BAGHDAD, Nov. 6, 2007
2007 Deadliest Year For U.S. In Iraq
Deaths Of 6 U.S. Forces Push Toll To 853 During Year Of Massive Troop Buildup
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U.S. Army soldiers prepare to search an automotive yard in Mosul, Iraq on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. The U.S. military on Tuesday announced the deaths of five more soldiers and one sailor, making 2007 the bloodiest year of the war for American forces. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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Turkish soldiers patrol in Sirnak province, on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. Turkey's president said Tuesday his country "has decided" on how to proceed against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and had informed the United States. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)
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President Bush, right, meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. (AP)
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A senior Navy officer, meanwhile, announced the planned release of nine Iranian prisoners and was at pains to say that a major cache of Iranian-made weapons and bombs displayed for reporters appeared to have been shipped into Iraq before Tehran made a vow to stop the flow of armaments.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said last week that Iran had made such assurances to the Iraqi government. He did not reveal when the pledge was issued.
While 2007 became the war's deadliest year, there has been a sharp downturn in both Iraqi and American deaths over the past two months and a decline in Iranian weapons deliveries could be one of several factors for the decrease.
"It's our best judgment that these particular EFPs ... in recent large cache finds do not appear to have arrived here in Iraq after those pledges were made," Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, director of the Multi-National Force-Iraq's communications division, told reporters Tuesday.
Among the weapons Washington has accused Iran of supplying to Iraqi Shiite militia fighters are EFPs, or explosively formed projectiles. They fire a slug of molten metal capable of penetrating even the most heavily armored military vehicles, and thus are more deadly than other roadside bombs.
The No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, said last week that there had been a sharp decline in the number of EFPs found in Iraq in the last three months. At the time, he and Gates both said it was too early to tell whether the trend would hold, and whether it could be attributed to action by Iranian authorities. Iran publicly denies that it has sent weapons to Shiite militias in Iraq.
Two of the Iranians who will be freed "in the coming days" were among five captured in a January U.S. raid on an Iranian government facility in Irbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region in the north of the country.
The Americans said the five were members of Iran's elite Quds Force, an arm of the Revolutionary Guards. Iran said the five were diplomats working in a facility that was undergoing preparations to be a consular office.
Smith told reporters the identities of the nine Iranians would be released later and that many of them had been taken prisoner through the course of the war. He said the decision to release the nine was made after they were determined not to be a threat to U.S. forces.
In other developments:
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MI5 Says Kids Groomed for Terror Attacks
Extremists are grooming children and teenagers to plot terrorist attacks against Britain, the director of the domestic spy agency said Monday.
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WAKE UP! The Crisis in Pakistan Is Much More Dangerous Than You Think
Musharraf''s Emergency Crackdown Is Anathema to Everyone Who Cherishes Human Rights and Democracy. But His Grip on Power Is Slipping Just as Islamic Extremists Are Escalating Their Bloody Insurgency. If They Succeed in Overthrowing Musharraf and Seizing Power, al-Qaida Will Gain Access to Pakistan''s Nuclear Weapons.
http://www.skeeterbitesreport.com/2007/11/wake-up-crisis-in-pakistan-is-much-more.html - Reply to this comment
- GlobalGrind.com reported on this too, and I''m glad more and more websites are pushing this out there so people see how bad this war is becoming and how deep we are in over our heads.
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Re: "A senior Navy officer, meanwhile, announced the planned release of nine Iranian prisoners"
How long were they held? What were they charged with? Were they tortured? Obviously they were wrongfully detained in the first place, if they are being released.
Re: "and was at pains to say that a major cache of Iranian-made weapons and bombs displayed for reporters appeared to have been shipped into Iraq before Tehran made a vow to stop the flow of armaments."
How does this unnamed moron/war criminal know that these weapons originated in Iran, and were shipped before the supposed steeming of the supposed flow?
Did they have "Made in Iran" and a "use by" date stamped on them?
Is the so-called journalist that is reporting this garbage, too dim to be aware that there are machine-shops in Iraq?
I would like to mark this paragraph as exhibit "P" in the case of CBS News complicity in the fomentation of yet another lie-based illegal war of aggression- this time against Iran.- Reply to this comment
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- radio,,, Great, how many morons can we pack in the shuttle bay ??
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Re: "U.S. and Iraqi forces launched an operation Sunday, including ground raids and air assaults targeting al Qaeda in the area, the U.S. statement said. About 30 suspects were detained, it said. Two car bomb facilities and a number of weapons caches also were found."
O.K., so they rounded up 30 civilians under the guise of going after the imaginary "al-Qaeda-in-Iraq" boogie-men, but how many other innocent Iraqis were murdered/maimed by the aerial bombings?
How many more women and children were slaughtered by U.S. bombs in this disgraceful effort?- Reply to this comment
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- Radio,,,, With the Iraq & Afaganistan problems, the disorder now in Pakistan,,,, You think they have any concept of what they are doing with establishing peace between Isreal & Palestine ??? --- I don''t think they want anythig but more conflict.
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- Radio,,, Put it together with everthing else comming out of Iraq, from Congressional oversight meetings to what in-country Army officers are relaying to thier reliefs here in the states, & what other sources like the Council on Foreign Relations, etc ----- You get a real accurate picture.
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- Radio,,,, That was excellent, thanks again..... Now just to get these truth deniers to read it.
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- I posted the link to Chatham House report on Iraq after the surge, it is not as in depth as the one in May but still does not paint a rosy picture.
The link is in the previous post. - Reply to this comment
- radiob,,,, Got it, thanks.
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- From Chatham House
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/research/middle_east/papers/view/-/id/553/
Dr Hiltermann identified four intersecting wars in Iraq: first, the Sunni-Shi%u2019a sectarian
conflict; second, the intra-Sunni conflict; third, the intra-Shi%u2019a conflict; fourth, a potential
Kurdish-Arab conflict. Dr Hiltermann turned to first to consider the Sunni-Shi%u2019a conflict
noting that the terms %u2018Sunni%u2019 and %u2018Shi%u2019a%u2019 are difficult and more complex than they initially
appear to be, especially given the frequency of mixed marriages in Iraq. The terms have
been made meaningful by political actors with a vested interest in distinguishing between
communities. The conflict over resources has encouraged the use of religious and ethnic
markers to carve out communities. Dr Hiltermann suggested that, to a certain extent, the
surge has kept this conflict on hold. - Reply to this comment
- radiob,,, Can you give me the link to the newest Chatham House report ?? The closest I could get was the BBC article & that was talking about the May report on Iraq.
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- Thanks J I tried to write it to not offend anyone but make certain people be realistic about the situation.
Prematurely calling the surge a success is dangerous not only politically but more importantly to our soldiers. - Reply to this comment
- radiob,,,, Good post.... Muslem countries will always have Islamic law, a good example is in Dubai, & Egypt.
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