Situation In Iraq Has Worsened

alchemize

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I've seen graphs/charts that show per day - maybe somebody has a link that shows the last few weeks?
 

conjur

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Things are just hunky-dory


01/04/06 KUNA: US drone crashes in Iraqi city of Mosul
A US drone crashed Wednesday in a residential area in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, said a security source. MNF refused to make any statement concerning the accident before receiving a report from Mosul.
01/04/06 AP: Wyoming soldier recovering after Iraq War injuries
Staff Sergeant Mike Barrera was wounded on November 19th. Body armor stopped a shot Barrera took to the back. But he was shot twice in his right hand, once in his left hand and once in his right arm.
01/04/06 Reuters: Update on convoy attack (cont.)
However, by nightfall, police said there were still isolated clashes on the road and at least four people had been killed -- a driver and three members of the convoy's security team.
01/04/06 Reuters: Update on convoy attack
"The convoy left Baiji and was on its way to Baghdad when it came under fire. So far we know 20 have been destroyed," an oil industry official said. The statement did not mention casualties and the Oil Ministry said only one tanker had been destroyed
01/04/06 National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of January 4, 2006
This week, the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps announced a decrease in the number of reservists on active duty. The Coast Guard number remained unchanged. The net collective result is 1,851 fewer reservists mobilized than last week.
01/04/06 NSTOnline: Three tankers torcher north of Baghdad
In a separate attack in the afternoon, rebels torched three tanker trucks just north of Baghdad.
01/04/06 AP: Update on Tanker convoy
Insurgents attacked a convoy of 60 tanker trucks with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns, destroying three of the tankers and damaging 15 others. Three Iraqi army vehicles, which had been guarding the convoy, were also destroyed in the attack.
01/04/06 AP: Military passengers in and out of Iraq have topped one million
If you have a relative who's been deployed to Iraq, they've made the trip to or from the war courtesy of the 38th expeditionary wing of the U.S. Air Force--about a month ago, his operation transported it's one millionth soldier on an Iraq flight.
01/04/06 ABC: Separate attacks kill Iraqi policeman, soldier
In the capital, gunmen in separate incidents killed a former army captain. In Aziziyah, 35 miles southeast of Baghdad, gunmen fired on a police patrol, killing one policeman, Hadi al-Itabi of the Kut morgue said.
01/04/06 ABC: Iraqi violence kills two civilians
Gunmen in Mosul attacked the political offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, killing a civilian, Dr. Bahaldin al-Bakri said. A roadside bomb in Baqouba killed a woman, the Diyala police said.
01/04/06 Union-Tribune: Soldier who lost leg in Iraq war determined to get back
George Perez, 21, lost his leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq more than a year ago, but despite the phantom pains that haunt him, he says he is determined to prove to the Army that he is no less of a man ? and no less of a soldier.
01/04/06 AP: North Carolina soldier killed in Iraq had dodged war in Liberia
Prince Teewia avoided the violence that tore apart his home country of Liberia when he was a teen-ager. Instead, he found death in Iraq, wearing the uniform of the United States Army.
01/04/06 AP: Two injured soldiers continue recovery
Cory Briest is at the Bethesda Naval Hospital--he suffered a serious head injury. Specialist Allen Kokesh Junior, at a U-S Army hospital in Texas--is recovering from a leg amputation, an injury to his left elbow, burns and injuries to his eyes.
01/04/06 Reuters: Iraqi soldier killed in Latifiya
An Iraqi soldier was killed and two wounded when a bomb went off near their patrol in Latifiya, in an area dubbed the "Triangle of Death" south of Baghdad, an army source said.
01/04/06 Reuters: Makeshift bomb wounds two Iraqi policemen in Iakandariya
Two Iraqi policemen were wounded on Tuesday when a makeshift bomb went off near their patrol in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
01/04/06 Reuters: Two Iraqi police commandos killed in mortar attack
Two police commandos were killed and nine others wounded when mortar rounds landed on their checkpoint in western Baghdad, hospital source said.
01/04/06 AP: Joint Chiefs Chairman: Failure is not an option
In an interview with A-P Radio, General Pace is upbeat about Iraq's future, but he's shying away from saying Iraq has now turned a corner. Instead, he calls it "a very steady ramp of progress."
01/04/06 Xinhuanet: Insurgents burn 19 fuel tankers north of Baghdad
