(see 10 for introduction) 2 next Jack Newfield obits: Newfield defined journalism, and truth (Capital Times/The Nation) (John Nichols) A Foe of Injustice (New York Sun) Jack Newfield, Crusading Columnist (The Jewish Week) Jack Newfield here, from the land beyond,...
13 Names
The Department of Defense released the names of the 13 troops killed in the attack on a mess tent in Mosul. They are Capt. William W. Jacobsen Jr., 31, of Charlotte, N.C. Jacobsen was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry...
“The Christmas Truce” on TV this Afternoon
Today at 6pm Eastern, 3pm Pacific (on some satellite systems, 6pm Pacific), the History Channel is running "The Christmas Truce" on "Histories Mysteries." In 1914, British and German troops along the front declared a truce -- they celebrated, shared food and gifts,...
Rumsfeld sent to Mosul
Wow, they're really trying to get rid of Rumsfeld: Rumsfeld in Mosul to Spread Christmas Cheer
Rubbing salt in the wound: Ansar al-Sunna
Ansar al-Sunna taunts the US:"First they said it was a mortar or rockets, then they said it was a suicide operation with local materials, and so on," the statement on Ansar al-Sunna's website said. "Are they really this stupid, that they still don't know how they've...
“Hajjis” and Exploding Body Armor
More information is surfacing about the Mosul suicide bomber:"I am concerned about ... copycat attacks," said Brigadier General Carter Ham, the U.S. commander in Mosul where the bomber killed 18 Americans and three Iraqi National Guards on Tuesday in a pre-Christmas...
Mosul attack was a suicide bomber
If it is true, as now seems likely, that a suicide bomber is behind the carnage at the US base in Mosul yesterday, the fact that the troops were eating in a tent rather than a hardened facility may have actually saved lives, since the force of the explosion escaped...
Nichols countdown—3
(see 10 for introduction) 2.5 next John Nichols' Capital Times column Tuesday is headlined Curtailing Christians in Occupied Iraq in the print edition. Bethlehem's mayor and Jerusalem's Latin patriarch have been speaking out, will Thursday bring Curtailing Christians...
A Tent?
An interesting comment from Abbas Kadhim:As I recall it from my days in Mosul, Al-Ghizlani is one of the largest military facilities in Iraq. It has all kinds of places to have a dining room. Why would anyone have a tent for such gatherings?
Antiwar.com Update
Nearly a year ago, Antiwar.com completed a redesign and database integration of our original content. This week we finished the first of many steps toward databasing our news archive, which includes a new dynamically updated latest news page. With this feature, we can...
