted by Jeff on 2005 06: Read more… | Comments (0)
Vietnam = Iraq? Ask a Vet of Both…
USATODAY has a piece on a few of the Vietnam veterans serving in Iraq (hat tip to Chrenkoff. “Vietnam was an entirely different war than this one,” he says. The basic job of flying helicopters is the same, but the… Posted by Brad on 2005 06: Read more… | Comments (0)
June 20, 2005
What if Gulf War II Never Happened?
Foreign Affairs expert Robert Kagan examines two key questions missing from the Iraq debate: was the Iraq war was worth it but also what would have happened if the Bush administration had not gone to war in March 2003? Here… Posted by Jeff on 2005 06: Read more… | Comments (2)
June 19, 2005
French Collaboration With Hussein Confirmed by France
Geostrategy Direct is reporting that French investigators have determined and confirmed that French government officials took kick-backs from the Hussein regime (subscription required): The French Economic Crime Squad, known as BRDE, stated in an April 5 report that 11 people…Posted by Jeff on 2005 06: Read more… | Comments (0)
June 16, 2005
American Presence in Iraq Helps Iranian Freedom
Here is a poll that opponents of the Iraq War would prefer never saw the light of day (via Roger L. Simon): A recent public opinion survey of Iranians, conducted by The Tarrance Group, surprisingly found that a vast majority… Posted by Jeff on 2005 06: Read more… | Comments (0)
Iraq Exit Strategy
Four congressmen held a news conference today to demand an official exit strategy for the United States in Iraq. In a perfect world, this request would never have to be made. But in our present situation, a formal exit strategy… Posted by Jeff on 2005 06: Read more… | Comments (0)
June 14, 2005
Downing Street Memo Silliness
As if the attention given to the Downing Street memo by the “anti-war” Left was not silly enough, we now have this information courtesy of the New York Times (via the Jawa Report): A memorandum written by Prime Minister Tony… Posted by Jeff on 2005 06: Read more… | Comments (0)
June 10, 2005
The Brave “Insurgents”
Apparently the “minutemen” and “freedom fighters” targeting innocent Iraqis are not as brave as their Leftist and Islamic supporters believe: Iraqi insurgents appear to be forcing some followers to commit suicide car bombings by tying or binding them inside explosive-carrying…Posted by Jeff on 2005 06: Read more… | Comments (2)
June 01, 2005
Hard Landing or Soft?
Amir Taheri on the utter political failure of the Iraqi insurgency. Amir makes a few good points, notably… Since 2003 the insurgents and their terrorist allies have killed lots of people, but are no closer to a political victory than… Posted by Brad on 2005 06: Read more… | Comments (1)
May 27, 2005
New Suicide Bomb Tactic in Iraq
Depending on your point of view, suicide bombings in Iraq are either evolving or regressing (via: the Jawa Report): Insurgents in Iraq attached explosives to a dog and tried to blow up a military convoy near the northern oil centre… Posted by Jeff on 2005 05: Read more… | Comments (1)
May 25, 2005
Iraq & Al Qaeda Documented
Austin Bay has an interesting piece up today on Zarqawi, Al Qaeda and Saddam. His post is partially in response to two recent revelations. The first was by Jordan’s King Abdullah II stating that Saddam and Zarqawi were connected well… Posted by Jeff on 2005 05: Read more… | Comments (1)
May 13, 2005
Operation Matador
Wretchard at the Belmontclub has updated a post on Operation Matador. The Syrian townsfolk report US heavy weapons use (fixed wing, helicopter gunships and probably artillery) and return fire. This type of fire is significant, because heavy weapons are typically… Posted by Brad on 2005 05: Read more… | Comments (0)
April 04, 2005
Sunni Insurgency “Running Out of Steam”
A British military officer recently stated that the Iraqi insurgency, mostly led by former Hussein Bathists, is visibly faltering. The reason? A series of political and military defeats over the past six months have created an atmosphere of defeatism among… Posted by GPR on 2005 04: Read more… | Comments (0)
April 02, 2005
Iraqi Sunnis Continue Their Reconciliation
Despite the continued failure to form a ruling government, there have been substantial indications of late that the political process in Iraq has turned a corner as the Sunni Arabs have taken significant steps towards joining the political process. And… Posted by GPR on 2005 04:Read more… | Comments (0)
March 25, 2005
Raising the White Flag? (with update)
Coming on the heels of the first significant indication that the Sunni Arab leadership wants to participate in the Iraqi political process, the Financial Times is reporting that Iraqi “insurgents” are currently seeking an exit strategy: Many of Iraq’s predominantly… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (1)
March 24, 2005
Russian and Hussein Aid to al Qaeda?