"Dozens of armed men ambushed a convoy of fuel tankers in Meshaheda area, some 40 km north of Baghdad, and opened fire with RPG's and assault rifles, setting 19 tankers ablaze and damaging three police commando vehicles," Captain Ahmed Abdullah said.
01/04/06 Reuters: Two Iraqi security guards killed in Baghdad
Two guards of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the leader of one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite political parties, were shot dead on Tuesday while attending a funeral in southern Baghdad, police said.
01/04/06 Reuters: Two bodies found west of Baghdad
The bodies of two people, bound, gagged and shot dead, were found in Mahawil, about 75 km west of Bagdhad, police said.
01/04/06 AP: Fourteen members of Miss.'s 155th died during Iraq deployment
Capsules of the 14 soldiers of the Mississippi National Guard's 155th Brigade Combat Team who died in Iraq.
01/04/06 Reuters: Oil tanker convoy attacked, Twenty destroyed
rebels armed with rocket-propelled grenades and machineguns ambushed 60 fuel tankers on a road north of Baghdad, destroying 20 of them, police and oil officials said, saying the convoy's police escort was still fighting the attack.
01/04/06 Reuters: 8 dead in Baghdad car blast
At least eight people were killed and 12 wounded when a car bomb exploded in southern Baghdad. The car was parked close to a busy commercial market in the Doura district, they said. Earlier, three people were killed when a car bomb went off...
01/04/06 UPI: Iraqi policeman killed in Baghdad during firefight
in the western part of Baghdad, police became involved in a half-hour firefight with insurgents. One policeman was killed and 16 other officers injured.
01/04/06 Reuters: Iraq bomber attacks Shi'ite funeral, kills 36 (update)
A suicide bomber killed 36 people and wounded 40 at a Shi'ite funeral on Wednesday and a car bomb exploded in the lately peaceful holy city of Kerbala, ratcheting up tension between Iraq's Muslim sects.
01/04/06 newkerala: Car bomb in Iraqi city of Kerbala wounds three
A car bomb exploded in the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala today, injuring at least three people and damaging four cars, police said. Insurgent attacks are rare in Kerbala--It was the first car bomb to explode in Kerbala since December 2004
01/04/06 Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Attack in Iraq targets 100th Battalion camp
Even as soldiers of Hawaii's 100th Battalion packed up its combat flag this week as they prepared to return home, their base camp near Balad came under mortar attack. The attack occurred Monday...
01/04/06 AP: Contractor from DeSoto Parish killed in Iraq
Authorities say Michael williams, of Stanley, was one of four U-S civilian contractors killed when their bus was hit by a seven-ton truck. Another eighteen civilians were injured.
01/04/06 MSNBC: Suicide bomber kills 30 at Shiite funeral in Iraq
A suicide bomber killed about 30 people and wounded dozens during a Shiite Muslim funeral at Miqdadiya, 60 miles northeast of Baghdad, on Wednesday, an Iraqi security official said.
01/04/06 Paktribune: Senior Iraqi oil official shot dead in Baghdad
A senior official from Iraq`s oil ministry and his son were shot dead Wednesday in Baghdad...Rahim Ali Sudani, a director-general at the oil ministry, and his son were killed in a drive-by attack on their car in the west of the capital.
01/04/06 AP: Three civilians killed in Kirkuk
Three civilians are dead in Kirkuk after their car was hit by a bomb intended for a U-S patrol.
01/04/06 Yakima-herald: Soldier from Selah injured in Iraq blast
Spc. Evan Mettie, 22, of Selah remained in a coma Tuesday and was expected to be transported today to Washington's Walter Reed Army Medical Center, said his sister, Kira Mettie.
01/04/06 BBC: Car bomb in Baghdad kills three
At least three people were killed and 13 wounded when a car bomb exploded outside a police station in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials said. Witnesses said both police and civilians were among the casualties in the mainly Shia district of Kadhimiya.
01/03/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. 1st Class Jason L. Bishop, 31, of Williamstown, Ky., died in As Siniyah, Iraq, on Jan. 1, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during patrol operations.
01/03/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. 1st Class Shawn C. Dostie, 32, of Granite City, Ill., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 30, when an IED detonated near his HMMWV during patrol operations. Assigned to the 2nd Bat., 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
 

JackStorm

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But there sure are enough Iraqi's dying, as seen here. So I wouldn't say things are improving just yet. Unless, of course, Iraqi deaths don't count.
 

