Haven't been hearing much about Iraq lately

[Goathead]

Oh, thank god, that must mean that the elections were a success and all is well for our soldiers over there. I must heed Barbara Bush's advice and not worry my beautiful mind over such troublesome things as death and destruction. After all, if there were something REALLY important going on over there surely I would have been alerted by the press. Boy, am I parched...

[Dawgs]

1. No, but you're hearing plenty on Iran and North Korea...

Interesting how we haven't heard anything about these two countries until just after the Iraq elections. Coincidence????

[Raster]

2. the reason we haven't heard anything is that EVERYONE knows that

the Iraqis that voted DID NOT vote for the American puppet. The Iraqis voted for their own self-government, which does not include the USA. Just imagine the world reaction when the new, legitimate Iraqi government asks the US to leave and Iran to come on in... heh heh heh, but that won't happen, of course. Remember, the bush* puppets count the votes.

[dusty64]

3. The results have been "delayed"

and are being fixed as we write. Will the Iraqis' sit quietly while their elections are stolen as we Americans do?

[ClintonTyree]

4. Yes, there were "irregularities" in the voting................

which in our country means "conspiracy theory lunatics", but in the context of Iraq's elections are "serious business" not to be taken lightly. I wonder what the reaction from Iraqis will be when the party they voted for is suddenly defeated by a more American friendly party? I'm sure they'll be told to "get over it" and "move on with your lives". Hehheh, this is going to be interesting.

[Spinzonner]

5. Another day

Another 50 Iraqi casualties.

All is copacetic is Shrub World

[Goathead]

6. Yeah, I saw that

That was the impetus behind this post.http://www.chieftain.com/national/1108120599/4

[LynnTheDem]

7. Some of today's Iraq news;

Major subordinate units of V Corps scheduled to deploy include the 3rd Corps Support Command, V Corps Artillery, 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, 130th Engineer Brigade, 22nd Signal Brigade and 30th Medical Brigade, are all based in Germany.

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20050211-1425.html

A Task Force Danger Soldier was wounded by small-arms fire in Kirkuk Province near Hawija about 11 a.m., Feb. 11.

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/media-information/February/050211d.htm

A US Marine could be executed for shooting two Iraqis during a vehicle search near a weapons cache in Iraq. Second Lieutenant Ilario G. Pantano has been charged with murdering two local men on April 15, 2004 in Baghdad.

http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1268&storyid=2647626

A car bomb exploded outside a Shiite mosque northeast of Baghdad on Friday, killing 13 and injuring more than 40, a police official and witnesses said.

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iraq-mosque-bombing,0,2525408.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

Croatia announced that a Croatia bus driver was killed in an attack that targeted a procession of vehicles transporting equipments for the American forces in Iraq in the outskirts of Tikrit to the north of Baghdad.

http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050210/2005021004.html

It's like the Wild West -Attacks never cease at base
But the shooting never completely stops at this modern version of Fort Apache, ringed by a wall of concrete slabs and insulated with sandbags stacked along the base of walls and stuffed in windows.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/279808p-239686c.html

Four Ukrainian army officers escorting the remains of a soldier home from Iraq were caught at the Kiev airport with 300,000 dollars and accused of smuggling.

http://www.spa.gov.sa/newsview.php?extend.238634

Cleric's aide wounded in assassination attempt
An aide to Iraq’s most revered Shiite Muslim cleric was injured in an assassination attempt in Baghdad after receiving threats from militants opposed to his support for Iraq’s elections, a relative of the man said today.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/2005/02/11/story188879.html

Masked gunmen opened fire on a crowd at a Baghdad bakery today, killing 11 people, police and witnesses said.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=609980

Gunmen kidnap 20 policemen south of Baghdad
The Minister of State for National Security Affairs Qasem Dawood told journalists that 20 insurgents were killed and 21 others arrested.

http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=704145