ARCHIE LEVINE CHEERS THE ACCOMPLISHED MISSION IN IRAQ!

Commander in Chief lands on USS Lincoln, CNN, Friday, May 2, 2003

Thank God That's Over--Mission Accomplished in Iraq!

(updated January 31st, 2005)

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Major Combat Operations Are Over...so how's come so many more are dying now than before they ended?

Video Seems to Show British Plane Hit in Iraq, Reuters, Jan 31, 2005
US troops will never overcome insurgents, warns senior officer, by Toby Harnden in Baghdad and Philip Sherwell in Washington, The Telegraph [UK], 30/01/2005
The insurgency in Iraq will last at least a decade and American troops alone will not be able to defeat it, a senior US military officer in Baghdad has predicted.
Who's Dying in Our War? The answer is Army Reservists and National Guardsmen such as Californian Patrick McCaffrey. By Rone Tempest, LA Times, January 30th, 2005
But as the U.S. campaign in Iraq bogged down in the summer of 2003, the Pentagon turned to its legions of "citizen soldiers," serving mostly weekend duty in crumbling state armories, and ordered them to relieve exhausted regular Army units in Iraq and Afghanistan. Authorized by a presidential emergency order issued only two days after the Sept. 11 attacks, the historic deployment took place with relatively little public notice or fanfare.
Iraqis Cast Ballots Amid Explosions and Anxiety: Suicide bombers and mortar rounds kill at least 17 people. Hours earlier, a rocket hit the U.S. Embassy, killing two Americans. , By Patrick J. McDonnell and Edmund Sanders, LA Times, January 30th, 2005
Communicator in Chief Keeps the Focus on Iraq Positive, by Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, January 27, 2005
Bush uses deadliest day to beg Iraqis to turn out for the polls, by Richard Beeston in Baghdad and Roland Watson in Washington, Times of London, January 27, 2005
Iraqi Insurgents Attack Police and Army; Catholic Bishop Abducted, by Jeffery Gettleman, New York Times, January 17, 2005
Insurgent Violence Flares in Areas Around Baghdad, by Sally Buzbee, Washington Post, January 17, 2005
Gunmen killed eight Iraqi National Guard soldiers at a checkpoint in central Iraq on Monday, and eight people died in a suicide car bombing at a police station north of Baghdad, as insurgents struck at Iraqi security forces ahead of national elections.
14 Days in Iraq, by Adriana Lins de Albuquerque and Alicia Cheng, New York Times, January 16, 2005
In the first two weeks of January, at least 202 people died as a result of the insurgency in Iraq. The killings have been indiscriminate. The dead include Iraqi officials, police officers, civilians and, of course, Iraqi, American and coalition soldiers. The attacks shown here took place across the country, but there is a clear concentration in the so-called Sunni Triangle, which stretches from Tikrit in the north to Baghdad in the east and to Falluja and Ramadi in the west.
Death squads invite murder in our name: Are Rumsfeld & Co. considering a 'Salvadoran option' in Iraq? By Joe Conason, The New York Observer, 01.12.05
City of ghosts, The Guardian, January 11th, 2005
On November 8, the American army launched its biggest ever assault on the Iraqi city of Falluja, considered a stronghold for rebel fighters. The US said the raid had been a huge success, killing 1,200 insurgents. Most of the city's 300,000 residents, meanwhile, had fled for their lives. What really happened in the siege of Falluja?
Is the U.S. Organizing Salvador-Style Death Squads in Iraq?, Democracy Now, January 10th, 2005
U.S. Jets Strike Fallujah With Five Raids, by Tini Tran, Associated Press, November 5, 2004
Iraq rebels stage fresh attacks, Reuters, November, 2004
Iraqi Education Ministry Hit by Car Bomb; 6 Killed, By Karl Vick and Bassam Sebti, Washington Post, November 3, 2004
Car Bomb Kills at Least 5 in Baghdad, by Edward Wong, New York Times, November 2, 2004
Car Bomb Explodes Near Iraqi Ministry Building, Scotsman.com [UK], November 2nd, 2004
8 Marines Dead in Iraq; Car Bomb Kills 7, By RAWYA RAGEH Associated Press, 30 October 2004
Shells point to police in guardsmen slayings, by Pamela Hess, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, October 27, 2004
Iraq braces for blood in US poll week, by Nicolas Rothwell, The Australian, October 26, 2004
New Violence Flares in Iraq, After Executions Leave 49 Dead, by Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, October 25, 2004
Rebels 'Execute' 49 Iraqi Troops, Kill U.S. Diplomat, by Faris al-Mahdawi, Reuters, Oct 24, 2004
Zarqawi Group Claims Killing of 50 Iraqis, by Robert H. Reid, AP News, Oct 24, 2004
11 dead in Iraq suicide attacks, CNN, October 23, 2004
Suicide car bombers Saturday targeted an Iraqi police station west of Baghdad and a national guard camp in Samarra, north of the capital city, killing a total of at least 11 Iraqis.