Todd33

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Iran II rocks! Didn't we just blow up a house full of women and kids because we were too cowardly to kick the door in and see who was there?
 

Meuge

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Originally posted by: Aimster
Dying.

This is good news.

Before I used to read about 1-5 dying every several days. Now I don't see anything on the front page.

Hi anti-Bush people. Welcome to my thread

Yes... the sign of situation improving is that you no longer read about it. :roll:
 

JackStorm

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Originally posted by: Todd33
Iran II rocks! Didn't we just blow up a house full of women and kids because we were too cowardly to kick the door in and see who was there?

You mean this?
 

conjur

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Originally posted by: JackStorm
Originally posted by: Todd33
Iran II rocks! Didn't we just blow up a house full of women and kids because we were too cowardly to kick the door in and see who was there?

You mean this?
That would be it. And it also helps explain the drop in US casualties. Moving from 10-20 air strikes/day to 100+ will wreak havoc on Iraq while our troops are safe (of course this can only help bolster the Propagandist's ratings: "Look! No more US troops dying! Iraq is all better! VICTORY!"
 

dmcowen674

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Originally posted by: Aimster
Topic Title: Situation In Iraq Has Improved
Topic Summary: I am not reading about anymore U.S Soldiers..Dying.

This is good news.

Before I used to read about 1-5 dying every several days. Now I don't see anything on the front page.

Hi anti-Bush people. Welcome to my thread

Wow just wow, the Republican machine gets more desperate everyday.

I would never be able to guess they are in firm control the way they are so afraid and looking over their shoulder.
 

techs

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Whoopie. So now the Iraqis are killing each other.
Great news.
Just the reason we invaded.
Senseless murder, I guess thats a Christian value now.
 

BBond

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As for the perception stated in the OP...

U.S. death toll in 2005 virtually unchanged from previous year

At least 844 American service members were killed in Iraq in 2005, nearly matching 2004's total of 848, according to information released by the U.S. government and a nonprofit organization that tracks casualties in Iraq.

Making 2005 the second deadliest year since George W. Bush uttered his famous "Mission Accomplished" horsesh!t and his infamous "Bring 'em on" sissy cowboy rhetoric.

More at link.

There are also sites like Iraq Coalition Casualty Count that provide an accurate picture of U.S. and "coalition" casualties month to month as well as total. You'll notice there have and continue to be fluctuations in U.S. and "coalition" military fatalities. The current total of U.S. troops killed is 1,282.

The Iraqi civilian casualty count has been increasing due to the increased use of bombs rather than boots on the ground as the Bush administration prepares to abandon Iraq after failing in whatever the hell their mission was in the first place, probably declaring victory and getting the hell out before the mid-term elections.

So after all of the deaths, both U.S., coalition, and Iraqi civillian, and all of the hundreds of billions wasted Bush will depart Iraq with the nation in the hands of a Shi'ite theocracy client state of Iran.

Great job you blithering idiot.





 

ntdz

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Originally posted by: BBond
As for the perception stated in the OP...

U.S. death toll in 2005 virtually unchanged from previous year

At least 844 American service members were killed in Iraq in 2005, nearly matching 2004's total of 848, according to information released by the U.S. government and a nonprofit organization that tracks casualties in Iraq.

Making 2005 the second deadliest year since George W. Bush uttered his famous "Mission Accomplished" horsesh!t and his infamous "Bring 'em on" sissy cowboy rhetoric.

More at link.

There are also sites like Iraq Coalition Casualty Count that provide an accurate picture of U.S. and "coalition" casualties month to month as well as total. You'll notice there have and continue to be fluctuations in U.S. and "coalition" military fatalities. The current total of U.S. troops killed is 1,282.

The Iraqi civilian casualty count has been increasing due to the increased use of bombs rather than boots on the ground as the Bush administration prepares to abandon Iraq after failing in whatever the hell their mission was in the first place, probably declaring victory and getting the hell out before the mid-term elections.

So after all of the deaths, both U.S., coalition, and Iraqi civillian, and all of the hundreds of billions wasted Bush will depart Iraq with the nation in the hands of a Shi'ite theocracy client state of Iran.

Great job you blithering idiot.

Bush never "uttered" Mission Accomplished. Go read the transcript of his speech.
 