Moscow News published a piece yesterday, claiming that Russian intelligence agents have provided assistance to al Qaeda in addition to other enemies of the United States such as Iran and North Korea. Also of interest is that Iraqi official have… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (0)
Sunnis Want to Join Political Process
Since the January elections in Iraq, the once powerful, but now minority Arab Sunnis (note: the Kurds are Sunnis as well) have made statements and taken steps indicating an interest in joining the political process. Today, USA Today reports on… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (0)
March 23, 2005
Iraqis Continue to Fight Back
As the visible presence of U.S. soldiers in Iraq continues to diminish (along with U.S. body counts), Iraqis are forced to shoulder a greater security burden, which unfortunately results in larger police and civilian casualties. But on the Iraqi military… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (0)
March 16, 2005
Majority of Iraqis Are Optimistic by Their Future
A recent poll taken in Iraq found that a majority of Iraqis feel their future is bright and heading in the right direction. Assuming this poll is accurate, Iraqis are significantly more optimistic about Iraq’s future than U.S. citizens are… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (1)
March 12, 2005
Saddam Tried to Bribe U.N. Inspector
This story is probably not all that important at this stage of the Iraq endeavor, but we found it interesting nonetheless. Perhaps the reason is that we find it most interesting that Saddam felt the need to bribe U.N. weapons… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (0)
March 06, 2005
Italy May Have Paid Ransom
There are reports surfacing that the Italian government paid a ransom of $6 million to free Communist journalist Giuliana Sgrena from her Bathist captors: The Italian government paid up to $US6 million ($A7.67 million) for the release of kidnapped journalist… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (3)
March 05, 2005
Trusting a Communist
“I don’t believe a word of the American version. The Americans deliberately fired on Italians. This is huge. All of the center-left must vote in parliament for the withdrawal of our troops.” – Oliviero Diliberto, head of the Italian Communist… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 28, 2005
“Pioneers of a nation that is free at last”
Earlier this month a report surfaced that the U.S. military was preparing to turn over responsibility to the Iraqi military for keeping the peace in a dangerous part of Baghdad. Evidently, that historic shift took place last week: Iraqi and… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 24, 2005
More Proof of Syrian Meddling in Iraq?
The AP is reporting that a U.S.-funded Iraqi state television station aired the confession of a Syrian intelligence officer captured in Iraq: “My name is Anas Ahmed al-Essa. I live in Halab. I am from Syria,” he said by way… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 23, 2005
Scott Ritter: Bush to Bomb Iran This Summer
Left-wing websites are reporting that Scott Ritter, a (1) former U.N. Weapons inspector, (2) one-time arrestee for soliciting an underage girl on the Internet, and (3) recipient of $400,000 (from an associate of Saddam Hussein) used to finance an anti-Iraq… Posted by GPR on 2005 02:Read more… | Comments (0)
Positive Political Developments in Iraq and Afghanistan
Two stories over the past twenty-four hours indicate former regime elements in both Iraq and Afghanistan are reconsidering their options, presumably in response to the changing political landscape over the last few months. Iraq: Some insurgents are contacting the U.S…. Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 20, 2005
G.I. Goodwill
With the world’s media relishing the opportunity to report “atrocities” committed by U.S. forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and anywhere else they may set foot, it would be nice for the MSM to report stories such as this with the same… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
U.S. in Secret Talks with Iraqi “Insurgents”
Time magazine is reporting that representatives of the United States have held “back-channel” communications with representatives of the Sunni “insurgency”: U.S. diplomats and intelligence officers are conducting secret talks with Iraq’s Sunni insurgents on ways to end fighting there, Time… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 16, 2005
Iraqis Continue to Fight Back
It is not clear whether the man at the center of this story was actually a suicide bomber, but it is clear that the Shiites were not willing to wait for actual confirmation of his intentions: A CROWD of Shiite… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (1)
February 11, 2005
Sharing the Burden
In one of the worst combat zones in Baghdad, the fledgling Iraqi security forces have begun replacing American troops. If this move is successful, it will likely serve as a model for the rest of the country: Starting five days… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 08, 2005
Faux News
Over the weekend, French news wire service AFP ran a story claiming that Shiite leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani had “staked out a radical demand” that Islam be the sole source of legislation for Iraq’s new Constitution. Presumably motivated by… Posted by GPR on 2005 02:Read more… | Comments (0)
February 06, 2005
Changing Relationship
The New York Times reports that the elections last weekend in Iraq have had an unexpected effect upon the relationship between Iraq and the United States: The Iraqi focus on its own democracy, and the new view of the United… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (1)
