Jo on June 24th, 2008

I was shocked to learn that USA Today had a (drumroll) positive story about Iraq!!!  Okay - I don’t read the USA Today every day, so maybe this isn’t the first time - but wow!
Roadside bomb attacks and fatalities in Iraq are down by almost 90% over the last year, according to Pentagon records and [...]

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Jo on January 17th, 2008

BY MICK WALSH
The cry of “fore” can be heard all over Forward Operating Base Hammer now that the Iraq home of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team has its very own driving range.
“I hope this range and equipment gives you guys at least a few moments of relaxation,” Army Maj. Mark Andres told about two [...]

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Jo on October 10th, 2007

A military panel on Friday acquitted U.S. Army Spc. Jorge G. Sandoval on charges he killed two unarmed Iraqis, but it convicted him of planting evidence on one of the men in attempt to cover up the shooting. (Click Title to Read Whole Post)

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Jo on September 10th, 2007

General Petraeus was on town over the weekend. 
Was he here to get away from the sands of Iraq or prepare for the fire-fight he’s fixin’ to walk into in Washington?
Neither.
Seems family and respect comes first (something I think the left might have a hard time understanding).
From WTVM (Columbus, GA) [09/08/07]:
…today, he was on Fort Benning honoring [...]

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Jo on May 23rd, 2007

Unfortunately, I figured this was the case. Pray for the families and his brothers in arms.
Thursday  5/24 Updated:

A body recovered by Iraqi police from the Euphrates River south of Baghdad was identified as one of three American soldiers abducted in an ambush claimed by Al Qaeda, the military said Thursday.
Military officials told the family of [...]

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Jo on May 1st, 2007

The interior ministry in Iraq says it has received intelligence that the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been killed. Abu Ayyub al-Masri, believed to be an Egyptian, has led the group since June 2006 when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a US air strike.Al-Qaeda in Iraq is blamed for or has claimed some [...]

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