The attack on Monday, claimed by an allegedly newly-formed militant group named “Saraya Awlia al-Dam (Dummies who can’t shoot straight),” featured about 14 rockets bombing various parts of the regional capital, including Erbil’s airport, residential areas, and at least one market. Local authorities confirmed at least one death and eight injuries, including civilians and at least one U.S. service member. Iraq’s Interior Ministry described the attack as similar in “method and technique” to past bombings of Erbil.
President Trump and the First Lady traveled to Iraq late on Christmas night to visit with our troops and Senior Military leadership to thank them for their service, their success, and their sacrifice and to wish them a Merry Christmas. pic.twitter.com/s2hntnRwpw
It’s Kentucky, damn it. How about if we just handle this like Daniel Boone would have handled it. Take ‘em out, give ‘em a running start, then shoot ‘em. Let’s call it due process and be done with it.
It’s Kentucky, damn it. How about if we just handle this like Daniel Boone would have handled it. Take ‘em out, give ‘em a running start, then shoot ‘em. Let’s call it due process and be done with it.
Waad Ramadan Alwan and Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, two good ol' country boys from the backwoods of Kentucky
The Bowling Green Daily News has the details:
Two Iraqi refugees living in Bowling Green were arraigned today on federal terrorism charges – including accusations of attempting to kill U.S. troops with explosive devices in Iraq. Waad Ramadan Alwan, 30, and Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, 23, are charged in a 23-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Bowling Green on May 26. The men made their initial federal court appearance today in Louisville.
Alwan is accused of conspiring to kill U.S. nationals overseas, conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction against U.S. nationals overseas, distributing information on how to manufacture and use improvised explosive devices, attempting to provide material support to terrorists and to al-Qaida in Iraq and conspiring to transfer, possess and export Stinger missiles.
Hammadi is charged with attempting to provide material support to terrorists and to al-Qaida in Iraq, as well as conspiracy to transfer, possess and export Stinger missiles.
What the hell are these clowns doing in the United States in the first place?
A marine unit got pinned down in the street in Tal Afa, west of Mosul in Iraq. They had a video camera mounted on the bumper of their armored HUM-V. The bad guys are hiding behind the white van parked just down the street.
Call us gruesome (you’ve called us worse), but this is one amazing video.
The background: A marine unit got pinned down in the street in Tal Afa, west of Mosul in Iraq. They had a video camera mounted on the bumper of their armored HUM-V. The bad guys are hiding behind the white van parked just down the street. Be aware that every time you hear a ping, it’s the sound of a bad guy’s bullet hitting the HUM-V.
Keep your eyes on the van when the Marine says they just fired the “rifle.” That’s military slang meaning an F-16 aircraft just launched a Maverick missile. You’ll hear the Maverick coming in and a split second later, see it send the bad guys off to meet their virgins.
End of story. For the bad guys, that is.
(We’ve watched this thing about a dozen times. Watch closely and you’ll see something fly up out of the frame after the explosion and fall back through the left side of the frame just before the end of the video. Is that Akbar?)
An interview with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and perky, ratings-challenged news anchor Katie Couric – had been a fight, it would have been stopped in the first round.
About the only time we watch HBO is for the fights, but much to our surprise we found out that the cable network has a series called “HBO History Makers.”
If this episode of the series – an interview with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and perky, ratings-challenged news anchor Katie Couric – had been a fight, it would have been stopped in the first round.
Couric asked Rice about the war in Iraq. She led with her chin and a false premise when she said, “Documentaries have been made about how intelligence was incorrectly analyzed and cherry-picked to build an argument for war, and memos from that time do suggest that officials knew there was a small chance of actually finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.”
Rice proceeded to pummel Couric with a combination of lefts and rights and knock-out punches from every direction. Couric never knew what hit her.
Our favorite moment? When Rice started talking about Saddam Hussein’s use of poisonous gas and Couric jumped in to say, “Oh, yeah, he used those chemical weapons against the Kurds….”
Too little, too late, Katie. You’d already been counted out.