February 05, 2005
Demanding Justice
“It shows that some so-called dignitaries had not an iota of shame in their bones, no conscience and no morals. They profited as parasites on the misery of an impoverished nation…The money that has been stolen from the oil-for-food program… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 04, 2005
Iraqi’s Fight Back
Australia’s ABC News reports that an Iraqi village threatened by “insurgents” for voting last Sunday fought back…and won: The residents of a small Iraqi village have killed five insurgents who had attacked them for voting in last weekend’s national elections…. Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 03, 2005
Iraqi Policeman Martyred on Election Day
USA Today details a remarkable account of a heroic act committed by an Iraqi policeman on the day of the Iraq elections. Here is an excerpt of their piece: Policemen guarding a polling station in Baghdad’s Mansour neighborhood Sunday recognized… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 01, 2005
Spinning the Iraqi Elections
The polls had barely closed in Iraq on Sunday and already some were trying to spin the outcome of the Iraq elections to fit their agenda. The (far) left was attempting to draw new parallels between Vietnam and modern Iraq,… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 30, 2005
Ten Observations From the Iraq Election
We contemplated writing an in-depth (and potentially self-righteous) entry on the historic elections in Iraq, but decided a concise list of our ten observations from the election would convey their implications more precisely: 1) The allure of democracy is more… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (2)
Congratulations for Iraq
We would like to congratulate the Iraqi people for refusing to be intimidated by the jihadists and jaded Bathists aiming to derail progress and democracy with hallow threats and random acts of violence. The Iraqis defied all expectations by turning… Posted by GPR on 2005 01:Read more… | Comments (1)
January 27, 2005
Ted’s Brilliant Idea
Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy said today that he wanted the United Nations to take over the Iraqi mission from the United States. Such a policy would of course include transferring military, peacekeeping, and budgetary duties, among others. The budgetary problems… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 26, 2005
No Blood for Freedom?
Reading through Washington Post columnist David Ignatius’ latest piece Reality Check for the Neo-Wilsonians, we stumbled upon this interesting piece of information: Bush’s idealism astonishes even Saakashvili. The Georgian leader recalls a meeting at the White House last year in… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 25, 2005
Sunni Leaders Changing Their Tune?
The New York Times reported today that while most major Sunni “leaders” are boycotting the national elections, they have every intention of participating in the creation of a permanent Iraqi constitution. Here is an excerpt: “Certainly because we withdrew from… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 23, 2005
Zarqawi Capture Update
We reported back on January 4 that there were rumors the top terrorist in Iraq, Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, had been captured. Normally we will not report rumors without credible information to back them up, but the source of the information… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 21, 2005
Shiites Eager to Vote
In a surprising move by the MSM, USA Today decided to move beyond the overwhelming negative coverage of Iraq and reported today on the eagerness of Iraq Shiites to vote. Here is an excerpt of their piece: Like any shrewd… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 14, 2005
MidEast Unspoken Rules
Foreign Affairs expert and NY Times Columnist offers his basic rules for Middle East reporting: Rule 1 Never lead your story out of Lebanon, Gaza or Iraq with a cease-fire; it will always be over by the time the next… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (1)
January 12, 2005
Iraqi Security Beyond the Daily Killing
Above and beyond the daily killings of Iraqis and coalition forces in Iraq, two security and military developments are worth mentioning. The first is that Iraq’s military is rapidly expanding before the January 30 elections. Here is an excerpt of… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 11, 2005
Iraqis on Elections and Insurgents
One of the more popular Iraqi blogs, Iraq the Model, published the results of a recent poll taken in and around Baghdad with a sample size of 4,974: 1-Will the security problems cause you to: Not come out and vote… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 04, 2005
Zarqawi Arrest Rumors
Iraqi Kurdistan radio is reporting that Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, the most wanted terrorist in Iraq (and arguably the world), has been captured in the city of Baakuba. It should be noted that this Kurdistan radio station was also the first… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more…
January 03, 2005
Al Jazeera & Saddam
An important story broke over the weekend that further eroded Arab propaganda station Al Jazeera’s credibility as a legitimate “news” organization: A videotape found in a pile of documents in Baghdad following the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime shows a… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more…
December 26, 2004
Setting Sights on Syria
The Jerusalem Post is reporting that Senior U.S. officials have told them that the U.S. is looking to increase pressure on Syria as it becomes increasingly clear they are actively aiding the Iraqi insurgency: The US is contemplating incursions into… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 20, 2004
