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Al Qaeda Takes a Hit

The US Military is reporting that it has killed two top al Qaeda in Iraq leaders. One American solider was killed in “potentially the most significant blow to al Qaeda in Iraq since the beginning of the insurgency.” A statement released by the military said American troops “played a supporting role in the Iraqi effort to find, track, and kill the militants.”  [Wall Street Journal]

Posted 4:36 PM | Monday, April 19th, 2010 | Permalink

Tags: terrorism, iraq war

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Check Your Facts, McCain

"There's a lot of other issues that I, we'd like to [inaudible], but I'd just wanted to say again  because our veterans are here, that I'm happy to tell you that elections in Iraq went okay. Look, democracy is a hard thing, but it was a contested election and there's no other country in the Middle East besides Israel where there's a contested election. And the most importantly than that, now for three months, there has not been a single American service member killed or wounded in Iraq."--Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), at a March 13th town hall in Nashua, New Hampshire, justifying the decision to go to war in Iraq. (Fact check: Actually McCain, twelve U.S. service members were killed in Iraq and at least 89 were wounded three months prior to his speech.) [Daily Kos]

Posted 12:12 PM | Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 | Permalink

Tags: gop, troops, iraq war

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Rise in Army Suicides

According to the Army,  nearly 14 active-duty soldiers killed themselves in February, a slight increase from the month before. Officials reported 12 suspected suicides in January. Of the 14 reported deaths, one has been confirmed as a suicide and the others remain under investigation. (About 90 percent of these cases typically are ruled to be suicides, accoring go to Army officials.) [Army Times]

Posted 9:58 AM | Friday, March 12th, 2010 | Permalink

Tags: iraq war, aghanistan

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