About fuggin' time.

/Salute Marine Cpl. Mario Ramos-Villalta

Semper Fi picked by moe 5 months ago

Lex, a U.S. military dog whose handler and best friend was killed in Iraq gets a new assignment on Friday: retirement with the late Marine's family. picked by mandolinorange 9 months ago

In one of the deadliest attacks on American ground forces since the Iraq war started more than four years ago, a suicide car bomber struck a patrol base northeast of Baghdad and killed nine U.S. soldiers and wounded 20. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Tell the Mujahideen that we'll be here for another hour and we want to play...

Some language, he is a Marine after all. picked by buddha 4 months ago

After more than a month of being apart, Marine Maj. Brian Dennis began to worry if Nubs the dog would still remember him..

(Follow-up to this post.) picked by cb__ 5 months ago

retired CIA station chief and head of the Agency's counterterrorism staff examines the Bush administration's Iraq policy and finds that it cannot be successful. He calls for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, a “complete change” in U.S. goals and tactics in the Middle East, and rebuilding bridges to allies. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

Marine Corps Base Hawaii is investigating a shocking video of a smiling Marine throwing a puppy off the top of a steep hillside in Iraq into a gully below.

Update and information on This post picked by doggylives 6 months ago

'Mission creep' in the Iraq conflict has dropped US chances of success from 70 percent to 26 percent, says a University of Georgia researcher. The predictions were made by a statistical system that has been accurate in 80 percent of former conflicts, said assistant professor Patricia L. Sullivan. The same approach gave a 93% chance of success for the first Iraq War in 1991. picked by TheUncannyWally 1 year ago

Three suicide bombings killed at least 30 people in Iraq today, mostly policemen, prisoners and tribal leaders, as insurgents launched fresh assaults in the violence-plagued country.ir picked by pjanaway 1 year ago

Peter Laufer, author, delivers stirring speech to Rep. Lynn Woolsey's Iraq forum, "The Mounting Costs of the U.S. Military Occupation of Iraq and Lost Opportunities." He speaks of the growing Iraq resistance movement in the U.S. military. picked by unzercharlie 2 years ago

We all remember and were touched by the story of Tyler & Renee Ziegel. He was the marine who suffered horrible burns from a suicide bomber, she was his childhood sweetheart. Their story, how she stood by him and married him was movie material. Sad to say they are now getting a divorce. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Three years ago, Army PFC LaVena Johnson was found dead in Iraq. Her body was found in a tent belonging to KBR. She had abrasions all over her body, a broken nose, a black eye, burned hands, loose teeth, acid burns on her genitals, and a bullet hole in her head. The Army labeled Johnson’s death a suicide. The family finds that hard to believe. Link has video, transcript, and mp3 picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

Iraq’s Prime Minister, at a regional conference in Baghdad asked Iraq’s neighbors for help. He opened the conference with an address to back his efforts to stop violence in Iraq by refusing to finance attacks. The conference was quite tensionate mainly because of the two main players who attended the meeting: United States and Iran. picked by Maxriter 1 year ago

THE Defence Minister today listed the security of the world's oil supply as one of the major reasons for Australia's continuing military presence in Iraq as John Howard spelled out plans to keep troops in the country. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

Michael Yon reports from Baqubah where operation Arrowhead Ripper is taking place. Embedded with the US military in combat operations, Michael Yon provides a first person perspective on Iraq - the good, the bad and the ugly. picked by cheeselog1234 1 year ago

What a piece of scat this guy is. They ought to enlist him and give him a real taste of Marine life. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

Such an act of desecration of the Muslim holy book could inflame anger against the U.S. military presence in Iraq, but an Iraqi community leader told Reuters an apology by senior American military commanders had helped calm tensions. Discussion here and here. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday the United States cannot use its military to solve humanitarian problems and that preventing a potential genocide in Iraq isn't a good enough reason to keep U.S. forces there. picked by sholom22 1 year ago

"The real choices facing the US at this point all involve withdrawals of one kind or another of US military forces from Iraq. But all withdrawals are not equal. Besides, failing in Iraq, however expensive, would not preclude succeeding elsewhere."
Article delves into the various options open to the US picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide attacker detonated an explosives-rigged vest at a Shiite funeral in Baghdad, killing 32 people gathered to mourn the death of an Iraqi army officer killed in a car bombing, police and ambulance officials said.

Isn't it the height of bad taste to bomb a funeral? What if it turns into a geometric progression? picked by bevissimo 8 months ago