posted on December 17, 2006 07:25:34 AM new
When will the last American die in Iraq because of Bush's failures?
As of TODAY 12/17/06
America has 2,946 dead American troops up 6 since yesterday.
America has 22,057 wounded American troops.
America has spent 349,000,000,000 tax dollars on Iraq.
12/16/06 Reuters: 53 bodies found in Baghdad
Iraqi police said they had found around 53 bodies in Baghdad in the last 24 hours, 9 of them apparently killed execution-style.
posted on December 17, 2006 11:16:45 AM new
I can CIVIL WAR!!!!
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28 kidnapped from aid office in Baghdad
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press WriterSun Dec 17, 11:11 AM ET
Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms burst into Red Crescent offices on Sunday and kidnapped more than two dozen people at the humanitarian organization in the latest sign of the country's growing lawlessness.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in Iraq on his sixth visit since the 2003 invasion, appealed for international support for Iraq's fragile government, saying the bloodshed was being carried out "by the very forces worldwide who are trying to prevent moderation."
Blair and his Iraqi counterpart, Nouri al-Maliki, discussed preparations by British military units in Basra, the main city in southern Iraq, to turn over security to Iraqi forces. Britain expects to withdraw several thousand troops from Iraq next year, despite concerns that Iraqi forces are not ready to keep order on their own.
"Our task — ours, the Americans, the whole of the coalition, the international community and the Iraqis themselves — is to make sure that the forces of terrorism don't defeat the will of the people to have a democracy," Blair said.
In the latest violence, gunmen in five pickup trucks pulled up at the office of the Iraqi Red Crescent in downtown Baghdad and abducted 25 employees and three security guards from an adjacent building, police said.
A Red Crescent official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of safety concerns, said the gunmen left women behind.
The Red Crescent, which is part of the international Red Cross movement, has around 1,000 staff and some 200,000 volunteers in Iraq. It works closely with the International Committee of the Red Cross, which visits detainees and tries to provide food, water and medicine to Iraqis.
"We don't know who they are. We don't know why they did this," said Antonella Notari, a Red Cross spokeswoman in Geneva.
She also said the organization was in contact with the Iraqi Interior Ministry, which denied any involvement and had assured that they were searching for the abductees.
Mazin Abdellaha, the secretary-general of the Iraqi Red Crescent, appealed to the kidnappers to release the captives.
"They represent a humanitarian agency that works for the general good, and this agency helps all people regardless of their sect or ethnicity," Abdellaha said.
At least half a dozen mass kidnappings have been carried out in the Iraqi capital this year, possibly by armed groups linked to the sectarian conflict between Sunnis and Shiites.
The abduction comes just days after the organization's vice president, Dr. Jamal al-Karbouli, said American forces represented a greater danger to its work than insurgents.
"The insurgents, they are Iraqis, a lot of them are Iraqis, and they respect the Iraqis. And they respect our (the Red Crescent's) identity, which is neutrality," al-Karbouli said Friday.
Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, said in response that the U.S.-led coalition forces "strive to ensure they are respectful when they conduct interaction with the local population."
On Thursday, gunmen in military uniforms kidnapped dozens of people in central Baghdad, police said. The attackers drove up to the busy Sanak area in about 10 sport utility vehicles and began rounding up shop owners and bystanders. Police said 50 to 70 people were abducted, but at least two dozen were later released.
On Sunday, the U.S. military said a roadside bomb killed three American soldiers and injured a fourth serviceman north of Baghdad. The soldiers were clearing a route so another unit could move through the area on Saturday, the military said in a statement.
The toll raised to 57 the number of Americans killed in Iraq in December. At least 2,945 members of the U.S. military have died since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
British and Iraqi troops in Basra are conducting a neighborhood-by-neighborhood sweep aimed at rooting out weapons and militants and launching reconstruction projects. Its completion in the new year will likely trigger an announcement that Britain is slashing its troop numbers.
Britain has some 7,000 troops in Iraq, most based around the city of Basra in the south — the largest commitment of any country after the United States. More than 120 British personnel have died in the country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 that ousted Saddam Hussein.
"The operation there for the Iraqi forces to take control of security of the city is going well," Blair said.
