Diyala Governorate above and Baqubah is its capital.
Some of this making sense, yet?
There is still a great deal of political and social turbulence (otherwise known as anarchy) in Iraq that manifests in daily violence.
The events yesterday of the attack that killed nearly 30 people was noted in the media because of the number of dead. However, that is not a unique incident.
The 'quite' in Iraq is selective. The peril in Iraq for 'the individual' is still very real and there is a hint this is more 'civil uprisings' rather than criminal OR al Qaeda. Just because violence from Iraq enters the media doesn't mean it has anything to do with al Qaeda, even if the USA military states they have proof. Their proof as of late is exceptionally skeptical and highly improper when it comes to issues of the Geneva Conventions and International Laws.
The events yesterday of the attack that killed nearly 30 people was noted in the media because of the number of dead. However, that is not a unique incident.
The 'quite' in Iraq is selective. The peril in Iraq for 'the individual' is still very real and there is a hint this is more 'civil uprisings' rather than criminal OR al Qaeda. Just because violence from Iraq enters the media doesn't mean it has anything to do with al Qaeda, even if the USA military states they have proof. Their proof as of late is exceptionally skeptical and highly improper when it comes to issues of the Geneva Conventions and International Laws.
By ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTI
Published: November 9, 2008
Published: November 9, 2008
...and a more sweeping mandate to conduct operations in countries not at war with the United States....
...But as many as a dozen additional operations have been canceled in the past four years, often to the dismay of military commanders, senior military officials said. They said senior administration officials had decided in these cases that the missions were too risky, were too diplomatically explosive or relied on insufficient evidence....
The USA military have been crossing borders under 'secret orders,' okay? There is NOTHING stopping a General or Commander from disobeying those orders either.
Evidently, the USA military, under Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Gates (After all it isn't as though Gates came to Congress and said, "You know there is something fishy going on here.") feels completely exonerated from actions that could cause global war. (You can extrapolate that right into issues with missle shields and the true impetus behind that mess, too.)
The 'border incursions' ordered by Rumsfeld and signed by Bush are AGAINST the laws of the USA. No Commander and Chief or his agents are allowed to attack a sovereign nation in an act of war without the consent of the Congress.
None of the 'border incursions' by Bush/Rumsfeld/USA Military was due to unexpected issues of 'self-defense' when attacked first. This was an Executive Order THAT DIRECTED the activities of our military. It is a matter of impeachment. Bush and his Executive Branch broke USA law.
The ethnicities in Iraq are STILL unhappy with each other.
The 'border incursions' ordered by Rumsfeld and signed by Bush are AGAINST the laws of the USA. No Commander and Chief or his agents are allowed to attack a sovereign nation in an act of war without the consent of the Congress.
None of the 'border incursions' by Bush/Rumsfeld/USA Military was due to unexpected issues of 'self-defense' when attacked first. This was an Executive Order THAT DIRECTED the activities of our military. It is a matter of impeachment. Bush and his Executive Branch broke USA law.
The ethnicities in Iraq are STILL unhappy with each other.
We aren't sure about some of the 'white ethnic males' and an occassional female in the USA yet, however. Or maybe we are sure. Whatever.
Iraqi Shiite cleric Talal al-Saadi leads Friday prayers in Kadhimiyah, northern Baghdad
I am also not convinced the media services really portray the continued anxiety of the Shia either. This article points to the fact the suicide bombers in this 'particular' region are women/girls.
Iraqi Shiite cleric Talal al-Saadi leads Friday prayers in Kadhimiyah, northern Baghdad
I am also not convinced the media services really portray the continued anxiety of the Shia either. This article points to the fact the suicide bombers in this 'particular' region are women/girls.
What isn't said is that this 'province/governate' is Shi'ite Territory just outside, east actually, of the Sunni Triangle and Baghdad. It is nowhere near the Iranian border either.
This is the 'territory' when traveling east throught Baghdad and leaving The Sunni Triangle, one would enter Shi'ite Territory. So, whatever is going on is real and the people threatening the Shi'ites are doing so on roads out of Baghdad that connect and find 'easy travel' from the Sunni Triangle. There is a reason why the Shi'ites of this region feel they are threatened. The logistics of the area dictate validating the Shia's 'very real concerns.' It all 'FITS / MAKES SENSE.'