Never Again
In case the auctioning of U.N. Security Council Seats by China, Russia and France was not enough to convince you that attempts by Bush and Blair to gain “international approval” for the removal of Saddam Hussein through the U.N. is… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 18, 2004
Naming Names
MSNBC is reporting that the biggest hammer yet in the Oil for Food Scandal is about to fall. The former right hand man of Saddam Hussein and face of the Iraqi regime Tariq Aziz is preparing to name names in… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 16, 2004
Another Mass Grave…
Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced yesterday that another mass grave was discovered in the Kurdish North portion of Iraq: IRAQIS who lost loved ones during Saddam Hussein’s brutal rule today rushed to a site in the Kurdish region of northern… Posted by GPR on 2004 12:Read more…
December 15, 2004
Preparing for Life After Allawi
U.S. News & World Report is reporting that the political currents in Iraq are running against U.S.-backed Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. The situation has caught the attention of the State Department and Department of Defense who held a meeting last… Posted by GPR on 2004 12:Read more…
December 12, 2004
Help From Above
The former chief confident of Saddam Hussein, Tariq Aziz, will soon receive legal counsel with assistance from a peculiar, yet interesting source: Saddam Hussein’s former foreign minister and right-hand man has persuaded sympathisers in the Vatican to arrange free legal… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 10, 2004
Is the Military Really “Angry?”
News wire service Reuters claims that U.S. troops are “angry” and that Rumsfeld was “bombarded” with criticism from U.S. soldiers while visiting in Kuwait. But is that really true? Fortunately, we can shed some light on this story, thanks to… Posted by GPR on 2004 12:Read more…
December 09, 2004
Bureaucracy to the Rescue
Writing in the New York Times today, foreign affairs expert Thomas Friedman cites a specific failure of pre-Iraq War intelligence to critique the new Intelligence Reform Bill and explain how the bill will likely fail to address the most important… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 03, 2004
Looking Back
As only he can, Victor Davis Hanson provides some perspective as the world watches Iraq steadily approach her first democratic elections next month: [W]e already see how few talk of what it was like in the very dark days of… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 02, 2004
Update on Missing Explosives
The London Telegraph has obtained a document from Iraq that may shed some light on the missing explosives that received great attention during the final days of the U.S. Presidential election: As American forces closed in on Baghdad last year,… Posted by GPR on 2004 12:Read more…
December 01, 2004
Iraq Elections Are On Track
“I won’t say I am happy, but I am satisfied with the process. People tend to have these very unrealistic expectations about elections…They are not a panacea, but they seem to me at least at this moment the one way… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
Masking An Agenda
Expanding upon our earlier reference to the latest Abu Graib news, the interesting part about this story is that it concerns a lawsuit filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights, who describes themselves as the “premiere legal institution of the… Posted by GPR on 2004 12:Read more…
November 27, 2004
The Train is Leaving the Station…
A great deal of controversy has been created (artificially, we might add) in the last few days over the request by numerous political parties in Iraq to postpone the elections. Most of them cite security as the primary motive for… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 24, 2004
Documenting Fallujah Atrocities
The MSM will not show you the images documenting the atrocities and war crimes committed by the Taliban-like thugs who ran Fallujah, so here is a slide show to view the images yourself. Special thanks to LGF for this information…. Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
Military Progress in Iraq
Violence continues in Iraq, but Coalition forces in conjunction with Iraqi forces are on the offensive and causing significant damage to Sunni insurgents and foreign terrorists as they tackle the “Triangle of Death.” ABC reported last night that a message… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 22, 2004
Fallout From Fallujah
Details continue to emerge of the deplorable situation in Fallujah before U.S. led forces routed the insurgents and terrorists last week. The New York Times reports that for the first time, reporters saw direct evidence of the places where the… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
Writing Off Iraqi Debt
Over the weekend, 19 creditor nations to Saddam’s Iraq reportedly agreed to write off 80 percent of the $42 billion that Iraq owes them. This development is all well and good, but we have two questions. One, what about the… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 21, 2004
French Offensive
By any measure, it has been an extraordinary week of public attacks against the United States by France and her surrogates. Expanding upon his anti-American tirades early last month, French President Jacque Chirac began the barrage this week by stating,… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 19, 2004
Iraq Insurgency Plans Began in 2001
