Despite the close relationship between President Bush and U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, “Kendall Myers, a senior analyst at the State Department, reportedly described the relationship as ‘one-sided,’ saying that Bush routinely ignored Blair. Myers was quoted [by BBC News on November 30, 2006] as saying that he felt ‘a little ashamed’ at President Bush’s […]
11/29/2006
” ‘The waves of the fierce crusader campaign against the Islamic world have broken on the rock of the mujahideen and have reached a dead end in Iraq and Afghanistan,’ a spokesman for the newly proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq said on November 29, 2006. ‘For the first time since the fall of the Ottoman […]
11/26/2006
On November 26, 2006, “Operation Iraqi Freedom surpassed the length of U.S. involvement in World War II.” – Eugene Jarecki, The American Way of War, Page 177 […]
11/25/2006
“Italy had about 2,700 troops in southern Iraq–the third-largest foreign contingent after the American and British occupation forces. But these troops were withdrawn from Iraq during the second half of [late November] 2006, following [Prime Minister Silvio] Berlusconi’s election defeat.” [The 25th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Deepak Tripathi, Overcoming […]
11/24/2006
Anthony Cordesman, an intelligence specialist at Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies, “said a U.S. commander in Baghdad recently estimated that there were 21 to 23 militias operating inside the city, so splintered that it was difficult ‘for joint U.S.-Iraqi raids to isolate them.’ ” – Walter Pincus, “1,000 Iraqis a Day Flee Violence, […]
11/24/2006
“The U.N.’s High Commissioner for Refugees said earlier this month [November 2006] that up to 2,000 Iraqis a day are going to Syria and an additional 1,000 a day to Jordan. Overall, the High Commissioner estimates that since the war began in March 2003, 1.6 million Iraqis have been displaced internally and up to 1.8 […]
11/21/2006
In an interview with author Stephen Hayes on November 21, 2006, Vice President Dick Cheney said, regarding the U.S. governance of postwar Iraq: ” ‘I think we should have probably gone with the provisional government of Iraqis from the very outset, maybe even before we launched. I think the Coalition Provisional Authority was a mistake, […]
11/21/2006
In an interview with author Stephen Hayes on November 21, 2006, Vice President Dick Cheney said: ” ‘…something I repeated periodically was that the good Lord didn’t see fit to put a lot of gas resources only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the United States. If you’re going to go get oil […]
11/17/2006
According to leaked Iraq war logs, “Iran is reported on 17 November 2006 to be offering new techniques to suicide bombers in Iraq. Instructors in Tehran explain how miniature cameras can be installed in a suicide vest to allow a controller to monitor the movements of the bomber towards the target. If the bomber fails […]
11/17/2006
In an interview with author Stephen Hayes on November 17, 2006, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) discussed the enhanced interrogation techniques that Vice President Dick Cheney favored for use in the war on terror. ” ‘Dick thinks that the most important tool we’ve got is intelligence in the war on terror. I get that. My view […]