Iraq
(WaPo) "Almost a full brigade" of US soldiers will "surged" out of Baghdad and sent to Baquba. (Linking to a similar NYTimes story last night, I outlined why Baquba represents an indictment of the entire "surge" strategy.)
(AP) U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,300
(USAToday) "About 70% of primary school students in a Baghdad neighborhood suffer symptoms of trauma-related stress such as bed-wetting or stuttering, according to a survey by the Iraqi Ministry of Health."
(AP) 13 Iraqi soldiers were killed and four wounded when their checkpoint near Mosul was ambushed. (That's a big coordinated attack.)
(Reuters) U.S. forces kill 3 Iraqi police in friendly fire
(LATimes) "Suspicious of Iraq's CIA-funded national intelligence agency, members of the Iraqi government have erected a "shadow" secret service that critics say is driven by a Shiite Muslim agenda and has left the country with dueling spy agencies."
(NYTimes) Six bombs kill 34 in Shia areas of Baghdad, and "Even the hopes generated by the falling numbers of unidentified bodies found daily around the capital, the main bright spot in the new security plan so far, were dimmed on Sunday when the police reported finding 30 bodies, the highest daily number in a month."
(AP) Air Force personnel filling convoy and other ground combat duties.
(WaPo) Gen. Sheehan explains why he wouldn't take the "war czar" post. (He diplomatically tears apart the current lack of strategy.)
And, if you want a laugh, Hadley says he wants to fill the war czar post "yesterday," but look at the process,
Really, no meeting with Cheney? Oh, I guess he has nothing to do with Iraq policy, right?
(AP) U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,300
(USAToday) "About 70% of primary school students in a Baghdad neighborhood suffer symptoms of trauma-related stress such as bed-wetting or stuttering, according to a survey by the Iraqi Ministry of Health."
(AP) 13 Iraqi soldiers were killed and four wounded when their checkpoint near Mosul was ambushed. (That's a big coordinated attack.)
(Reuters) U.S. forces kill 3 Iraqi police in friendly fire
(LATimes) "Suspicious of Iraq's CIA-funded national intelligence agency, members of the Iraqi government have erected a "shadow" secret service that critics say is driven by a Shiite Muslim agenda and has left the country with dueling spy agencies."
(NYTimes) Six bombs kill 34 in Shia areas of Baghdad, and "Even the hopes generated by the falling numbers of unidentified bodies found daily around the capital, the main bright spot in the new security plan so far, were dimmed on Sunday when the police reported finding 30 bodies, the highest daily number in a month."
(AP) Air Force personnel filling convoy and other ground combat duties.
(WaPo) Gen. Sheehan explains why he wouldn't take the "war czar" post. (He diplomatically tears apart the current lack of strategy.)
And, if you want a laugh, Hadley says he wants to fill the war czar post "yesterday," but look at the process,
He said he wants to invite two or three candidates to the White House to talk about the job with Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Gen. Peter Pace, the Joint Chiefs chairman, and White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten.
Really, no meeting with Cheney? Oh, I guess he has nothing to do with Iraq policy, right?
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