Iraq Update
874 Dead, 1601 Wounded, 9 Kidnapped - Iraq August 2008
McCain 8/28/08: "Iraq is A Peaceful And Stable Country Now"
Time Magazine
Here is the peace & stability of Iraq as of August 30, 2008
Saturday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 4 Wounded; 3 Turks Wounded - 8/30/08
Friday: 1 US Soldier, 9 Iraqis Killed; 1 Iraqi Wounded
Thursday: 2 US Soldiers, 7 Iraqis Killed; 14 Iraqis Wounded
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 14 Iraqis Killed; 47 Iraqis Wounded
Tuesday: 47 Iraqis Killed, 79 Wounded
Monday: 1 US Soldier, 16 Iraqis Killed; 14 Iraqis Wounded
Sunday: 49 Iraqis Killed, 90 Wounded
Saturday: 21 Iraqis Killed, 14 Wounded, 9 Kidnapped
Friday: 1 Marine, 6 Iraqis Killed; 8 Iraqis Wounded
Thursday: 13 Iraqis Killed, 14 Wounded
Wednesday: 1 Marine, 9 Iraqis Killed; 8 Iraqis Wounded
Tuesday: 1 US Soldier, 66 Iraqis Killed; 26 Iraqis Wounded
Monday: 14 Iraqis Killed, 34 Wounded
Sunday: 19 Iraqis Killed, 40 Wounded
Saturday: 9 Iraqis Killed, 16 Wounded
Friday: 2 GIs, 22 Iraqis Killed; 68 Iraqis Wounded
Thursday: 40 Iraqis Killed, 111 Wounded
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 12 Iraqis Killed; 43 Iraqis Wounded
Tuesday: 1 Marine, 16 Iraqis Killed; 23 Iraqis Wounded
Monday: 16 Iraqis Killed, 38 Wounded
Sunday: 1 US Soldier, 21 Iraqis Killed; 113 Iraqis Wounded
Saturday: 2 U.S. Soldiers, 28 Iraqis Killed; 22 Iraq Wounded
Friday: 2 Marines, 27 Iraqis Killed; 81 Wounded
Thursday: 22 Iraqis Killed, 36 Wounded
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 27 Iraqis Killed; 22 Iraqis Wounded
Tuesday: 2 US Soldiers, 21 Iraqis Killed; 26 Iraqis Wounded
Monday: 3 US Soldiers, 21 Iraqis Killed; 31 Iraqis Wounded
Sunday: 1 US Soldier, 36 Iraqis Killed; 63 Iraqis Wounded
Saturday: 16 Iraqis Killed, 18 Wounded
Friday: 1 American, 11 Iraqis Killed; 6 Iraqis Wounded
Thursday: 2 US Soldiers, 20 Iraqis Killed; 21 Iraqis Wounded
Wednesday: 1 US Marine, 8 Iraqis Killed; 12 Iraqis Wounded
Tuesday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 10 Wounded
Monday: 87 Iraqis Killed, 288 Wounded
Sunday: 18 Iraqis Killed, 21 Wounded
Saturday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 19 Wounded
Friday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 12 Wounded
Thursday: 20 Iraqis Killed, 39 Wounded
Wednesday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 5 Wounded
Tuesday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 29 Wounded
Monday: 24 Iraqis Killed, 32 Wounded
Based on hospital & US records
http://www.antiwar.com/updates/
McCain: Iraq is ‘A Peaceful
And Stable Country Now’
874 Dead, 1601 Wounded, 9 Kidnapped - Iraq August 2008
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
Time Magazine
Today, Time Magazine published an interview with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) that it conducted aboard McCain’s campaign airplane. Reporters James Carney and Michael Scherer described McCain as “prickly” and “at times, abrasive” during the course of the interview.
Carney and Scherer noted to McCain that the Iraqi government is calling for a deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq even though McCain’s previously stated definition of “victory” — “a peaceful, stable, prosperous democratic state” — has not been achieved. The Arizona senator dismissed their characterization of the situation, saying that Iraq is “a peaceful and stable country now”:
Q: Some members of the [Iraqi] government have made it clear in the last month or two that they might want to withdraw before complete stability, before totally secure borders, before some of the completeness of victory as you described. Is there any change, do you think there is some wiggle room there because what you described with Petraeus was an end point that was rather complete — a peaceful, stable country.
MCCAIN: Its a peaceful and stable country now.
Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1mesjvN42c&eurl=http://thinkprogress.org/
The War in Iraq Costs so far.. 8/30
$549,859,407,791
Consider the costs...
$4,681 per household.
$1,721 per person.
$341.4 million per day.
Two-thirds of US links McCain to Bush policies
USA Today - September 01, 2008
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/09/two-thirds-link.html?csp=34
Republicans Extend 9/11 National Emergency Yet Again
Global Research - September 4, 2008
320,000 Vets Have Brain Injuries
AP News - Apr 17, 2008
18 Vet Suicides Per Day?
CBS News - April 21, 2008
Journalist deaths total 171 for the year (of 2007)
guardian.co.uk - December 31 2007
The invasion of Iraq started March 20, 2003
Well over half a trillion tax dollars spent,
Zero WMDs, No connection to 9/11
“Information is the currency of democracy.”
Thomas Jefferson
Photos of Iraq
