Obama needs to take a lesson from Abu Ghraib and CBS. It seems someone is leaking the pictures. Click here.

I thought the Geneva Conventions prohibited exploitation of prisoner pictures. Although, if it weren't for the publication of the Abu Ghraib pictures (click here) the torture might still being conducted.

I don't know that we will actually learn more from more pictures.

It is the Generals that oppose the release of any more pictures. I don't want soldiers put into danger because of an escalation of violence, but, unless a USA court denies the public's request for their release for the sake of security I don't see there is any benefit to delaying justice.

Besides, after the death of five innocent soldiers at the hand of one of their own, it is time to bring them all home.

We don't belong in Iraq.

We never did.

What are we doing over there?

Kurdish exports may signal shift in Iraq oil law feud (click here)
Missy Ryan
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
OIL PRODUCTION: Iraq and Kurdistan governments may be edging closer to resolving differences over energy legislation interpretation. (Getty Images)
The launch of oil exports from Iraq's Kurdish north might nudge a long standoff over vital Iraqi energy legislation closer towards resolution, the president of Iraq's Kurds said on Wednesday."It was a very important step, which goes along with implementation of the constitution and is in the interests of the Iraqi people'" Masoud Barzani, president of the largely autonomous Kurdistan region, said in an interview.An end to the fierce impasse over national oil and gas laws, which would set out rules for investing in Iraq and decide how to mete out revenues, would be a boon for Iraq as it seeks to boost output and repair decades of sanctions, war and neglect....

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,294 (click here)
By The Associated Press – 20 hours ago
As of Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at least 4,294 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,440 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
The AP count is seven more than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Monday at 10 a.m. EDT.
The British military has reported 179 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea, one death each.
Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 31,245 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department's weekly tally.
The latest deaths reported by the military:
_ No deaths reported.
The latest identifications reported by the military:
_ Navy Cmdr. Charles K. Springle, 52, Wilmington, N.C., died Monday of wounds suffered from a non-combat related incident at Camp Victory, Iraq.
_ Army Spc. Omar M. Albrak, 21, Chicago; died Saturday in Baghdad, of injuries sustained during a motor vehicle accident; was an Individual Ready Reserve soldier assigned to the Headquarters, Multi-National Forces Iraq.