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"Before we rush to condemn America we must remember that even today millions of poor and miserable people all across the world are lining up outside US embassies eager to come to America, not just to live here but to become an American. No Muslim country today, can claim that people of other nations and other faiths see it as a promise of hope, equality, dignity and prosperity." -- Muqtedar Khan, Ph.D. Association of Muslim Social Scientists, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Iraqi Govt Steps Up

Saddam Hussein's conviction...fifty-seven Interior Ministry officials, including a few high-ranking officers, charged in the Iraqi courts with human rights abuses, alleging the torture of hundreds of detainees in Baghdad...Iraqi lawmakers to debate legislation that would allow former members of Saddam's Baath Party to return to government jobs. These are some of the steps that the Iraqi government is taking in order to get a handle on the civil bloodshed that has run rampant since the U.S. entered Iraq back in 2003. Meanwhile, a recent study of 163 nations ranked Iraq one of the most corruption-ridden countries in the world, The New York Times reported. No kidding. Only Haiti ranked lower than Iraq in the survey, and Iraq was tied with Guinea and Myanmar for their corruption level. It won't get better overnight. Baby steps...

The 872nd in Iraq.

U.S. Army soldiers from Bravo Company, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, are greeted by students and faculty of Kahnarbat Primary School in Alabara, Iraq

U.S. Army Sgt. Katherine Tripp, with 982nd Signal Company, tightens her helmet on Forward Operating Base Marez, Iraq, Oct. 22, 2006, as she prepares to go on mission in a Stryker with Soldiers from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.

U S Army Spc Jeremy Wicklund provides security as Sgt Allen Ronnei cuts the lock of the entrance gate of a home during a cordon and search mission in Baghdad, Iraq.

+ Secessionist government of Somaliland convicts nine people, including Sheik Mohammed Ismail, of conspiring to commit terrorist attacks
+ Suicide car bomb kills seven in Iraq ++++ 10 US Soldiers Killed In Iraq Bomb Attack
+ Job seekers killed in Iraq bomb attack ++++ At least 132 dead in Iraq bomb attacks
+ Interview: Life After War: Colby Buzzell, Killing Time in Iraq
+ 2006 Weblog Awards Finalists Announced

6 Comments:

Fight The Good Fight! said...: Excellent photos brother comrade!
Keep showing the brave men and women who are fighting for the Freedom of others!
A Valient, Noble effort!
We will not give in to terrorists thugs!
This is war and war can be tuff, but We need and will stick it out and win!

FTGF!; 9:06 AM
WomanHonorThyself said...: These are some of the steps that the Iraqi government is taking in order to get a handle on the civil bloodshed that has run rampant since the U.S. entered Iraq back in 2003.....youre right...baby steps FC!
thanks for the visit at my site FC..if u have an email address and wouldnt mind can ya drop me a line?..:)..I dont see one on your site ?...great pics as always !!; 9:59 AM
Always On Watch said...: I fear that the upcoming U.S. Congress will force cut-and-run. The msm will absolutely not report any positive developments in Iraq.; 10:11 AM
Obob said...: The reoccuring problem with our country is our microwave mentality. Everything is now and in-demand. But the obvious states Iraq is a ways off from being stable.
Does that mean it is lost? Only to those who wish to see Bush fail for thier poitical or ideological gain.
There will be corruption in Iraq, not like we have none, but the will of the people must be supported by our will. And our will is weak in the media. Our leaders rule by the poll not the heart and are willing to allow Iraq to fall apart to prevent them from taking the high paying lobbyist gig when they are kicked from offiice (super run-on sentance.)
My wayward point is there will be baby steps and missteps but the failure for the Iraqi people to learn to walk will be fatal for us.; 11:22 AM
BPWFH said...: your posts never cease to satisy me!; 11:55 AM
Matt said...: I keep reading here because you're one of the few sources I can find about things besides body counts in Iraq. Keep it up, Hellenic Reporter!; 6:53 PM

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