U.S. Continues Airstrikes in Fallujah, Associated Press, october 22, 2004
Two Iraqi Children Killed in Car, U.S. Blamed, Reuters, Oct 22, 2004
Mission Accomplished: George Bush's Endless War, by John Steinberg, DemocraticUnderground.com, October 21, 2004
Scores feared dead or injured in mortar attack, The Guardian [UK], October 19, 2004
U.S. troops pound Fallujah, The Associated Press, October 18, 2004
U.S. Ground, Air Attacks Pound Fallujah, by Robert H. Reid, Associated Press, October 17, 2004
U.S. bombers pound Falluja: Hunt intensifies for terror mastermind Zarqawi, by Tini Tran, ASSOCIATED PRESS, October 15, 2004
Baghdad Car Bomb Kills 10 Civilians as Muslims Observe Ramadan, Bloomberg, October 15, 2004
Army hospital flooded with Green Zone explosion victims, by Edward Harris, Army Times, October 15, 2004
Explosions Rock Baghdad's Green Zone, Voice Of America News, 14 Oct 2004
U.S., Iraqi troops take on insurgents: Terrorist hideouts hit; mosques raided, by Nancy A. Youssef and Patrick Kerkstra, Detroit Free Press, October 13, 2004
U.S. hits Sunni hot spots -- 7 mosques raided: Muslim leaders irate over air strike destruction, arrests, by Edward Wong, New York Times, October 13, 2004
Three US soldiers killed in Baghdad blast, US strikes rebel hotbeds, Channel News Asia, 13 October 2004
Major Assaults on Hold Until After U.S. Vote: Attacks on Iraq's rebel-held cities will be delayed, officials say. But that could make it harder to allow wider, and more legitimate, Iraqi voting in January. By Mark Mazzetti, LA Times, October 11, 2004
Study ties Hussein, guerrilla strategy: US may have played into plans, report says, by Bryan Bender, Boston Globe Staff, October 11, 2004
Violence Persists as Rumsfeld Visits Iraq: Two Car Bombs Kill 11 in Baghdad, by Josh White and Naseer Nouri, Washington Post, October 11, 2004
Rockets Hit Hotel in Baghdad; Shiite Rebel Offers Truce Deal REUTERS, October 7, 2004
U.S. warplanes target roadside bombs in Sadr City, peace talks continue, Associated Press, 10/7/2004
The Grief of Baghdad: The painful stories and pictures of some of the 16,000 American soldiers – like Cpl. Tyson Johnson – wounded in Iraq might move Americans to action. Maybe that's why we don't see them in the mainstream media. By Evan Derkacz, AlterNet, October 5, 2004.
Dear Mike, Iraq sucks: Civilian contractors are fleecing taxpayers; US troops don't have proper equipment; and supposedly liberated Iraqis hate them. The Guardian, October 5, 2004
Deadly Bombs Hit Iraq, Execution Video Released, Reuters, Oct 4, 2004
U.S., Iraqi Troops Continue Samarra Offensive, Radio Free Europe, 4 October 2004 li>Twin Bomb Attacks in Central Baghdad, 14 Dead, Reuters, Oct 4, 2004
Dogs pick at corpses as US strike subdues Iraqi city, The Star, October 4, 2004
Influx of Wounded Strains VA: Claims Backlog Besets Returning U.S. Troops, by Josh White, Washington Post, Sunday, October 3, 2004
US, Iraqi Troops Storm Samarra, Dozens of Civilians Among Dead, by Greg LaMotte, Voice of America News, 03 Oct 2004
US, Iraqi Forces Attack Insurgents in Samarra, Voice of America News, 01 Oct 2004
109 insurgents killed in major offensive: At least 109 insurgents and one American soldier were killed overnight in a major offensive launched by U.S. and Iraqi forces in the city of Samarra, U.S. military officials said Friday. CNN News, October 1, 2004
Multiple Attacks Kill Dozens in Iraq: Car Bomb Kills at Least 34 Children at Ceremony, by Karl Vick and Fred Barbash, Washington Post, September 30, 2004
Iraq Rebel Cities to Be Retaken in October, Reuters, Sep 29, 2004
Iraq Study Sees Rebels' Attacks as Widespread, by James Glanz, and Thom Shanker, New York Times, September 29, 2004
Over the past 30 days, more than 2,300 attacks by insurgents have been directed against civilians and military targets in Iraq, in a pattern that sprawls over nearly every major population center outside the Kurdish north, according to comprehensive data compiled by a private security company with access to military intelligence reports and its own network of Iraqi informants.
