BAGHDAD, April 5, 2007
As Brits Return From Iran, 4 Die In Iraq
Soldiers Killed By Roadside Bomb On Day 15 Troops Arrived Home After 13 Days In Captivity
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An Iraqi holds a British soldier's helmet after a roadside bomb killed four soliders on patrol in Basra, April 5, 2007. (AP)
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U.S. troops patrol a market in Abu Ghraib district of Baghdad, April 5, 2007. (AP)
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Workers try to fix damage to an oil pipeline caused by planted explosives near the city of Safwan, April 5, 2007. (AP)
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A car burns after a car bombing near a Sunni Muslim television station in Baghdad, April 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Asaad Mouhsin)
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The four British deaths — the biggest loss of life for British forces in more than four months — came as 15 British sailors and marines arrived home 13 days after they were seized by Iran off the Iraqi coast and held captive.
"Just as we rejoice at the return of our 15 service personnel, so today we are also grieving and mourning for the loss of our soldiers in Basra," Blair said.
In other developments:
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"It is far too early to say that the particular terrorist act that killed our forces was an act committed by terrorists that were backed by any elements of the Iranian regime," he said. "But the general picture, as I said before, is that there are elements at least of the Iranian regime that are backing, financing, arming, supporting terrorism in Iraq."
The British patrol struck a roadside bomb and was hit by small-arms fire about 2 a.m. in the Hayaniyah district in western Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, British military spokeswoman Capt. Katie Brown said.
A Kuwaiti civilian interpreter was also killed and a British soldier was seriously wounded, Brown said.
The explosion left a crater three feet deep. Hours after the attack, the helmet of a British soldier lay in the street alongside dozens of spent shells.
Police said the British patrol was en route from detaining 1st Lt. Haidar al-Jazaeri of the Interior Ministry's Major Crimes unit. The police would not say why al-Jazaeri had been detained.
The deaths raised to 140 the number of British forces who have died in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion, with 109 killed in combat.
Four British forces were killed Nov. 12 in an attack on a Multinational Forces boat patrol on the Shatt Al-Arab waterway in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city. Ten Britons died in the Jan. 30, 2006, crash of a Hercules transport plane north of Baghdad.
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82 percent of Americans say the world is becoming more dangerous for the United States and its people, with 48 percent saying %u201Cmuch more dangerous.%u201D
73 percent say the United States is not doing a good job as a leader in creating a more peaceful and prosperous world, with 34 percent saying it has done a %u201Cpoor%u201D job.
68 percent believe the rest of the world sees the United States negatively, with 34 percent saying %u201Cvery negatively.%u201D
61 percent say America%u2019s safety from terrorism does not depend on success in Iraq, and 70 percent say its troops should leave within the next 12 months (19 percent say immediately).
84 percent say %u201Cinitiating military force only when we have the support of our allies%u201D should be important to our foreign policy, with 51 percent saying %u201Cvery important.%u201D
The stupid lazy sonofab1tch said that as he was on his way to another vacation: "His schedule calls mostly for quiet time in Crawford through the weekend."
No other reason.
He will lie like a rug and say that it's for the nation's security, or the cause of freedom, or "to support the troops."
But he is only keeping the war going to save his own face.
Here are a list of the Republican Senators up for Reelection in 08. Ask them how much AIPAC influences their vote on Iraq?
Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Warner, John- (R - VA)
Now here is the real kicker! President Bush is funding Al Qaeda in Lebanon with funds from Iraq! This is Impeachment and Treason! Here is the proof Read it!
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/
articles/070305fa_fact_hersh
CONTACT your ELECTED OFFICIAL http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
Speakers email address: AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov
info@gop.com
Republican Party email
democraticparty@democrats.org
Democratic Party email
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1617548.ece
http://www1.debka.com/index.php
Looks like line 6 will be running tonight. Time to round up some Mexican labor and sell another chopper.
God Bless America!
Posted by drinuk at 08:38 AM : Apr 05, 2007
Yea, I'll bet it says Made in Iran on it and signed by Ahmadinejad. I believe!
If you've ever seen Irans latest weapons, you might be suprized whos in the stone age. That 4 trillion missing from the Pentagon would have been better used for weapons maybe?
The only reason no one overthrows the US, is because no one wants you. The only nation to ever have 2 million in jail since Nazi Germany. Soon it will excede the unemployment rate. Each state has and average of 1,500 homocides per year. That's 75,000 per year, nation wide. You are nuts!
"He will lie like a rug and say that it's for the nation's security, or the cause of freedom, or "to support the troops.""
Posted by Iceman_1960 at 08:23 AM : Apr 05, 2007
I find it absolutely amazing that the truth and policy of the Democratic party of yesterday is the lies and deceit of the Republican Party today.
"The hard fact is that so long as Saddam remains in power, he threatens the well-being of his people, the peace of his region, the security of the world. The best way to end that threat once and for all is with a new Iraqi government -- a government ready to live in peace with its neighbors, a government that respects the rights of its people."
