Apr 7, 2009 21 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
BAGHDAD, April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, visiting U.S. troops in Iraq, told them on Tuesday that the next 18 months would be critical for their mission in the country. "This is going to be a critical period, these next 18 months," Obama said, referring to the Aug 2010 deadline for the withdrawal of ...
Continue ReadingApr 7, 2009 9 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Obama has landed unannounced in Baghdad. The White House issued a statement that he would meet U.S. commanders and troops, and speak to Iraqi leaders by telephone. The White House said he would call the Iraqi leaders because of concerns about helicopter travel in bad weather . Obama flew into the country hours after a car bomb ...
Continue ReadingApr 4, 2009 83 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
I have been invited by Beverly Perlson of Band of Mothers and Chris Hill of Gathering of Eagles to address the anticipated crowd of 100,000 Iraq vets, their fellow troops, families, and supporters at the Victory In Iraq Day rally on the Washington, D.C. Mall, June 13. I humbly accepted, and I look forward to spending ...
Continue ReadingApr 2, 2009 35 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
L.A. Times: When the November 2004 battle for Fallouja was over, Marine Cpl. Ryan Weemer was lauded as one of its heroes. Wounded in the battle for what Marines called Hell House, Weemer was praised for bravery and resourcefulness. Reporting from Camp Pendleton -- A Marine Corps sergeant charged with murdering an Iraqi prisoner told an investigator ...
Continue ReadingApr 1, 2009 2 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Guardian: Iraq took a security gamble yesterday when it disbanded the Sunni militias that helped turn the tide against al-Qaida in Mesopotamia and other insurgent groups. One hundred thousand members of the Awakening Councils will now be given jobs at the interior ministry, but many fear the plan will renew sectarian tension and spark disaffection among those ...
Continue ReadingMar 29, 2009 4 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Der Spiegel: Major Oil Companies Are Circling Iraq With stability returning, Oil Minister al-Shahristani has big plans to make his country the fourth-largest oil producer. With security in Iraq improving, international oil companies are quickly moving in, often with little or no fanfare. Hanter Gasser, Royal Dutch Shell's (RDS) top executive for Iraq, recently spent a week in ...
Continue ReadingMar 26, 2009 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
(U.S. Army Capt. Jesse Stewart carries a disabled Iraqi girl to a humanitarian event where she received a wheelchair in the Rusafa District of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, March 23, 2009. Stewart, a troop commander assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, assisted the mother in getting the girl to ...
Continue ReadingMar 23, 2009 3 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Caption: http://www.outsidethewire.com Baghdad Happens is the story of an improbable, unforeseeable, irreplicable sequence of events that took place one day in Baghdad. In his fifth documentary on the Iraq war, JD Johannes throws many of the cliches of what a war documentary should be out the window. "Our guiding vision was to ask, 'What would PBS do?' then do ...
Continue ReadingMar 22, 2009 10 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
CNN: By Gary Sinise A while back, a friend of mine suggested that I take a look at a film that a buddy of his had made about his two brothers serving in Iraq. Having spent some time there myself, I was eager to see it. Once I did, I wanted to do all I could to ...
Continue ReadingMar 21, 2009 6 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(Ron Silver, Bill Sammon, Ann Coulter) Ann Coulter: SILVER'S BRAVERY NOT AN ACT I wish I could ask Ron Silver what he thinks of the AIG bonuses. He'd have some original take -- maybe propose re-opening the bonuses paid to Franklin Raines and Jamie Gorelick for their yeoman's work running Fannie Mae into the ground and then collecting ...
Continue ReadingMar 21, 2009 4 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
First Tourists Visit Iraq Since War Began in 2003 BAGHDAD — Ancient ruins aside, touring war-torn Iraq for the last two weeks hasn't been as satisfying as Tina Townsend Greaves had hoped. Not because of safety fears. To the contrary. More because some sights that the Briton wanted to explore during her two week visit have been ...
Continue ReadingMar 21, 2009 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Look, we all might have some misgivings about certain groups and sects within Iraq, but the fact is these groups are not going away ... and "killing them all and letting Allah sort them out" is obviously not a realistic an across the board option. So, the leaders have to ally and come to ...
Continue ReadingMar 18, 2009 32 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
WASHINGTON – Some of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners could be released into the United States while others could be put on trial in the American court system, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday. Holder, who was chosen by President Barack Obama to lead the administration's efforts to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay ...
Continue ReadingMar 18, 2009 17 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
FOX: President Obama will not advance a plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs for the treatment of troops injured in service. President Obama, after an uproar by veterans groups, has scrapped a plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs for the treatment of ...
Continue ReadingMar 18, 2009 2 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
ESPN: Team USA provides memory of a lifetimeFan becomes part of celebration after U.S. finishes dramatic comeback By Amy K. Nelson MIAMI -- Brian Finnegan was only doing his job on Tuesday night when he saw Felix Perez in the handicapped section of Dolphin Stadium. Finnegan's son, Tommy, had spent his life in a wheelchair battling cerebral palsy, ...
Continue ReadingMar 18, 2009 12 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
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Continue ReadingMar 17, 2009 6 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
International Herald Tribune: Europe hedges on Guantánamo detainees By William Glaberson and Steven Erlanger European countries that have offered to help the Obama administration close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by resettling detainees have begun raising questions about the security risks and requirements if they accept prisoners described by the Bush administration as "the worst of ...
Continue ReadingMar 16, 2009 19 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Secret ICRC file says US practiced 'torture': report WASHINGTON, - - The International Committee of the Red Cross produced in 2007 a secret report, in which it concluded that the treatment of al-Qaeda captives by CIA interrogators "constituted torture," The Washington Post reported Monday. The newspaper quotes the ICRC report as saying that the treatment of inmates ...
Continue ReadingMar 16, 2009 16 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
ABC News: Dramatic Advances Sweep Iraq, Boosting Support for Democracy ABC News/BBC/NHK National Survey of Iraq ANALYSIS by GARY LANGER Dramatic advances in public attitudes are sweeping Iraq, with declining violence, rising economic well-being and improved services lifting optimism, fueling confidence in public institutions and bolstering support for democracy. The gains in the latest ABC News/BBC/NHK poll represent a ...
Continue ReadingMar 16, 2009 6 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
FOX Sports: Police say an Iraqi soccer player has been shot dead just as he was about to kick what could have been the tying goal in a weekend game south of Baghdad. Police Maj. Muthanna Khalid says a striker from the Buhairat amateur team was facing only the goalie during a Sunday match in Hillah when ...
Continue ReadingMar 13, 2009 7 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
WaPo: Obama Administration Abandons Use of Term 'Enemy Combatant' By Del Quentin Wilber and Carrie Johnson The Obama administration today dropped the term "enemy combatant" to describe those held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and increased the legal threshold needed to detain them. The Justice Department disclosed the move in a court filing in ...
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