Information gained from recently captured insurgents in Fallujah appears to bolster the theory that the Iraqi insurgency was prearranged by Saddam Hussein. The World Tribune reports: Insurgents captured in Fallujah have told Iraqi military interrogators that most of those fighting… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 18, 2004
The Stories You Don’t Hear From Fallujah
The Times of London has written an excellent report on the Taliban-like rule that took place in Fallujah before U.S. Marines routed the “insurgents” and terrorists during the last week. The Western Mainstream Media (MSM) has by and large neglected… Posted by GPR on 2004 11:Read more…
November 17, 2004
The Future On Display In Fallujah
The Australian offers a glimpse of the role that unmaned spy planes are playing in the urban battlefield of Fallujah: THE last hours of the mujaheddin are terrifying. With the city they once ruled with the absolute authority of medieval… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 15, 2004
The Iran Problem
Following up on a situation we recently discussed, U.S. News & World Report has compiled an expose that details the meddeling and role of Iran in post-Saddam Iraq. According to intelligence analysts, Iran’s goal in Iraq “is to create instability… Posted by GPR on 2004 11:Read more…
Scraping the Surface
USA Today reports that the United States Senate team investigating the U.N. Oil for Food Scandal has made a startling discovery: Saddam Hussein’s regime made more than $21.3 billion in illegal revenue by subverting the U.N. oil-for-food program through surcharges,… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
Evaluating the Duelfer Report
Richard Spertzel, former head of the biological-weapons section of Unscom from 1994-99 and most recently the Iraq Survey Group wants to know if Iraq war critics have even read the Duelfer Report. Here is an excerpt: While no facilities were… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 14, 2004
Defining “Winning” in Iraq
Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark has some thoughts on how to define “winning” in Iraq, with analysis that applies to the greater War on Terror: Now that we have engaged, there cannot be any doubt about the outcome. It, too,… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
Unbalanced Reporting
While the Western media subjects us to almost daily reports of alleged abuses committed by U.S. troops against detainees in Afghanistan, Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo Bay, and “human rights” advocates accuse the U.S. of committing war crimes, reports or condemnation… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 12, 2004
Iraqi Election Buzz
Iraqi blogger Zeyad of Healing Iraq recently discussed how his country is preparing for the planned January 2005 national elections and what people think of the unfamiliar democratic process. Read about it here…. Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 11, 2004
BBC & Al Jazeera Use Same Questionable Source
Apparently we were not the only ones who noticed the absurdity of Al Jazeera’s Fallujah “reporter” source, Fadil al-Badrani. Last Night’s BBC News comments on the near impossiblity that he is a legitimate journalist and has also found that Fadil… Posted by GPR on 2004 11:Read more…
November 10, 2004
Bombed Mosques Or The Usual Propaganda?
Despite being bared from Iraq, Al Jazeera is reporting as fact information received by an “Iraqi journalist” that half of Fallujah’s 120 mosques have been destroyed by U.S. and Iraqi forces: Almost half of the mosques in the Iraqi town… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 09, 2004
Just Another Cowardly Terrorist
“Brave terrorists, I am waiting here for the brave terrorists. Come and kill us. Plant small bombs on roadsides.” – An Arabic announcement blared by a U.S. psychological operations unit in Fallujah meant to goad gunmen out onto the streets…. Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
Sunni Party Quits Iraqi Government
The Associated Press reports that the interim Iraqi government is experencing political defections among the Sunnis in protest over the Fallujah invasion: A major Sunni political party has quit the interim Iraqi government and revoked its single minister from the… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 07, 2004
Chalabi & Sadr
The New York Times reports today on the complicated voting coalitions forming in Iraq in anticipation of the January 2005 national elections. The article is a worthy read, and details this surprising and possibly concerning development: After falling out with… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 02, 2004
Trouble For NGOs
USA Today details the exodus of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) from Iraq resulting from the deteriorating security situation and how their flight impacts the reconstruction process. Here is an excerpt: The fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime spurred hundreds of volunteers like… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 01, 2004
Beyond the News
Voices of Iraq…. Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
October 30, 2004
Equivocating Bush and Hitler, Concentration Camps & Abu Ghraib
David’s Medienktrik has detailed the latest absurdity in the German press, courtesy of Spiegel. This time they published, in an uncritical manner, comments by an Italian “philosopher” equivocating Bush to Hitler and Abu Ghraib to a Nazi concentration camp. Having… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
Sending A Message
The Christian Science Monitor provides a glimpse of what may soon be in store for Fallujah: The aim of the Fallujah operation will be to stop such attacks [large scale car bombings], and extreme options may be on the table…. Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 29, 2004