The Enemy's Shock and Awe: Beheadings in Iraq are carefully plotted dramas, by Michael Keane, LA Times, September 28, 2004
Iraq Uprising Growing, Powell Says: Successful Elections Seen as Way to Alleviate Muslim Anger, by Dana Priest, Washington Post, September 27, 2004
US Strikes ‘Target Sadr City’: 35 Killed, 65 Hurt In Iraq Violence, INDOlink, September 27, 2004
U.S. air attacks in Falluja kill 15, by Fadil al-Badrani, Reuters, Sun 26 September, 2004
Bombs, arrest rock Iraq: Violence, detained official's alleged ties to insurgents highlight obstacles to stability. Associated Press, September 27, 2004
Violence in Iraq Belies Claims of Calm, Data Show, by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post, September 26, 2004
The terror, the terror: Iraq is becoming daily more chaotic and murderous, says Richard Beeston. DVDs of beheadings are selling in their thousands. Westerners are hated and live in constant fear, The Spectator [UK], September 25, 2004
Bush is responsible for the death of Kevin Shea and other Americans killed in Iraq, by Kevin Shay, Information Clearing House, 09/18/04
Classic guerrilla war forming in Iraq: Recent upsurge in attacks against authorities and US forces has parallels, and differences, with past insurgencies. By Brad Knickerbocker, The Christian Science Monitor, September 20, 2004
Gunmen kill clerics in influential organization, by Bassem Mroue, Associated Press, 9/20/2004
We're back at war in Iraq, says general, by Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent, Telegraph [UK], 19/09/2004
U.S. Death Toll in Iraq at Least 52 This Month: Insurgents kill three Marines. In Baghdad, three civilians -- two Americans and one Briton -- are kidnapped from their home. By Ashraf Khalil and Patrick J. McDonnell, LA Times, September 17, 2004
Insurgents in Iraq appear more powerful than ever: White House warns of worse violence near Jan. election, by Steven Komarow, Csar G. Soriano and Tom Squitieri, USA TODAY, 09/16/2004
Far graver than Vietnam: Most senior US military officers now believe the war on Iraq has turned into a disaster on an unprecedented scale, by Sidney Blumenthal, The Guardian [UK], September 16, 2004
Decapitated bodies found north of Baghdad, ABC News, September 15, 2004
US refocuses Iraq aid on security, ABC News, September 15, 2004
Taking On the Myth, by Paul Krugman, September 14, 2004
Car Bomb Blast Kills 27 in Iraq, ASSOCIATED PRESS, September 14, 2004
At Least 80 Civilians Die in Iraqi Violence: U.S. Helicopter Fires On Crowd in Baghdad, by Jackie Spinner, Washington Post, September 13, 2004
U.S. fire kills Arab reporter on air, by Adrian Blomfield, Chicago Sun-Times, September 13, 2004
Iraq's wave of attacks: Six U.S. soldiers hurt in Baghdad assault as timing of car bombings, mortar strikes, gun battles suggests coordination within insurgency, by Liam Pleven, Newday, September 13, 2004
It's Worse Than You Think: As Americans debate Vietnam, the U.S. death toll tops 1,000 in Iraq. And the insurgents are still getting stronger, By Scott Johnson and Babak Dehghanpisheh, Newsweek, Sept. 12, 2004
New Spasm of Violence Sweeps Iraq, Killing 110, Reuters, Sep 12, 2004
Turkey reacts with fury to massive US assault on northern Iraqi city, by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, 12 September 2004
At Least 23 Killed as US Troops, Insurgents Fight in Iraq, Voice Of America News, 12 Sep 2004
Car bomb attempt on Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison fails, Telegraph [UK], September 12, 2004
The coming conflagration in Iraq: Insurgents are slowly extending their control, by Ed Blanche, The Daily Star, September 11, 2004
The Meaning of One Thousand: A thousand U.S. soldiers dead and a thousand candles at a vigil. Our anguish should not be our only response. By Tai Moses, AlterNet, September 10, 2004.