We got this email from one of our readers in Iraq. He’s still there and he’s still fighting the bad guys, no matter what President Obama says.
No humor here. Nary a laugh. We got this email from one of our readers in Iraq. He’s still there and he’s still fighting the bad guys, no matter what the President says:
What about the Combat units that Obama forgot out here? I say this not thirty minutes after returning from a mission into the red zone in Baghdad.
Last time I checked (let me look at the patch on my shoulder again), I belong to an Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and still roll outside the wire on missions almost every day, with on average three firearms (an M4 rifle, M9 pistol, and M240/M249 machine gun depending on the mission) in full body armor, in the turret of an MRAP, with over one thousand rounds of ammunition within easy reach.
If all the combat units/troops are out of Iraq, can we come home now? Were we forgotten?
I must withhold my name as per the law regarding soldiers speaking of such topics, but feel free to research a unit I can not confirm nor deny I belong to, but is also one of these forgotten units: the 256th IBCT national guard unit from Louisiana. If the war is over and we combat units are no longer needed/no longer here, why do I see Baghdad when I step outside my CHU? Why can’t I turn in my weapons and see my family again?
Think of it as President Obama’s Mission Accomplished moment. The moment, that is, when he announced that the American combat mission in Iraq was over thanks to his decisive leadership.
Think of it as President Obama’s Mission Accomplished moment. The moment, that is, when he announced that the American combat mission in Iraq was over thanks to his decisive leadership.
Reuters – left wing Reuters, of all places – has the details:
President Obama says combat is over in Iraq. The troops beg to differ.
U.S. Staff Sergeant Kendrick Manuel swung his rifle over his shoulder and grumbled about being viewed as a “non-combat” soldier in Iraq.
“When NBC talked about the last combat troops are gone, they made it sound like everything is basically over,” he said, after escorting a 19-truck convoy through a part of northern Iraq where roadside bombs and mortar attacks are still a danger.
“To us it was like a slap in the face, because we are still here … we are still going in harm’s way every time we leave out of the gate,” Manuel said at a U.S. military base, Camp Speicher, near Saddam Hussein’s home town of Tikrit.
On August 31, the U.S. military formally declared an end to its combat mission in Iraq, 7-1/2 years after the invasion that removed Saddam and led to sectarian warfare and a fierce insurgency in which tens of thousands of Iraqis were killed.
More than 4,400 U.S. soldiers have been killed since 2003.
U.S. networks such as NBC showed what the U.S. military labeled the last combat brigade rumbling into Kuwait. Soldiers whooped and shouted on camera that the war was over.
Yet, there are still six brigades made up of 50,000 troops in Iraq, ahead of a full withdrawal at the end of 2011. Their focus is to assist and advise their Iraqi counterparts, not lead the fight against insurgents, but they remain heavily armed and face frequent threats.
Well, what the hell. We say cut the Obama administration a little slack on this one. It’s as close to the truth as they’ve come in many months.
This 27 second clip demonstrates what the average American heard last night when he addressed the nation about his towering achievements in Iraq.
Barack Obama – he of the soaring rhetoric who once captivated millions with his dulcet tones – has somehow forgotten how to speak. This 27 second clip demonstrates what the average American heard last night when he addressed the nation about his towering achievements in Iraq.
Robert Gibbs on Tuesday ventured into enemy territory, otherwise known as Fox News. And Gretchen Carlson reminded him why the number one news network is also public enemy number one in the view of the Obama administration.
Robert Gibbs on Tuesday ventured into enemy territory, otherwise known as Fox News. And Gretchen Carlson reminded him why the number one news network is also public enemy number one in the view of the Obama administration.
Gibbs just flat out lied and Carlson refused to let him get away with it. In fact, he lied to the point that he made himself look stupid. (Correcton: even more stupid.)
Check out the angry look on Carlson’s face. The glare. The tense jaw.
No matter how much someone may love Barack Obama, that love pales in comparison to the love he has for himself. He is, as he said, the one he has been waiting for.
No matter how much someone may love Barack Obama, that love pales in comparison to the love he has for himself. He is, as he said, the one he has been waiting for.
