Iraq War Statistics and Spending Info as of August 12, 2007
As the U.S. Congress takes a month off... as President Bush vacations at his Texas ranch... as Iraqi parliament members escape their country's scorching August temperatures for cooler summer sojourns in Dubai, Iran, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Great Britain... the news in Iraq for U.S. soldiers, Iraqi citizens and 2.1 million destitute Iraqi refugees gets grimmer and grimmer.
Reports the New York Times today:
"The toll in a horrific quadruple bombing in an area of mud and stone houses in the remote northern desert on Tuesday evening reached at least 250 dead and 350 wounded, several local officials said Wednesday, making it the deadliest coordinated attack since the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003."
Another recent essential-reading article about the cruel toll of the Iraq War is Army Suicides Highest in 26 Years, by AP via the San Francisco Chronicle.
For a quick-reading summary of the latest info (as well as appalling new war spending news), read Iraq War Statistics & Results as of August 12, 2007.
Iraq Analysis by Keith Porter, About.com's Guide to U.S. Foreign Policy
I also strongly recommend that you take the time to read a new, top-notch series on Iraq, including:
- Foreign Policy Implications of the Iraq War
- Iraq War: Looking at the Exit Strategies
- Timeline of the Iraq War
Lately, I don't agree with CNN's outspoken Lou Dobbs on many issues, but I certainly support his lament two days ago:
"The idea that our president, this Congress take time off when we have men and women dying in Iraq, Afghanistan ... there's something at best unseemly about it.."With all the issues, serious issues confronting the country, they should be hard at work."
(Photo taken on August 16, 2007: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Army bugler plays Taps during US Army Specialist Christopher Todd Neiberger's funeral at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 1st battalion, 18th infantry regiment, 2nd brigade combat team, Neiberger, 22, was killed by a roadside bomb August 6 in Baghdad, Iraq.
Related Reading
U.S. Is Destroying and Conquering Iraq, Not "Winning" the War
Comments
So remeber to honor 666 Reagan’s motto of not speking ill of your party’s cnadiates who authorize that psychopath Bush to send our kids to die and destroy the social fabric of Iraq and destabilize the whole area. We can’t criticize Hillary, Edawards, Dodd or Biden or some half wit on your forum will call us a Rovite.