Nothing But Politics

[Rick Faurot]

War News for September 14, 2004 draft

Bring ‘em on: Car bomb at Baghdad police station kills 35 Iraqis.

Bring ‘em on: Twenty Iraqis killed in US air strikes in Fallujah.

Bring ‘em on: Two US soldiers killed, three wounded in Baghdad ambush.

Bring ‘em on: Insurgents execute Turkish truck driver in Iraq.

Bring ‘em on: Insurgents capture two Australian security contractors in convoy ambush near Samarra.

Bring ‘em on: Camp Zulu mortared again.

Bring ‘em on: Six Iraqis killed, seven wounded by US artillery fire near Hilla.

Bring ‘em on: Eight US soldiers wounded in Baghdad car bombing.

Bring ‘em on: Eight Iraqi police killed, two wounded in ambush near Baquba.

Bring ‘em on: Oil pipeline ablaze near Beiji.

How to screw up a counterinsurgency. “Even now, the get-tough approach is showing signs of backfiring. On Sunday, when a suicide bomber crippled an American personnel carrier, a gun battle broke out, followed by an airstrike by two American helicopters. At least 15 Iraqis died and 50 were wounded, including a 12-year-old-girl and a television journalist. Inside the grim and chaotic wards of Baghdad's hospitals on Sunday, the Americans seemed to have made more enemies than friends. On Monday, the scene repeated itself in another corner of Baghdad. When three insurgents opened fire on an American sport utility vehicle, American soldiers sprayed the area with gunfire, destroying three cars and killing at least one Iraqi civilian and wounding three others.”

Another US ally alienated by Bush’s War. Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul warned the U.S. to halt military operations in the northern Iraqi town of Tall Afar, the government-run Anatolia news agency reported on its Web site. Gul said he told U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell that, if the action continues, ‘Turkey's cooperation on issues tied to Iraq would be brought to an end,’ Anatolia reported.”

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