Thursday: 1 US Soldier, 5 Iraqis Killed; 7 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 7:59 p.m. EDT, Oct. 1, 2009
Iraq was mostly quiet today other than the news that Prime Minister Maliki has created a new political bloc ahead of January elections. At least five Iraqis were killed and seven more were wounded. One U.S. soldier also died in a non-combat situation Tuesday in Kut.
read moreRiots May Point to Third Palestinian Uprising
EAST JERUSALEM - Palestinian politicians and Israeli political analysts are warning of a third Palestinian Intifadah following serious rioting in East Jerusalem last Sunday. Clashes broke out between Palestinians protesters and Israeli security forces after a group of...
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Wednesday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 10 Wounded
Updated at 4:25 p.m. EDT, Sept. 30, 2009
The Red Cross warned that considering a death toll of 500 Iraqis every month as being “normal” was overly complacent. Meanwhile, at least seven Iraqis were killed and another 10 were wounded in today’s attacks. Back in the U.S., Vice President Joseph Biden welcomed home his son who spent the last year deployed to Iraq. Also, a U.S. Marine apologized for killing an unarmed Iraqi during the 2004 battle for Fallujah.
read moreMcChrystal’s Myth
There is no such thing a "victory" in the kinds of wars we're fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. The best one can hope for in these types of conflicts – counterinsurgency efforts in far-flung corners of the globe with fuzzy objectives and vague necessity – is...
Empathy for ‘Adversaries’
Empathy is a term that connotes the touchy-feely notion of getting in touch with someone else's feelings or perspective. That's what psychotherapists and social workers do. It obviously has no place in the hard-knocks world of foreign affairs and national security. Or...