New Al-Qaqaa Weapons Development
Once again, the controversy over the missing explosives in Iraq have taken another turn: An Army unit removed 250 tons of ammunition from the Al-Qaqaa weapons depot in April 2003 and later destroyed it, the company’s former commander said. A… Posted by GPR on 2004 10:Read more…
Sistani on the Elections
Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has reitterated his support for elections in Iraq early next year: JEDDAH, 29 October 2004 — Iraq’s principal Shiite leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has informed the interim Iraqi government of his “full support” for… Posted by GPR on 2004 10:Read more…
Iraqi Mass Graves
Click here for a photo journal on the excavation of mass graves in Iraq. Be warned, many of the pictures are graphic…. Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 28, 2004
Al-Qaqaa Update
They controversy over the missing explosives at the Al-Qaqaa facility in Iraq continues: Oct. 28, 2004 — The strongest evidence to date indicates that conventional explosives missing from Iraq’s Al-Qaqaa installation disappeared after the United States had taken control of… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
IAEA Contradiction
ABC News has obtained documents that cast doubt on the IAEA’s leaked memo to the New York Times and CBS’ 60 Minutes earlier this week: The Iraqi interim government has told the United States and international weapons inspectors that 377… Posted by GPR on 2004 10:Read more…
Russian Assistance in Iraq
Bill Gertz of the Washington Times reports that Russian Special Forces helped Saddam move many of his weapons, including the explosives at Al-Qaqaa facility, into Syria before the begining of Gulf War II: Russian special forces troops moved many of… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 27, 2004
Passing the Blame
New information suggests that the leaking of an IAEA memo one week before the U.S. Presidential Election (which contained dated information) was, in a fashion typical of their colleagues at the United Nations, partially intended to deflect blame: WASHINGTON -…Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 26, 2004
Where’s the Fairness?
The credibility of yesterday’s report in the New York Times that 380 tons of explosives went missing in Iraq under the Coalition’s watch is being called into question: The mystery surrounding the disappearance of 380 tons of powerful explosives from… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 25, 2004
Iraq Detainee Memo
The Washington Post reported on Sunday that a leaked memo from the U.S. Department of Justice allows the CIA to take detainees out of Iraq for interrogation, a possible violation of the Geneva Conventions. A glaring omission in the article… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 24, 2004
U.K. Deployment to Baghdad
Last week’s announcement that the U.K. would send a 1,000+ contingent of soldiers from Southern Iraq to Baghdad was cynically reported as a political contribution to President Bush’s reelection campaign. We neglected to comment on the report given its irrationality… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
UNhelpful
The United Nations is refusing to assist Iraq in training judges for Saddam Hussein’s trial, expected to begin next year: UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations won’t train judges or prosecutors for the Iraqi tribunal that will try members of… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 22, 2004
Accepting Islamofascist Democracy
This cartoon is in reference to a quote that President Bush made earlier this week where he reiterated a policy of accepting whatever outcome Iraqi democracy provides. Be sure to read Cox and Forkum’s in depth discussion on their… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 21, 2004
Website Recommendation
For a different perspective on Iraq, be sure to visit The Truth About Iraq…. Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 20, 2004
Selective Memory
“He’s created something that didn’t exist before the war in Iraq — he’s created a haven for terrorists.” Vice Presidential Candidate Senator John Edwards. The Senator must have missed these historical facts: – Abu Nidal: Commonly regarded as the “world’s… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
Standing Pat?
“I will be disappointed. But democracy is democracy. If that’s what the people choose, that’s what the people choose.” – President Bush in response to a question from the AP regarding his position should the Iraqis elect a fundamentalist Islamic… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 18, 2004
Support From Abroad
CNN is reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “urging” Americans to vote for President Bush in the November election: Putin, speaking Central Asian Cooperation Organization summit in Tajikistan Monday, made his most overt comments of support so far for… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 13, 2004
Tipping Point?
We mentioned last week that when 100 top officials in Samarra sought the assistance of the Iraq government (which implies U.S. forces as well) to deal with terrorist elements in their town, that that request may have signaled a turning… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 10, 2004
Waiting For Proof
The remanents of radical Shitie cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s militia claim they are willing to lay down their weapons and discontinue hostile actions in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City: An agreement between Moqtada-Al-Sadr, Iraq’s interim government and U.S. officials has… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 08, 2004
The Real Coalition of the “Bribed and Coerced.”