Late on Sunday afternoon, Blair flew to Basra to visit some of the troops stationed there.
"Our country and other countries like it are having to rediscover what it means to fight for what you believe in," Blair told the soldiers.
"You are not fighting a state, but fighting a set of ideas and ideologies, a group of extremists who share the same perspective," he said.
Among those killed in violence were two policeman, an Iraqi soldier and a municipal official in Baghdad; and a police officer in Kut, southeast of the capital.
posted on December 17, 2006 11:56:58 AM new
carlogrando,
Bushy is stalling now just like he has for the last couple years. We all remember the "stay the course" stall. His very poor leadership (the worst ever) has created a situation that has no easy way out.
Everyday Bushy stalls more Americans Die,more Americans are wounded and more American tax dollars are spent on his Iraq Nam civil war.
HOW LONG BEFORE BUSH ASKS THE LAST AMERICAN SOLDIER DIE IN HIS IRAQ NAM?
posted on December 17, 2006 12:52:03 PM new
How long??? Oh...probably two to ten years...maybe more.
and "waco"peepa....when you going to apologize for ALL those LIES you posted about me? Anytime soon? Or you just going to start referring to yourself as LIAR-peepa????
posted on December 17, 2006 01:16:43 PM new
The Iraq was and our losses are NOTHING like they were in Vietnam....NOTHING....NO WHERE NEAR VN.
And tens of THOUSANDS of Vietnemes were SLAUGHTERED when we withdrew.
THAT is what NO ONE wants to see happen AGAIN.....that's why they WON'T go with ANY immediate withdraw.....some of them, including democrats, AREN't so stupid to want to repeat that in this war.
Those of you here that have been CHEERING for the slaughter that will happen IF we withdraw before the Iraqi's can defend themselves......are on the LOSING side of this argument.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on December 17, 2006 01:19:34 PM new
Spoken like a mother who KNOWS her son is in Hawaii sipping on Pina Coladas and FAR from the death zone.
Guess it is just OK with her, as long as it is not her little ba**ard that gets maimed or killed. Others are expendable.
Given another 2 to 10 years, as Linda is hoping for there is no doubt the numbers will be comparable and NO, I couldn't care less what happens in Iraq. Not worth ONE American life, in my opinion.
posted on December 17, 2006 01:20:18 PM newand "waco"peepa....when you going to apologize for ALL those LIES you posted about me? Anytime soon? Or you just going to start referring to yourself as LIAR-peepa????
With so many posting on different topics and with all the disruptions it's sometimes difficult to remember who said what and when. Once in awhile someone makes an error and it's not intentional.
Bigpeepa, I found out it's no use apologizing if you ever slip up as Linda doesn't have the class to accept one and will continue to harangue you forever and a day afterwards anyways. In her mind she's the only one that should be able to lie or make a mistake and never account for it so let her keep the Liar_K name for herself. She owns it.
posted on December 17, 2006 01:41:53 PM new
See....here's a PERFECT example of some LIE that's told....then other IDIOTS read it....TRY to remember it...then down the road state it as FACT.
"[i]Spoken like a mother who KNOWS her son is in Hawaii sipping on Pina Coladas and FAR from the death zone.
Guess it is just OK with her, as long as it is not her little ba**ard that gets maimed or killed. Others are expendable. Given another 2 to 10 years, as Linda is hoping for there is no doubt the numbers will be comparable and NO, I couldn't care less what happens in Iraq. Not worth ONE American life, in my opinion[/i]."
Any SANE person would wonder just how this idiot could 'read Linda's mind'...and KNOW what she is 'hoping for'.
Then the stuff about my son...is an out and out lie.
But somewhere down the road....helen and kiara will run to the rescue of this joker who has no clue about what my son has or is doing....and they'll DEFEND them as 'they just were confused'....not lying.
Nope...they post out and out lies and helen NOR kiara EVER hold them accountable for their LIES...NEVER.
says a lot about both of them....PLUS the original LIAR.
then they wonder why I call so many LIARS. Because it appears to me that LYING here has reached a DISEASE level with democrats.
posted on December 17, 2006 01:42:43 PM new
Does it make you feel BIGGER to call me 'mini-me', Linda?
