tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post2086638712662075789..comments2024-02-15T21:24:23.524-08:00Comments on Today in The Endless War: News of the Day for Sunday, December 23, 2012Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-28008580284531005222012-12-24T05:51:37.271-08:002012-12-24T05:51:37.271-08:00Oh yeah, Iraq. Sigh.Oh yeah, Iraq. Sigh.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-71284006517072635062012-12-23T16:27:24.919-08:002012-12-23T16:27:24.919-08:00Bomb at CD shop in Iraq kills four<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/12/22/iraqi-officials-says-bombing-at-cd-shop-northeast-baghdad-kills-4-wounds-11/" rel="nofollow">Bomb at CD shop in Iraq kills four</a>Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-52199000098591344432012-12-23T16:26:21.334-08:002012-12-23T16:26:21.334-08:00Iraqi protestors block highway
Thousands of prot...<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/bombing-kills-wounds-11-iraq-18045482#.UNeVFHfNmSo" rel="nofollow">Iraqi protestors block highway</a><br /><br /> Thousands of protesters demonstrated Sunday in Iraq's western Sunni heartland following the arrest of bodyguards assigned to the finance minister, briefly blocking the main highway linking Baghdad with neighboring Jordan and Syria.<br /><br />The dispute threatens to exacerbate tensions with Iraq's Sunnis, who accuse Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of targeting and marginalizing them. The sectarian conflicts have largely paralyzed the government and have often turned violent.<br /><br />On Friday, Iraq's Shiite-led government said it arrested 10 of Finance Minister Rafia al-Issawi's bodyguards on terrorism-related charges. The government said it carried out the arrests according to the law and opposes any efforts to sow sectarian discontent.Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-16054252056292738722012-12-23T16:23:29.258-08:002012-12-23T16:23:29.258-08:00US drone war in Afghanistan
Forget Pakistan, Yeme...<a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/drones-afghan-air-war/" rel="nofollow">US drone war in Afghanistan</a><br /><br />Forget Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and all the other secret little warzones. The real center of the U.S. drone campaign is in plain sight — on the hot and open battlefield of Afghanistan.<br /><br />The American military has launched 333 drone strikes this year in Afghanistan. That’s not only the highest total ever, according to U.S. Air Force statistics. It’s essentially the same number of robotic attacks in Pakistan since the CIA-led campaign there began nearly eight years ago. In the last 30 days, there have been three reported strikes in Yemen. In Afghanistan, that’s just an average day’s worth of remotely piloted attacks. And the increased strikes come as the rest of the war in Afghanistan is slowing down.Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.com