by Paul Woodward
10.30.2007
Gunmen in Iraq kidnap eleven tribal leaders allied with U.S. By Amit R. Paley, Washington Post, October 29, 2007 Eleven tribal leaders who had banded with U.S. troops to fight the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq were kidnapped Sunday morning, the latest in a string of such attacks, fellow tribesmen said. The Shiite and [...]
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by Paul Woodward
10.15.2007
Al-Qaeda in Iraq reported crippled By Thomas E. Ricks and Karen DeYoung, Washington Post, October 15, 2007 Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, head of the Joint Special Operations Command’s operations in Iraq, is the chief promoter of a victory declaration and believes that AQI has been all but eliminated, the military intelligence official said. But Adm. [...]
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NEWS & EDITOR’S COMMENT: Torture complex uncovered
by Paul Woodward 12.20.2007Torture house, mass graves discovered in Iraq CNN, December 20, 2007 Coalition forces found 26 bodies buried in mass graves and a bloodstained “torture complex,” with chains hanging from walls and ceilings and a bed connected to an electrical system, the military said Wednesday. [...] The complex was in an area thought to be an [...]