How Many Deaths Will It Take?, by Bob Herbert, September 10, 2004
As war toll climbs, Bush still deceives, by Derrick Z. Jackson, September 10, 2004
For 1,000 Troops, There Is No Going Home, by Monica Davey, New York Times, September 9, 2004
Iraq's Terrorist Haven, Washington Post, September 9, 2004
U.S. targets Iraq insurgents, by Luke Baker, Reuters, September, 2004
U.S. Troops' Death Rate Rising In Iraq, by Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post, September 9, 2004
U.S. Planes Strike Target in Fallujah: Two Soldiers Killed by Roadside Bombs, by Steve Fainaru, Washington Post, September 9, 2004
Baghdad, Fallujah Attacks Kill 21 Iraqis, 2 Soldiers (Update3), Bloomberg, Sept. 8, 2004
US Forces Continue to Strike Fallujah Amid Concern for Missing Italian Aid Workers, Patricia Nunan Baghdad, Voice of America News, 08 Sep 2004
No end in sight: As the U.S. death toll in Iraq hits 1,000, two Italian aid workers are kidnapped and new fighting erupts in Sadr City. By Luke Harding and Sophie Arie, Salon, Sept. 8, 2004
Count to 1,000, slowly, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD, September 8, 2004
A Thousand Troops, LA TIMES, september 8th, 2004
U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Pass 1,000, by Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press, September 7, 2004
Boots of Death and Words of Outrage: While George Bush and the Republican Party ignore our war dead, a group of antiwar veterans and grieving parents remember and wonder: why are Americans not speaking out? By Stewart Nusbaumer, Intervention Magazine, September 6, 2004
US death toll in Iraq nears 1,000 as seven more die, by Patrick Cockburn in Baghdad, The Independent [UK], 07 September 2004
Those Disappearing Numbers, by William Fisher, Arab News, 6, September, 2004 (22, Rajab, 1425)
U.S. Troops in Iraq See Highest Injury Toll Yet, by Karl Vick, Washington Post Foreign Service, September 5, 2004
U.S. Troops Death Toll Mounts as Iraq Danger Persists, Reuters, Sep 3, 2004
Bogged down: Things just aren't going freedom's way lately, by Bill Kaufmann, Calgary Sun, September 1st, 2004
France Pushes for Release of Hostages, by Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, September 1, 2004
12 Hostages From Nepal Are Executed in Iraq, a Militant Group Claims, by Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times, September 1, 2004
Taking Stock After a Pre-emptive War: Najaf peace deal shows why U.S. troops must leave Iraq, by Aaron Glantz, San Francisco Chronicle, August 31, 2004
Ceasefire Begins in Bloodied Holy City of Najaf, Democracy Now, August 27th, 2004
Shia Muslims Flock to Najaf Shrine After Peace Deal, by Challiss McDonough, Voice of America, 27 Aug 2004
Bring Najaf to New York, by Naomi Klein, The Nation, August 27, 2004
US 'gave al-Qaeda a training ground', by Brendan Nicholson, National Security Correspondent, The Age, August 25, 2004
Iraq Forces Advance on Najaf Shrine, Battle Rages, Reuters, Aug 24, 2004
Battle near Iraq shrine rages, US planes strike, New Zealand News, 24.08.2004
Iraqi Forces Approach Najaf Shrine, Minister Says, Bloomberg, August 24, 2004
Fighting Erupts Around Rebel-Held Iraqi Shrinet, Reuters, Aug 23, 2004
Najaf fighting kills 77, New Zealand News, 21.08.2004
Mortar Hits U.S. Baghdad Embassy, 2 Employees Hurt, Reuters, Aug 19, 2004
Iraqis Decline to Send 2nd Peace Mission to Najaf, by Alex Berenson, and Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times, August 18, 2004
8-Day Battle for Najaf: From Attack to Stalemate, by Alex Berenson and John F. Burns, New York Times, August 18, 2004
Cleric in Najaf Refuses to Meet Iraqi Mediators, by Alex Berenson and Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times, August 18, 2004
U.S. logic hard to follow: There's little to gain and much to lose for Washington if massacre takes place in Iraqi holy city, by Gwynne Dyer, Toronto Star, August 17, 2004
The chaotic reality Bush faces in Iraq, by Thomas Oliphant, Boston Globe, August 17, 2004