The same CIA report that two days all but concluded Saddam did not have WMDs after 1991 also all but confirmed France, Russia and China, three veto wielding countries on the U.N. Security Council, were being bribed by Saddam Hussein…. Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 07, 2004
ISG WMD Report
The Iraqi Survey Group (ISG) charged by the CIA with the hunt for Saddam’s alleged banned weapons issued their report yesterday before Congress: Saddam Hussein did not possess stockpiles of illicit weapons at the time of the U.S. invasion in… Posted by GPR on 2004 10:Read more…
October 06, 2004
Iraq’d on Kurdistan
Spencer Ackerman, writer of “Iraq’d” over at the New Republic has been closely following recent events taking place in Kurdish populated Northern Iraq. Just last week, hundreds of thousands of Kurds took to the streets in support of an independent… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
Zarqawi Link Questions
A recently released CIA report has reportedly found no conclusive evidence that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein harbored Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The source also states that it is unlikely “Saddam Hussein even knew Zarqawi was in Baghdad.” If true, this… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
Case of A Bad Memory?
The Wallstreet Journal takes issue with Paul Bremer’s criticism of U.S. troop levels in post-war Iraq: You get the idea: Mr. Bremer isn’t to blame because he was tossed into a bad situation that only got worse while his pleas… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 05, 2004
Changing Perception?
If Samarra turns out to be the norm rather than the exception, the influence and role of foreign fighters in perpetrating the insurgency in Iraq may be larger than previously thought: The U.S. military has established that Al Qaida-aligned insurgents… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
New Iraqi Election Poll
A recent poll conducted by the Iraq Center For Research and Strategic Studies among 3,500 respondents provided mixed results on the prospects of voter turnout in the planned January 2005 national elections. Here are some of the study’s key findings:… Posted by GPR on 2004 10:Read more…
October 04, 2004
Ulterior Motive
Apparently the true motive behind regime change in Iraq may have been to keep the pressure on Saudi Arabia to reevaluate their relationship with Al Qaeda. Special thanks to Hobbsonline for this information…. Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 03, 2004
French Meddling
Debkafile is reporting some serious allegations concerning French President Jacque Chirac’s attempt to use the kidnapping of two French journalists as a means of undermining the Bush administration and the Iraqi interim government. Here is an excerpt of their intelligence… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 02, 2004
On The Same Page
“We will spare no effort to clean all the Iraqi lands and cities from these criminals, and we will pave the way through these operations not only for reconstruction but also for the general election.” – Iraqi national security adviser… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 01, 2004
Kidnapping Twist
The Independent in the U.K. is reporting that the Amsterdam home of British hostage Ken Bigley’s brother has been raided in search of intelligence on Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: Armed intelligence officers yesterday raided the Amsterdam home of Paul Bigley, the… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
September 30, 2004
Missing Outcry
After the prison abuses at Abu Ghraib were disclosed by CBS, the media and most people correctly expressed outrage and disgust at the treatment of Iraqi prisoners. However, the same outcry from the media, Muslims and so called “human rights”… Posted by GPR on 2004 09:Read more…
September 28, 2004
Democracy Perspective
David Brooks of the New York Times offers an excellent historical perspective and rationale for holding the Afghanistan elections next month and the Iraqi elections in January 2005 despite ongoing violence. Here is an excerpt: Conditions were horrible when Salvadorans… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
September 27, 2004
Double Standard
Perhaps the best representation we have seen yet of the hatred (and hypocricy) emanating from the left is spelled out in Maureen Dowd’s most recent hit piece in the New York Times. Here are some of the more interesting parts:… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
September 26, 2004
Case Not Closed
“The Iraqi Survey Group has yet to submit its final report. Besides, who knows what we will find in two years, who knows what was moved to countries like Syria. What we know for certain is that Saddam Hussein had… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
September 16, 2004
Kofi Speak
Here is an excerpt from a BBC Interview with U.N. General Secretary Kofi Annan: BBC ANNOUNCER: I wanted to ask you that. Do you think that the resolution that was passed on Iraq before the war did actually give legal… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
September 14, 2004
System on the Brink
Fox News is reporting that after today’s large suicide bomb in Iraq, angry crowds near the site of the blast denounced U.S. forces and interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s government for failing to protect police recruiting centers. We must… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
August 30, 2004
Silent Protest
The Elite Media loves a good protest. Anyone who tuned into the evening news this weekend can attest to this. As an example, NBC Nightly News dedicated the first two segments of their program on Saturday night to the protests… Posted by GPR on 2004 08: Read more…
August 25, 2004
Baghdad Bob’s Replacement
We highly recommend viewing Memri.org’s translation of a T.V. interview with an Iraqi Sheik who fought the Coalition in Falluja. Here is a sample of what the Sheik had to say: [W]e believe that Allah protects the believers, and indeed,… Posted by GPR on 2004 08: Read more…
June 29, 2004
Spain’s Word
“I said… that in the event of my being elected prime minister by citizens, I would order the return of the Spanish troops from Iraq if the UN did not take charge of the political and military situation.” – Spanish… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
June 28, 2004
Good Luck
“This is a day we are going to take our country back into the international forum. We’d like to express our thanks to the coalition. There is no way to turn back now.” – Iraqi President Ghazi Al-Yawer Al-Yawer, commenting… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
June 25, 2004
Killing Your Own
Yesterday’s suicide bombings in Iraq killed approximately 100 Muslims while injuring over 300. Once again, it appears that foreign Jihadist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his band of predominantly foreign Jihadists were behind the attacks. Large-scale attacks such as these should… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
June 22, 2004
Myth or Reality?