FYI, I established my identity long before I came here and saw Helen posting here. You have very little insight into others as you label them only one way so I can see where you may be confused and befuddled. I'd be honored to be as intelligent and well-read as Helen though and It's obvious that you carry extreme jealousy for her because she makes you feel so inferior.
Perhaps you should try to take part in 'The Last Two Letters' thread and learn some new words instead of LIAR and STALKER.
posted on December 17, 2006 01:49:58 PM new
because you're so OFTEN right behind hellen, doing exactly what she just did...or said.
I could go back to calling you the 'tag-along twins' if you prefer. Two of a kind...always supporting whatever the other one said....with YOU usually following helen.
posted on December 17, 2006 01:50:36 PM newNope...they post out and out lies and helen NOR kiara EVER hold them accountable for their LIES...NEVER.
Why should I be accountable for what anyone else says or does here, Linda? I'm not their mother and I'm not a board monitor.
Don't you always say you can take care of yourself and just awhile ago you were talking about having balls. Use them then instead of going into victim mode repeatedly.
posted on December 17, 2006 01:51:37 PM new
Where are the lies??
There aren't any
""""[i]Spoken like a mother who KNOWS her son is in Hawaii sipping on Pina Coladas and FAR from the death zone.
Guess it is just OK with her, as long as it is not her little ba**ard that gets maimed or killed. Others are expendable. Given another 2 to 10 years, as Linda is hoping for there is no doubt the numbers will be comparable and NO, I couldn't care less what happens in Iraq. Not worth ONE American life, in my opinion[/i]."""
"LIKE a mother"
"Guess"
Once again linduh screams liar and can't prove it.
But clear proof of her lies are in the other thread.
posted on December 17, 2006 01:53:51 PM new
oh I know classic....just can't get my mind around that twisted concept. sorry.
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oh kaira...I'm supposed to be impressed that a bunch of you can sit with a dictionary in front of your and pull up words that start with the last to letters of the last persons word????? LOL LOL LOL LOL
sorry...doesn't impress me at all. enjoy yourself.
posted on December 17, 2006 01:57:30 PM new
You know carlo....I'm beginning to see clearly now why your husband keeps you at home...away from the general public...posting all over the place all day long.
It's because IF he let you go out in the real world...others would see you can't 'make' it on your own.
ANYONE who's STUPID enough to think I would have DENIED saying what they just finished posting that I HAD SAID....should not only stay in the house all the time....but imo, should be locked up for evaluation of sanity.
posted on December 17, 2006 01:57:43 PM newoh kaira...I'm supposed to be impressed that a bunch of you can sit with a dictionary in front of your and pull up words that start with the last to letters of the last persons word????? LOL LOL LOL LOL
How do you know everyone is using a dictionary or do you just assume that all must be as intelligent as you because you'd need one?
posted on December 17, 2006 01:58:02 PM new
LINDA!
Now honey if you don't settle calm and stop getting so excited, just like the Nurse's Aid told you to do, that mean ole Nurse is gonna have to come in your room and give you one of those nasty shots that sends you into outer space again and take away the laptop that you saved up your Nursing Home allowance for. You don't want that to happen AGAIN do you?
posted on December 17, 2006 02:04:10 PM new
because I have LONG seen how they can't even READ what HAS been written, correctly....can't GRASP was WAS ACTUALLY written, can't POST anything TRUTHFULLY....can't REMEMBER what happened a few days ago..let alone YEARS ago.
but if you'd like to pretend that you're just so intelligent because you do know how to use a dictionary, kiara.....have at it.
edited to add another statement kiara made.
"I'm not their mother and I'm not a board monitor."
You're NOT???? lol lol lol Gosh...I bet NO ONE here KNEW THAT. lollolol
Problem is you ACT like their mother...by coming to their DEFENSE all the time. STicking up for THEM....that's one thing mommies do for their little ones.
And you do it for many here, kiara.
Can't say you aren't their mommy when you ACT like their mommy instead of staying out of their problems with others. Keep your NOSE out of it when it doesn't even concern you.
But nope...you just can't. Neither can helen. And there are others who notice it too....I'm not the ONLY one who CAN read your posts.
[ edited by Linda_K on Dec 17, 2006 02:11 PM ]