-President Clinton, December 16, 1998
"Iraq is a long way from Ohio, but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
-Madeleine Albright, February 18, 1998
"Imagine the consequences if Saddam fails to comply and we fail to act. Saddam will be emboldened, believing the international community has lost its will. He will rebuild his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. And some day, some way, I am certain he will use that arsenal again, as he has ten times since 1983."
-Sandy Berger, February 18, 1998
"In the next century, the community of nations may see more and more the very kind of threat Iraq poses now -- a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction ready to use them or provide them to terrorists, drug traffickers or organized criminals who travel the world among us unnoticed. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow by the knowledge that they can act with impunity, even in the face of a clear message from the United Nations Security Council and clear evidence of a weapons of mass destruction program."
-President Clinton, February 17, 1998
"As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I am keenly aware that the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons is an issue of grave importance to all nations. Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
-Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, December 16, 1998
The Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (sponsored by Bob Kerrey, John McCain, and Joseph Lieberman, and signed into law by President Clinton) states:
"It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime."
-Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, September 29, 1998
INDEPENDANT CONFIRMATION ON THE WHITE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE REPORTS:
"The intelligence which the president shared with us was in line with what we saw in the White House."
-----Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2003
ONE SHORT YEAR LATER:
"The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition."
-----Nancy Pelosi, January 2004
THIS 'SURGE' IS WORKING REALLY GOOD!!!
QUICK, GIVE BUSH ANOTHER 100 BILLION $$$$$$
NO STRINGS ATTACHED!!
Posted by irishbitch1 at 10:25 AM : Apr 05, 2007
The same rhetoric that Bush used to get us into war with Iraq is the same rhetoric that the DEMS spouted in the 90's. I just find it strange that it was honest in 1998 and lies in 2004. Can you explain how truth turned to lies?
QUICK, GIVE BUSH ANOTHER 100 BILLION $$$$$$
NO STRINGS ATTACHED!!
Posted by dallison7
We do not have the first 100 billion to give.
Here are a list of the Republican Senators up for Reelection in 08. Ask them how much AIPAC influences their vote on Iraq?
Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Warner, John- (R - VA)
Now here is the real kicker! President Bush is funding Al Qaeda in Lebanon with funds from Iraq! This is Impeachment and Treason! Here is the proof Read it!
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/070305fa_fact_hersh
CONTACT your ELECTED OFFICIAL http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
Speakers email address: AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov
info@gop.com
Republican Party email
democraticparty@democrats.org
Democratic Party email
Another day another Bush failure.
Bush has killed thousands with his cherry picked intelligence, washington is full of POLITICIANS who only take care of their own agendas, bush's agenda kills!That's what makes him a criminal!
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Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)"
Posted by bluestardad at 11:03 AM : Apr 05, 2007
Thankfully, Senator Dullard has already announced his intention to retire. At this point, this seat is a virtual dem lock the way CO's been swinging lately. Until then, though, no amount of writing (unless it's on a check, maybe) seems able to change this man's mind on anything.
Bush has killed thousands with his cherry picked intelligence, washington is full of POLITICIANS who only take care of their own agendas, bush's agenda kills!That's what makes him a criminal!
Posted by irishbitch1 at 11:21 AM : Apr 05, 2007
My point was that Bush's "cherry picked" intelligence was the same that was spouted by Nancy Pelosi, Sandy Berger, Madeline Albright ,and Bill Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by Hillary Clinton in '03.
It seems to me that you are cherry picking the data you use to debate. I'm simply posting was said in public and on the record.
Did you all hear that??? It sounded like a collective "sigh" of disappointment by the media that they weren't all killed.
Posted by frankly6 at 11:10 AM : Apr 05, 2007
I swear, you libs are worse than little 13 year old school girls. Why don't you wipe your nose, dry your eyes, and quit your asinine whining!
Did you all hear that??? It sounded like a collective "sigh" of disappointment by the media that they weren't all killed.
Posted by us_infidel at 11:52 AM : Apr 05, 2007
It was hit by a giant crab coming out of the spider hole. They cut the grizzly scene and put in a more family frienly one.
Where are the Bush twins?
Posted by us_infidel at 11:55 AM : Apr 05, 2007
LOL Is it that YOU can't read or just do not have the intelligence to UNDERSTAND the post? You have posted this SAME tired old line at least 15 times in the last 3 days. ROFLMAO You know there are night classes you can take to help with your ability to understand what folks, YOUR fellow Citizens are saying. Then you could respond more directly to what the poster's position is. Sieg Heil!! ROFLMAO Dumb as a box of rocks!!
It seems to me that you are cherry picking the data you use to debate. I'm simply posting was said in public and on the record.