Take this week’s radio message to the nation — the one in which he talked about the successful end of combat operations in Iraq.
Oddly enough, he didn’t mention the name George Bush. Not once. He did, on the other hand, say “I” six times in five minutes and twenty-six seconds. But none of them came in a sentence that said, “I was wrong about the surge.”
It hasn’t been a good week for Ground Zero mosque Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and his wife. She stuck her foot in her mouth on Sunday’s This Week, and some tapes have just been discovered that are going to make him regret some things he said back in 2005.
It hasn’t been a good week for Ground Zero mosque Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and his wife. She stuck her foot in her mouth on Sunday’s This Week, and some tapes have just been discovered that are going to make him regret some things he said back in 2005.
Such as, “We tend to forget, in the West, that it has blood on its hands of innocent non-Muslims. You may remember that the US lead sanction against Iraq lead to the death of over half a million Iraqi children.”
Then he tossed in a random n-word just to polish up his message of tolerance.
One of our friends has a brother who’s a Top Gun pilot. He sent us this politically-incorrect ring tone and message.
One of our friends has a brother who’s a Top Gun pilot. He sent us this politically-incorrect ring tone and message:
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“The beginning of this reminds me of being in Iraq/Qatar/UAE/Kuwait/Oman. The end is kind of what I was wishing for the whole time I was in Iraq/Qatar/UAE/Kuwait/Oman.”
Thanks, Dave. And be safe up there. On behalf of all our IHTM readers, we appreciate everything you do for us.
Due to popular request, here is the MP3 file for your use. Right click (CTL-click for mac) to download:
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Before publishing this article, we had tried for hours to make an easy way for you to get this to your cell phone, but in techland, nothing is that easy. We didn’t want you to incur any charge, and that was the problem at every “Make your own ringtone” site we went to. So, hopefully, you can figure out how to get the MP3 to your phone. It’s the right length for a ringtone, so you don’t need to any editing software to edit the MP3 first.
If you know how to upload the ringtone to a phone. please post instructions in the comments.
Everyone knew this guy was making crap up as he went along and that he knew he could never pull the troops out in 16 months. But we’re still waiting for the anti-war protestors to condemn President Obama for his blatant lie.
Everyone knew this guy was making crap up as he went along and that he knew he could never pull the troops out in 16 months. But we’re still waiting for the anti-war protestors to condemn President Obama for his blatant lie.
But there’s something else in this clip that we never noticed before. “As Commander in Chief,” Obama said, ”I would be setting strategy.”
Say what? A community organizer with no real world experience is going to set the strategy for a difficult foreign war?
If that’s true, we can save a lot of money by firing all those highly-paid generals. Just don’t need ‘em anymore now that The Greatest President In History is setting the strategy.
Matt Damon, one of Hollywood’s leading leftists, stars in this vile waste of celluloid in which the audience is encouraged to cheer for the good guys. Unfortunately, the good guys are the ones who are killing Americans.
There. We said it in a lot fewer words than any of the other film critics.
Matt Damon, one of Hollywood’s leading leftists, stars in this vile waste of celluloid in which the audience is encouraged to cheer for the good guys. Unfortunately, the good guys are the ones who are killing Americans.
Consider Green Zone convincing evidence that it’s a lot easier to write a screenplay than it is to write history.
Here are some other reviews that aren’t quite as succinct as ours:
Dick Cheney: Well (laugh) I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by my friend Joe Biden. I’m glad he now believes Iraq is a success. Of course, Obama and Biden campaigned from one end of the country to another for two years criticizing our Iraq policy.
Dick Cheney showed up on ABC’s This Week on Sunday morning and didn’t disappoint.
He was asked about Joe Biden’s claim that Iraq would be seen as one of the Obama Administration greatest achievements. Cheney response? The former Vice President just couldn’t help himself. He laughed.
Here’s the transcript:
Jonathan Karl: One thing he (Joe Biden) said is that he thinks Iraq would ultimately prove to be one of the greatest achievements of the Obama Administration.
