http://www.bringhome172nd.org Dynamic look at the story behind the story of covering the news in Iraq. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:25:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A policeman was killed and 14 other people were injured in roadside bombs and mortar attacks in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday morning, an Interior Ministry source said. "A roadside bomb struck a police commando patrol while passing near the al-Mustansriya University in eastern Baghdad, killing a policeman and wounding ... http://www.bringhome172nd.org/2008/01/30/policeman-killed-14-injured/ The Senate gave President Bush a big win on Iraq Tuesday night as it passed a massive $555 billion spending bill combining funding for 14 Cabinet departments with $70 billion for U.S. military operations there and in Afghanistan. But Bush's GOP allies were divided over whether the omnibus appropriations bill represented ... http://www.bringhome172nd.org/2007/12/18/senate-passes-70-billion-military-spending/ At least two Iraq police officers were killed and 13 men were wounded a suicide car bomber detonated outside the home of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, Iraqi Interior Ministry officials said. The attack was staged around 8:20 a.m. (12:20 a.m. ET) on al-Zaytoun Street, bordering the heavily fortified International Zone, ... http://www.bringhome172nd.org/2007/12/11/car-bomber-kills-2-police-officers-in-iraq/ A U.S. soldier is dead and two others are wounded in a suicide car bombing in a mostly Sunni area of Iraq north of Baghdad. Iraqi police say seven inmates were killed when mortar shells crashed into a prison at an Interior Ministry complex in the capital city. The U.S. ... http://www.bringhome172nd.org/2007/12/10/a-soldier-killed-in-iraq/ More than a year after infantryman Alejandro Albarran lost part of his right leg to a blast in Iraq, he still hasn't decided whether he'll stay in the Army. "Right now, I'm leaning against it," Albarran said, looking ahead with distaste to a possible desk job. But whatever he decides, Spc. Albarran, ... http://www.bringhome172nd.org/2007/12/09/wife-joins-army-as-husbend-loses-his-leg-in-iraq/ A “State Department project manager banished from Iraq by the U.S. ambassador and under scrutiny by the Justice Department continues to oversee the construction of the much-delayed new American embassy in Baghdad from nearby Kuwait,” State Department officials disclosed yesterday. http://www.bringhome172nd.org/2007/12/07/banished-state-dept-official-still-overseeing-embassy-in-iraq/ 37 percent: Number of military-family members who “approve of the job Bush is doing as president,” according to a new Bloomberg/LA Times poll. Just 36 percent of active-duty military, veterans, and their families believe “it was worth going to war in Iraq,” compared to a 2004 survey that found “64 ... http://www.bringhome172nd.org/2007/12/07/thinkfast-december-7-2007/ Bush recently announced a new, “enduring” occupation of Iraq, to be implemented without Congress’ approval. Today, Sens. Jim Webb (D-VA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Carl Levin (D-MI) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) warned Bush against committing the U.S. to a long-term presence without congressional consent: [W]e want ... http://www.bringhome172nd.org/2007/12/06/webb-no-permanent-presence-without-congress%e2%80%99s-consent/ A new Government Accountability Office Pentagon Inspector General report details “massive failure in government procurement,” revealing that there is “more than $1 billion in unaccounted for military equipment and services provided to the Iraqi security forces.” According to the analysis, the military, for example, “could not account for 12,712 out ... http://www.bringhome172nd.org/2007/12/06/more-than-1-billion-in-military-equipment-missing-in-iraq/ In 2005, while “in the midst of congressional and legal scrutiny” over its secret detention program, the CIA “destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Al Qaeda operatives in the agency’s custody,” the agency admitted today. The videotapes, which contained footage of “severe interrogation techniques,” were “destroyed ... http://www.bringhome172nd.org/2007/12/06/cia-destroyed-tapes-of-%e2%80%98harsh-interrogations%e2%80%99/