Human shields pour into holy city, by Donald MacIntyre, New Zealand Herald, 17.08.2004
The Ultimate Stupidity: The Attack on Najaf, by Gary Leupp, Counterpunch, August 16th, 2004
Why are American troops in Najaf? By Richard Reeves, United Press Syndicate, August 16, 2004
In Najaf, Human Shields and Militants Await Tanks, Reuters, by Michael Georgy, Aug. 16, 2004
Najaf stand-off complicates Iraq's National Conference, by Norman Hermant, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, TV PROGRAM TRANSCRIPT, LOCATION: http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2004/s1177969.htm, Broadcast: 16/08/2004
Mortars Mark Opening of Iraqi Political Conference, Reuters, Aug 15, 2004
Peace Talks Collapse in Iraqi City of Najaf, by Challiss McDonough, Voice of America, 14 Aug 2004,
Muslims livid over 'horrifying' U.S. attacks in Shiite holy city, by Nazila Fathi, The New York Times, August 13, 2004
US Marines seize center of Najaf, Sadr's house as fighting rages, Arab states call for halt to violence, Daily Star, August 13, 2004
US storms home of Iraqi cleric, Reuters, 12 August, 2004
6 Iraqis Killed in Bomb Blast North of Baghdad, Voice Of America News, 11 Aug 2004
US, Iraqi Forces Prepare for Assault on Shi'ite Rebels in Holy City, Voice Of America News, 11 Aug 2004
Occupation HQ attacked in central Baghdad, Bellaciao, August 11th, 2004
Helicopters pound Najaf cemetery, by Abdul Hussein Al-Obeidi, Associated Press, 8/10/2004
Fighting rages for 6th day in central Iraq, UPI/Washington Times, Aug. 10, 2004
Cleric Vows to Fight on in Iraq's Najaf, 360 Dead, Reuters, Mon Aug 9, 2004
Najaf leader OKs operations near holy shrine: Cleric vows to continue fighting U.S.-led forces, CNN, August 9, 2004
Roadside Bomb Kills Two U.S. Soldiers, The Associated Press, Aug. 8, 2004
Iraq PM Orders Fighters Out of Najaf; Toll Climbs, by Khaled Farhan, Reuters, Sun Aug 8, 2004
Cleric's attack tests Iraqi leaders: Rebel cleric declares 'revolution' against U.S. forces in Iraq, by Jackie Spinner, The Washington Post, August 6th, 2004
Italian Troops Clash with Shi'ite Militia in Iraq, Reuters, Fri Aug 6, 2004 01:23 AM ET
U.S. Forces Clash With Rebel Cleric's Militia in Najaf, by Alex Berenson, New York Times, August 5, 2004
Militants attack Iraqi police station south of Baghdad, killing 5, Jamie Tarabay, Canadian Press, August 05, 2004
Four dead, chopper downed as US troops clash with Shiite militia, by Agence France Presse (AFP), August 05, 2004
Optimism on Iraq security blown away, by Doug Struck, The Washington Post, August 2nd, 2004
Iraq bleeds as Powell pledges fast aid, Taipeitimes.com, August 1st, 2004
Wave of Bombings Targets Iraqi Christians, by Henry Chu, LA Times, August 1st, 2004
Bombers target Iraq's Christians, EDMUND BLAIR, The Scotsman, Aug. 1st, 2004
Violence in Iraq kills 15, Washington Times, Aug. 1, 2004 (UPI)
Families of Indian hostages in Iraq swing between hope, despair, ChannelNewsAsia.com, August 1st, 2004
Kidnaps continue in Iraq: Gunmen threaten death, AP, Aug. 1st, 2004
Two explosions hit Iraq: New hostages taken, CNN, August 1, 2004
Suicide Car Bomb in Mosul Kills 5, Wounds More Than 40, VOA News, 01 Aug 2004
Five killed in Iraq suicide bombing, by Luke Baker, (Reuters), 1 August, 2004
US forces, hit by raids, fault their Iraqi allies, by Anne Barnard, Boston Globe, August 1, 2004
U.S. contractors who die working in Iraq are often overlooked, by Renae Merle, Washington Post, Aug. 1st, 2004
Al-Zarqawi group takes more hostages: 20 insurgents killed in Falluja, CNN, July 31, 2004
U.S.-Led Troops Kill 13 in Fallujah, by Jackie Spinner, Washington Post, Sunday, August 1, 2004
A list of foreigners taken hostage in Iraq, Associated Press, 7/31/2004
Scrambling for Cover -- and Coverage : Spiraling Iraq Violence Keeps Reporters Away From Action, by Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, May 17, 2004

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