Dick Cheney: Well (laugh) I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by my friend Joe Biden. I’m glad he now believes Iraq is a success. Of course, Obama and Biden campaigned from one end of the country to another for two years criticizing our Iraq policy. They opposed the surge that was absolutely crucial to our getting to the point where we’re at now with respect to Iraq. For them to try to take credit for what’s happened in Iraq strikes me as a little strange. If they had had their way, if we followed the policies of pursued from the outset or abdicated, Saddam Hussein would still be in power in Baghdad today.
Ahhhh, that wild and crazy Joe Biden. The same guy who once took credit for a speech written by a British politician now takes credit for a war won by a Republican president.
Once a cheat, always a cheat. Or once a moron, always a moron. We’re not sure which.
SSG David Bellavia earned the Silver Star and Bronze Star and a recommendation for the Medal of Honor for his actions in Fallujah. In this video, he tells you exactly what he did to win those high honors. In graphic, horrifying detail.
This video will hit you like a punch to the stomach. SSG David Bellavia earned the Silver Star and Bronze Star and a recommendation for the Medal of Honor for his actions in Fallujah. In this video, he tells you exactly what he did to win those high honors. In graphic, horrifying detail.
One thing we learned from this video: Guys like Bellavia are not wired like guys who sit around blogging in their underwear.
One day isn’t enough to honor America’s vets. So let’s do it again today. The things they do to protect the rest of us pansies is incredible, as is evidenced by this compilation of 33 incredible combat videos from Iraq.
One day isn’t enough to honor America’s vets. So let’s do it again today.
The things they do to protect the rest of us pansies is incredible, as is evidenced by this compilation of 33 incredible combat videos from Iraq.
But while the hard truths of war are still in evidence, what’s missing is the non-stop negative news coverage of the conflicts. Another thing’s missing: There are no protesters. No drum beaters at the White House. No mass protests in Europe.
Poor Cindy Sheehan isn't feeling the love anymore. Not from Democrats. Not from the media. Not even from other protesters.
Remember that nasty Iraq War?
Well, this may come as a huge surprise, but it’s still going on. A recent spike in bombings in stories buried deeply in the Washington Post proves it.
And that conflict in Afghanistan? Oh, it’s still going on, too.
Just the other day, an air strike on a couple of fuel trucks hijacked by the Taliban was hit by an allied air strike, resulting in 90 casualties, including a large group of civilians.
Then there are the “lurid photos” – as described by the Wall Street Journal – of Afghan guards and embassy workers mucking about like drunken frat boys. Shades of Abu Ghraib? Nah. Not when Democrats control the government.
But while the hard truths of war are still in evidence, what’s missing is the non-stop negative news coverage of the conflicts. Obviously, during the Obama administration negative news just doesn’t resonate the way negative news did during the Bush administration because, well, because it was the Bush administration.
Another thing’s missing: There are no protesters. No drum beaters at the White House. No mass protests in Europe.
It makes you wonder whether all those crazy parades were protests against war after all.
Vice President Joe Biden’s surprise two-day visit this weekend to Iraq was meant to ‘re-establish contact’ with leaders here, but some Iraqis bristled at the messenger.
Vice Buffoon Biden is being shipped out to Iraq
Whenever you think this administration can’t get any more insincere, they go and surprise you. Like when President Obama named Vice Buffoon Joe Biden to head up political reconciliation in Iraq.
As Associated Press reports, “Vice President Joe Biden’s surprise two-day visit this weekend to Iraq was meant to ‘re-establish contact’ with leaders here, but some Iraqis bristled at the messenger.”
Why?
Because Biden had angered Iraqi leadership in the past by pushing a plan to partition the country into three separate semi-autonomous nations – one for Kurds, another for Shiites, a third for Sunnis – because he didn’t believe political reconciliation was possible.
In other words, he doesn’t believe in what he’s now been assigned to accomplish.
“I think, given his knowledge of the region, the number of times he’s been there, he’s perfectly suited for this type of role,” said White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, adding that the job would include frequent trips to Iraq.
Translation: President Obama said, “Somebody figure out a job that’ll get this moron out of the country as fast as possible.”
