Today in Iraq

War News for November 19 and 20, 2004 Bring ‘em on: Uprising in Baghdad. Bring ‘em on: One US soldier killed, nine wounded in Baghdad ambush. Bring ‘em on: Three Iraqi policemen killed in multiple insurgent attacks in Baghdad. Bring ‘em on: Heavy fighting continues in Mosul. Bring ‘em on: Two Iraqis killed, five wounded in car bomb attack on Iraqi police convoy in Baghdad. Bring ‘em on: One US soldier wounded in Mosul car bomb attack. Bring ‘em on: Two Iraqi policemen kidnapped in Tikrit. Bring ‘em on: Four Iraqi policemen loot al-Anbar patrol station and defect to insurgency. Bring ‘em on: Two Iraqis killed by roadside bomb in Samarra. Bring ‘em on: Three US soldiers wounded by roadside bomb near Beiji. Bring ‘em on: Governor’s mansion mortared in Mosul. Bring ‘em on: Iraqi policeman killed in attack in Baquba. Bring ‘em on: Iraqi policeman killed in mortar attack near Moqdadiyah. Bring ‘em on: Fighting continues in Ramadi. Bring ‘em on: Four Ministry of Public Works officials assassinated in Baghdad. Bring ‘em on: British troops under rocket attack near Mahmoudiyah. Bring ‘em on: Insurgents execute nine Iraqi soldiers in Mosul. ICRC sounds off. “Red Cross today condemned the ‘utter contempt for humanity’ shown by both sides in the war in Iraq. In a departure from protocol, the International Committee of the Red Cross urged all warring parties to comply with international humanitarian law and let aid workers carry out their duties. The damning indictment by one of the world’s most respected humanitarian aid organisations comes as a US official warned it would be difficult to hold elections in January unless the situation improved. And US commanders have said they are likely to increase their troops by several thousand as the election approaches.” US troops seal off Ramadi. US to increase troop levels in Iraq. World Vision abandons humanitarian mission in Iraq. Commentary Analysis: “For the average Iraqi, Sunni or Shi'ite - and Americans underestimate Iraqi national pride at their peril - there's no question: the current Sunni resistance morally prevails, because they are Iraqis fighting an invader/occupier. This means the US occupation in essence lost even before it began. Defining the resistance as ‘anti-Iraqi forces’ - as the Pentagon does - is nonsense: they are a legitimate popular resistance movement, while the US-trained Iraqi police are largely identified for what they are - collaborationists doing the dirty work of Iraqification, the Mesopotamian version of failed Vietnamization. Hundreds of these US-trained forces ran away before the battle even started in Fallujah. No wonder: they were resistance moles. And most of Mosul's police also defected.” Casualty Reports Local story: Michigan Marine killed in Iraq. Local story: Texas Marine killed in Iraq. Local story: Connecticut Marine killed in Iraq. Local story: New York soldier killed in Iraq. Local story: Kentucky Marine killed in Iraq. Local story: Texas Marine killed in Iraq. Local story: Idaho soldier killed in Iraq. Local story: California Marine killed in Iraq. Local story: North Carolina soldier dies in Iraq. Local story: Massachusetts Marine killed in Iraq. Local story: California soldier killed in Iraq. Local story: Wisconsin soldier dies in Iraq. Local story: Nebraska Marine killed in Iraq. Local story: California soldier killed in Iraq. Local story: Minnesota soldier dies in Iraq. Local story: Texas Marine killed in Iraq. Local story: California Marine killed in Iraq. Local story: California Marine killed in Iraq. Local story: Alabama Marine wounded in Iraq. Rant of the Day I ain’t making this shit up, folks. “The President’s surprise 2003 Thanksgiving Day visit to the U.S. troops in Iraq has inspired Talking Presidents to create a new action figure, Turkey Dinner Bush.” I'm not surprised. Conservatives will buy anything. I see an opportunity here, so Doodle Industries will soon market a line of pre-browned underpants on the Rush Limbaugh Show and call them Bush 9/11 Shorts. I’ll make a freaking fortune.