“I believe the counterintelligence services more than I believe journalists.” – Czech Interior Minister Stanislav Gross commenting on the media’s repeated attempts to discredit the Atta-Prague connection. On the surface, the 911 Commission appears to have vindicated the media over… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
June 17, 2004
Skewed and Slanted
USA Today, usually one of the more honest large newspapers in the country, used an Associated Press release that falsely portrayed the Bush Administration as having solely believed in an Iraq-Al Qaeda connection. To support this contention, the AP assembled…Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
Ripples of Dishonesty
Predictably, most major news organizations yesterday featured a small portion of the 9-11 Commission’s findings regarding Al Qaeda and Iraq as their lead story. Headlines ranging from “No Link Between Al-Qaida and Saddam” to “9-11 Panel Says Iraq Rebuffed Bin… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
June 07, 2004
Faces of the Anti-War Left
Protestors in Paris take to the street last weekend showcasing their solidarity with the foreign terrorists and Bathist remanents in Iraq, or in politically correct terminology, “Iraqi resistance.” UPDATE: This picture originally came from ¡No Pasarán! where their contributors… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
June 02, 2004
Better Late Than Never
The formation of an Iraqi government on Tuesday that will have genuine decision-making capabilities and increased responsibility in Iraqi affairs was long over due. Stated more bluntly, the U.S.-led coalition that toppled Saddam last March has all but wasted an… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
May 24, 2004
Come Again?
On Sunday’s episode of Meet the Press, moderator Tim Russert interviewed Iraqi Governing Council member and former darling of the Department of Defense, Ahmad Chalabi. The interview focused on his current dispute with the U.S. government over his ties to… Posted by GPR on 2004 05: Read more…
May 21, 2004
Perspective
Given the disproportionate and daily coverage of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse, many important situations have taken place but have received little or no coverage from the elite media. Accordingly, we have formulated a list of events that took place… Posted by GPR on 2004 05:Read more…
May 18, 2004
Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire?
The significance of yesterday’s news in Iraq that a mortar shell used in a roadside bomb was found to contain sarin nerve gas is difficult to determine at this time. On one hand, this could be a sign that Saddam’s… Posted by GPR on 2004 05: Read more…
May 13, 2004
Spin, Spin, Spin
Arab propaganda outlet Al Jazeera is in full spin mode now trying to marginalize the gruesome murder of Nick Berg at the hands of Islamofascists in Iraq. Apparently feeling that all but ignoring the story was not a sufficient response… Posted by GPR on 2004 05: Read more…
April 22, 2004
The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
Two weeks ago Islamic militants executed Fabritsio Kuattrokki, an Italian security guard working in Iraq after Italy refused to withdrawal their troops from Iraq. After watching the taped execution provided to Al Jazera by the militants, the Italian Foreign Minister… Posted by GPR on 2004 04: Read more…
April 16, 2004
No Peace for Oil
The French Ambassador to the United States, Jean-David Levitte, gave a speech to students and diplomats at UCLA earlier this week where he made allegations of an organized “racist campaign” against the French in the United States. The Ambassador specifically… Posted by GPR on 2004 04: Read more…
April 09, 2004
Here we go again…
It appears that the New York Times are up to their usual tricks again. Having failed to learn their lesson from one year ago when they incorrectly portrayed “major combat” in Iraq as going poorly for the American led coalition,… Posted by GPR on 2004 04: Read more…
April 07, 2004
Vote for Islamofascism!
Based on the results released today by the Pew Research, it appears that the Islamofascists new tactic of influencing Western elections is in full force as Mr. Bush has seen his approval ratings drop to an all time low of… Posted by GPR on 2004 04: Read more…
