2007 Deadliest for US Troops in Iraq
Mentally Disabled Women Used in Bombings
AP | STEVEN R. HURST | February 1, 2008 at 09:55 PM
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BAGHDAD — Two women described as mentally disabled and strapped with remote-control explosives _ and possibly used as unwitting suicide bombers _ brought carnage Friday to two pet bazaars, killing at least 91 people in the deadliest day since Washington...
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2007 Deadliest Year For US Troops In Iraq
AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | December 30, 2007 09:31 PM
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The second half of 2007 saw violence drop dramatically in Iraq, but the progress came at a high price: The year was the deadliest for the U.S. military since the 2003 invasion, with 899 troops killed. American commanders and diplomats,...
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Car Bomb Kills 11, Wounds 64 In Baghdad Market
AP | December 28, 2007 08:45 AM
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A car bomb detonated in the middle of a busy market in central Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 64, police and hospital officials said. At least one woman and a child were killed in the...
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US Says 11 Shia Militants Dead After Raid In SE Iraq
BBC | December 27, 2007 03:30 PM
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The raid was said to have targeted members of a Shia group which has broken away from the Mehdi Army militia loyal to radical cleric Moqtada Sadr. Separately, the US military said it had captured two militants suspected of involvement...
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Bush Wednesday: I Understand Iraq "Consequences Firsthand"
White House | November 9, 2007 05:07 PM
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The following is excerpted from an Interview of the President by RTL and N-TV, German TV: Q Do you think there's a point where you'd say only a military option is a possibility for us? THE PRESIDENT: I would never...
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2007 Deadliest Year For US Troops In Iraq
AP | LAUREN FRAYER | November 6, 2007 08:30 AM
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The U.S. military on Tuesday announced the deaths of five more soldiers, making 2007 the deadliest year for U.S. troops despite a recent downturn, according to an Associated Press count. At least 852 American military personnel have died in Iraq...
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Iraq Death Toll Fell By 50 Percent In September
AP | STEVEN R. HURST | October 1, 2007 10:14 PM
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The number of American troops and Iraqi civilians killed in the war fell in September to levels not seen in more than a year. The U.S. military said the lower count was at least partly a result of new strategies...
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Cheney In '92: "How Many Additional American Lives Is Saddam Worth...Not Very Damn Many"
| September 28, 2007 10:29 AM
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A recently-unearthed video from 1992 shows Vice President Dick Cheney predicting the mess that occupying Iraq would create: If you get into the business of committing U.S. forces on the ground in Iraq, to occupy the place, my guess is...
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Sunnis Insurgents Launch 'Systematic Assassination Campaign'
New York Times | September 26, 2007 10:59 AM
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Sunni Arab extremists have begun a systematic campaign to assassinate police chiefs, police officers, other Interior Ministry officials and tribal leaders throughout Iraq, staging at least 10 attacks in 48 hours. Eight policemen have been killed, among them the police...
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Cost Benefit Analysis
Larry Beinhart | Posted September 23, 2007 | Politics
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Larry Beinhart
The War in Iraq has cost about $453,000,000,000 (four hundred and fifty-three billion dollars) to date.
That's pretty hard to grasp. Especially on my income and probably on yours. Let's bring that home and make it a little more understandable.
I live in Ulster County, New York. Our...
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Poll: Civilian Toll In Iraq Could Top 1 Million
Los Angeles Times | Tina Susman | September 14, 2007 10:39 PM
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A car bomb blew up in the capital's Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Sadr City on Thursday, killing at least four people, as a new survey suggested that the civilian death toll from the war could be more than 1 million....
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Boehner: Iraq Losses "A Small Price" To Pay
The Horse's Mouth | September 13, 2007 10:46 AM
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Okay, if this isn't portrayed as a major gaffe, with wall-to-wall condemnations from the pundits, it'll be stunning. (Editor's note: That was meant to be bitterly ironic.) I've just received some advance excerpts of an interview CNN's Wolf Blitzer has...
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Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | Posted September 7, 2007 | Politics
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Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/iraq-casualtiesIf you cannot support a democratic candidate other than your choice are you forgetting about the worst nightmare these soldiers face everyday? Don't let these people down.