US/Iraqi troops flood Baghdad

Is this the last gasp before all out civil war? Iraq seems to have continued its spiral downwards as the Israel/Hezbollah conflict distracts the MSMs attention. 35 more people were killed today at a Shiite shrine in Najaf. Shiite religious leaders said: “We hold Takfiris [Sunni extremists] and Saddamists directly responsible for this horrible crime …

Coalition Fatality ticker

Linked below is an excellent Flash representation of coalition fatalities since the Invasion of Iraq. Make sure you have the sound turned on as the effect is increased greatly. I found myself re-running it multiple times… just to grasp the time-space correlations. It’s quite fascination and really solidifies the insurgency/terrorist links. I’ll let the animation …

Assessing the Iranian Threat

Last week, the prospect of a showdown with Iran at the United Nations Security Council seemed inevitable. This week, the rhetoric has been toned down somewhat, and today the Chinese delegation expressed it’s support for a possible Russian solution to Irans nuclear problem. All that said, there still seems to be plenty of talk about …