Posted by diverinnl at 11:29 AM : Apr 05, 2007
LMAO Right! And which one of those people plunged this nation into a WAR based on what was concidered by all to be very bad intel at best? ROFLMAO You Nazi's have never been very good at understanding posturing for the sake of debate and ACTUALLY attacking a nation now have you? ROFLMAO Sieg Heil Y'all. ROFLMAO
Posted by us_infidel at 11:52 AM : Apr 05, 2007
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Oop's NOW you are hearing things that never existed. Have you been hearing voices too? Maybe you should concider visiting a Doctor and for god's sake take off some of those swastika's. Your hatred for you fellow citizens and Neighbors is very troubling and is a sign of a Mental Condition. I mean really!! Your love for the "party" is so great that NO ONE is going to fit your idea of what an American should be. ROFLMAO Sieg Heil Sparky!! ROFLMAO
Posted by MCVet at 12:44 PM : Apr 05, 2007
I never stated that I supported the war in Iraq nor the invasion in the first place, did I? I was pointing out the hypocrisy of the hawks of '98 being the doves of '07 and liberals refuse to call them on it.
What I take from your rediculous statement is that they said it but they didn't really mean it and that's OK. I raised to believe that you say what you mean and you mean what you say. Not propogandic flip flop to appease voters.
Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell shocked period immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, caused enough anger that liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union had joined forces with prominent conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly and Bob Barr to oppose renewal.
GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.
"I don't give a *******," Bush retorted. "I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way."
"Mr. President," one aide in the meeting said. "There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution."
"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It's just a ******* piece of paper!"
BUSH, THE BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN!!
Disbelief...Sadness...Please Help the U.S. Amen
the resumption of hostilities was only a matter of time since iraq broke the ceasefire agreement.....
blame saddam for iraq%u2026%u2026. Even clintoon and the dems wanted the resumption of hostilities back in 1998
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." - Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998
http://www.house.gov/pelosi/priraq1.htm
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line." - President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
http://www.cnn.com/US/9802/04/us.un.iraq/
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." - President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/02/17/transcripts/clinton.iraq/
WASHINGTON (Feb. 18) -- In preparing the nation for a possible war with Iraq,
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/02/18/iraq.political.analysis/
"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face." --Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It's just a ********* piece of paper!"
BUSH, THE BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN!!
Posted by dallison7 at 12:52 PM : Apr 05, 2007
What a load of ***. This as*hole (dallison7) has posted some BIG LIES in the past, but now we're in the TWIGHLIGHT ZONE.
Help me out here lars, did Clintoon and the dems invade Iraq back in 1998?
As to the Brits....They did handle the 15 sailor/marine crisis well. But they have announced plans to withdraw 1/2 of their troops from Iraq Basra area and withdraw the rest in 2008 because Basra was relatively "quiet". I wonder what today's Brit death toll will do to their plans.
hahahahahahahahahahaha
15 BRITS ALIVE OR IRAN DEAD!!!
1904: 'Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!' Theodore Roosevelt
http://www.capitalcentury.com/1904.html
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seen looking for a spider hole...
hahahahahahahaha
Russian intelligence sees U.S. military buildup on Iran border
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070327/62697703.html
'US ready to strike Iran on Good Friday'
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173879220977&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Next 48 hours critical in Iran standoff, Blair says
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070403.wukiran0403/BNStory/Front
Exclusive from Tehran: Iranian leadership debate next step in British hostage crisis in light of speculation on US military intentions
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=4008
Bring Them War, Not Elections
http://www.frontpagemag.com//Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27639
BUSH, THE BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN!!
Posted by dallison7 at 12:52 PM : Apr 05, 2007
What a load of ***. This as*hole (dallison7) has posted some BIG LIES in the past, but now we're in the TWIGHLIGHT ZONE.
Posted by mbcsmith at 02:34 PM : Apr 05, 2007
Actually this report is true and has been reported by many sources. I first heard it on MSNBC (Pat Buchanan was bitc*hing about it and he 's about as conservative as you can get), but it's not hard to find it on the internet.
Posted by newsreader2 at 12:19 PM : Apr 05, 2007
Drunk or stoned somewhere. Whoever Rove assigned to keeping them and their trust fund brat behavior hidden from the public eye is doing a pretty good job of it. Except of course for several months ago when they were thrown out (excuse me...asked to leave...) Argentina for partying too much and embarrassing themselves. You know back in the day I used to party a lot and was even thrown out of a bar or two, but I never heard of anyone who partied so hard they got thrown out of a whole country!
Al-Basrah just installed new extention cords and now they have 3 amps power per block.
Arb%u012Bl has worked with US military construction engineers, and have invented a rolling gas can for much easier trips back to the car if you run out of gas.
Dh%u012B Qar has just recieved a new version of the Trophy Systems from Israel that works on fruit and vegetable stands.
Babil and genetic engineers from South Africa are close to testing new flame proof dates.
Posted by pudd54 at 10:25 AM : Apr 05, 2007
That's OK, Big Brother Bush has lot's of buddies in the war contracting business who'll be happy to sell the US as many helicopters as the Iraqi insurgents can shoot down...at a nice profit margin of course. I mean we mustn't forget that profit is the reason Bush started this whole war after all. As for the crews that die in these "crashes"? Well Bush can always get back on TV, wave the flag and try again (as he's been doing the last few days) to connect this war for profit in Iraq with 9-11 and then he'll always convince a few more teary-eyed supporters to send their kids of to die in his criminal enterprise.
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