Like.
Ah.
What gives?
Because I don't believe for one minute ANY of the violence here is linked to al Qaeda. I believe this is all Civil Violence regarding ethnicities. There is something 'going on' whereby young girls feel it necessary to martyr themselves in an attempt to kill Sunni Arabs and Americans.
Suicide bomb attack by girl, 13, kills four in Iraq (click here)
A 13-year-old girl has blown herself up at a checkpoint in central Iraq, killing four Sunni guards and wounding at least 15 civilians.
Last Updated: 12:15AM GMT 11 Nov 2008
The attacker took place at a checkpoint in Baquba, capital of Diyala province, which is manned by the former Sunni insurgents who switched sides to battle al-Qaeda, police said.
Fifteen people, including three women, were also injured in the attack shortly before noon (0900 GMT), they said.
Dr Ahmed Fuad at Baquba General Hospital confirmed the number of killed and wounded and said the bomber appeared to be a 13-year-old girl.
Diyala is one of the most dangerous areas of Iraq. Insurgent groups and Al-Qaeda have continued launching attacks there despite a massive military crackdown by US and Iraqi forces.
A number of attacks in Diyala, especially suicide bombings, have been carried out by women....
Iraq begins paying Awakening groups (click here)
Fighters with Sunni Awakening groups in Iraq, who were paid by the US to turn against al-Qaeda, have begun to receive their first pay cheques from the Shia-dominated Iraqi government.
The Iraqi government started paying the salaries of about 54,000 Awakening fighters at 60 locations in Baghdad on Monday.
About $15m is to be distributed in a process expected to take several days.
"This is really a tremendously important day and a manifestation of the reconciliation process that is happening in Iraq," Robin Swan, a US army brigadier general, said.
"The real proof of the pudding is in the payday."
The new salaries will represent a slight pay cut from $300 a month under the US, down to $275 a month on the Iraqi security forces payroll.
The move to bring the Awakening groups into the security forces could test Baghdad's fragile calm....
Like.
Ah.
What gives?
Because I don't believe for one minute ANY of the violence here is linked to al Qaeda. I believe this is all Civil Violence regarding ethnicities. There is something 'going on' whereby young girls feel it necessary to martyr themselves in an attempt to kill Sunni Arabs and Americans.
Suicide bomb attack by girl, 13, kills four in Iraq (click here)
A 13-year-old girl has blown herself up at a checkpoint in central Iraq, killing four Sunni guards and wounding at least 15 civilians.
Last Updated: 12:15AM GMT 11 Nov 2008
The attacker took place at a checkpoint in Baquba, capital of Diyala province, which is manned by the former Sunni insurgents who switched sides to battle al-Qaeda, police said.
Fifteen people, including three women, were also injured in the attack shortly before noon (0900 GMT), they said.
Dr Ahmed Fuad at Baquba General Hospital confirmed the number of killed and wounded and said the bomber appeared to be a 13-year-old girl.
Diyala is one of the most dangerous areas of Iraq. Insurgent groups and Al-Qaeda have continued launching attacks there despite a massive military crackdown by US and Iraqi forces.
A number of attacks in Diyala, especially suicide bombings, have been carried out by women....
Iraq begins paying Awakening groups (click here)
Fighters with Sunni Awakening groups in Iraq, who were paid by the US to turn against al-Qaeda, have begun to receive their first pay cheques from the Shia-dominated Iraqi government.
The Iraqi government started paying the salaries of about 54,000 Awakening fighters at 60 locations in Baghdad on Monday.
About $15m is to be distributed in a process expected to take several days.
"This is really a tremendously important day and a manifestation of the reconciliation process that is happening in Iraq," Robin Swan, a US army brigadier general, said.
"The real proof of the pudding is in the payday."
The new salaries will represent a slight pay cut from $300 a month under the US, down to $275 a month on the Iraqi security forces payroll.
The move to bring the Awakening groups into the security forces could test Baghdad's fragile calm....