BBond

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Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: BBond
As for the perception stated in the OP...

U.S. death toll in 2005 virtually unchanged from previous year

At least 844 American service members were killed in Iraq in 2005, nearly matching 2004's total of 848, according to information released by the U.S. government and a nonprofit organization that tracks casualties in Iraq.

Making 2005 the second deadliest year since George W. Bush uttered his famous "Mission Accomplished" horsesh!t and his infamous "Bring 'em on" sissy cowboy rhetoric.

More at link.

There are also sites like Iraq Coalition Casualty Count that provide an accurate picture of U.S. and "coalition" casualties month to month as well as total. You'll notice there have and continue to be fluctuations in U.S. and "coalition" military fatalities. The current total of U.S. troops killed is 1,282.

The Iraqi civilian casualty count has been increasing due to the increased use of bombs rather than boots on the ground as the Bush administration prepares to abandon Iraq after failing in whatever the hell their mission was in the first place, probably declaring victory and getting the hell out before the mid-term elections.

So after all of the deaths, both U.S., coalition, and Iraqi civillian, and all of the hundreds of billions wasted Bush will depart Iraq with the nation in the hands of a Shi'ite theocracy client state of Iran.

Great job you blithering idiot.

Bush never "uttered" Mission Accomplished. Go read the transcript of his speech.

Don't be ridiculous. He uttered it by standing in front of a five story tall sign provided by the White House to e hung behind him on the USS Lincoln.

Or didn't the imbecile know the sign was there?

Maybe he missed it while covering his eyes after being forced back into a jet fighter to make his pseudo-top gun entrance.



 

dullard

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Originally posted by: BBond
Don't be ridiculous. He uttered it by standing in front of a five story tall sign provided by the White House to e hung behind him on the USS Lincoln.
What sign?

Doh. M00T beat me by seconds.

Transcript portions:
major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed...Our nation and our coalition are proud of this accomplishment, yet it is you, the members of the United States military, who achieved it.
No, he didn't say the exact words "Mission Accomplished". But what was that about being proud of the accomplishment? What accomplishment? Was it maybe about a mission? And what was that sign all about?
 

Lemon law

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If Iraq descends into anarchy and civil war----which it could with incredable speed. Just getting all
150,000 or so personnel out without losing thousand may be a hat trick.

But keeping our military personnel confined to base and using air power instead may reduce the US body bags short term, but at the same time it increases other problems and dangers.

But the fruits of the December 15th Iraqi elections are growing.--------and must reach some maturity soon.------until then it may be wise to lay low.-----but when less than 150,000 are trying to heard a beast at least a 166 times heavier----they better be very careful if the beast tastes rotten fruit and stampedes off in at least three different directions.

But in a war now well over two years old-----with an American causuality curve on a slow exponential climb upward, I would have to guess two things (1) we will see more US casualities as insurgents figure ways to target American personnel. (2) That 2006 is likely to bring a make or break point for the US invasion of Iraq.------business as usual will be no longer tenable.

A one or two week interlude in American causualities is hardly the start of a trend yet.
 

conjur

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Iraqi rebels attack funeral mourners, fuel convoy
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060104/wl_nm/iraq_dc
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber caused carnage at a Shi'ite funeral and guerrillas ambushed a fuel convoy outside Baghdad in a wave of attacks that killed nearly 60 people on Wednesday, the bloodiest day in Iraq for weeks.

Car bombs went off in the capital and in the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala, suggesting a level of coordination that may be a response by Sunni Arab insurgents to last month's largely peaceful parliamentary elections.

The funeral attack was the bloodiest single incident since the vote, killing 36 and wounding 40 in the town of Miqdadiya, 100 km (60 miles) northeast of the capital. The area is rapidly emerging as the most violent in the country, eclipsing the previous hotspots of Falluja and Ramadi to the west of Baghdad.

The victims were gathered at a cemetery to mourn a local member of the Dawa party, headed nationally by Shi'ite Islamist Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari.

Assailants fired mortar bombs, forcing the mourners to take cover amid the gravestones, before a bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up among them, security officials said.



It's party-time in Iraq!
 

umbrella39

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Originally posted by: Aimster
Dying.

This is good news.

Before I used to read about 1-5 dying every several days. Now I don't see anything on the front page.

Hi anti-Bush people. Welcome to my thread

When first American soldier died over there it is too many.
 
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