聯We talked about Iraq, how Iraq is changing for the better, how people are beginning to realize the blessings of a free and peaceful society聰 聴 such statements from US President George Bush started looking increasingly surreal for even the most fervent supporters of the Iraq invasion long before the war had seen out its first anniversary.
Iraq
Stop-Loss
Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Written by Kimberly Peirce & Mark Richard
With Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum & Abbie Cornish
In cinemas August 18
Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Written by Kimberly Peirce & Mark Richard
With Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum & Abbie Cornish
In cinemas August 18
聯Deaths and injuries are soaring in Sadr City as US troops increase their military and economic pressure聰 on the Iraqi capital聮s huge Shiite slum district, the English-language website of Baghdad Azzaman daily reported on May 5.
In an unannounced visit to Baghdad on April 20, US Secretary Condoleezza Rice praised Nuri al Maliki, Iraq聮s Shiite prime minister, for 聯ordering聰 a military offensive last month in the Iraqi seaport city of Basra against anti-occupation Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr聮s Mahdi Army militia.
鈥淐lashes with Shiite militiamen flared in two cities Wednesday as a US drone fired two missiles in Basra and US-backed Iraqi troops battled in Baghdad鈥檚 sprawling Sadr City slum鈥, Associated Press reported on April 16.
鈥淭he intense fighting in southern Iraq is entering its fourth day, bringing pressure on the Iraqi government to lead the country out of its plunge back into the prolonged sectarian violence of the past. The ceasefire announced by Iraq鈥檚 biggest sectarian militia last August, appears to be in tatters as Prime Minister Nuri al Maliki struggles to contain the country鈥檚 Shiite warlords.鈥
Within days of Washington聮s war on Iraq entering its sixth year, the White House confirmed news reports that the US troop death toll had passed the 4000 mark. Associated Press reported on March 23 that 聯the grim milestone聰 came after 聯a roadside bomb killed four US soldiers in Baghdad聰.
鈥淔ive years after US troops invaded Iraq, there are many tears 鈥 though not everyone is crying鈥, Associated Press reported on March 5 鈥淚t鈥檚 the war that more than a million US soldiers have fought, leaving nearly 4000 dead and more than 29,000 wounded in action. The one in which thousands of contractors rushed in to serve and to make a buck 鈥︹
While the Western corporate media was swooning over the tour of army duty in war-torn Afghanistan by Prince Harry, the third in line to the British crown, scant coverage was given to US national intelligence director Vice-Admiral Mike McConnell聮s admission that the situation facing the US and its NATO allies in Afghanistan is 聯deteriorating聰, despite a doubling of their occupation forces since 2004.
US chief of staff operations director General Carter Ham told a February 25 press briefing that the Pentagon plans to keep its occupation force in Iraq at 140,000 troops after the end of the 30,000-strong US troop 聯surge聰 in July.
鈥淭urkish fighter jets, helicopters and hundreds of commandos streamed across the border into northern Iraq Wednesday despite Iraqi and American calls to swiftly end an operation to root out Kurdish insurgents鈥, Associated Press reported on February 27.
鈥淔our million Iraqis cannot guarantee they鈥檙e going to have food on their table tomorrow鈥, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, David Shearer, told Reuters news agency on February 12, adding that 鈥渉umanitarian needs in Iraq have risen sharply over the last two years鈥.
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