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"I sometimes lie awake and wonder,  when I saw our target was close to civilians, whether I was right not to fire. Maybe I let him live and tomorrow he will kill
more of our civilians....."
Uri, Israeli pilot
Just the headlines...
Iraq
01/18/09-01/20/09
Iraq bomber kills Sunni  politician
A suicide bomber killed the deputy leader of one of the biggest Sunni Arab political blocs in Iraq
on Sunday as  he and other politicians met to discuss a coming provincial election, the party's leader said.
Al-Sadr's  followers eye comeback in Jan. 31 vote
Followers of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hope to win back their position as a major
force in this month's regional elections after a string of military and political setbacks last year.
 Roadside bomb wounds policeman in southern Mosul 
A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded a policeman and a civilian in southern Mosul, 390
km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
 Gunmen kill 2 guards and off duty policeman i n Mosul
Gunmen in a car killed two guards protecting a communication tower on Saturday in northeastern  Mosul, police said...Gunmen in a car shot dead an off-duty policeman on Saturday in northern Mosul, police said.
Roadside bomb wounds 3 policemen in central Baghdad 
A roadside bomb wounded three policemen on Saturday when it targeted their patrol near central Baghdad's
Al-Shaab stadium, police said.
Mortar fire  wounds 2 Iraqi soldiers in western Baghdad
A mortar round wounded two Iraqi soldiers on  Saturday in the Jamiaa district of western Baghdad, police said.
U.S. general: Iraq leaders failed in Anbar
Marine commander considers lack of reconstruction  'a mission BAGHDAD - The top American commander in the former insurgent stronghold of Anbar said failure'
Wednesday the Shiite-led government should have poured reconstruction money into the Sunni region after Sunni fighters joined forces with U.S. troops to chase al-Qaida
out of the western province.
01/20/09
 Three killed,eight more injured in blast W.Baghdad
Three people were killed due a bobby-trapped  vehicle explosion western the capital Baghdad on Tuesday. The vehicle was parked sideways at the Amirat Street of al-Mansour
area, an Iraqi police source told KUNA
 Police shot dead suicide bomber in western Mosul
Police shot dead a suicide bomber wearing an explosives belt when he tried to approach their checkpoint
in  western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. One policeman was wounded in the incident.
Bomb wounds 3 pedestrians in Baquba
 Three pedestrians were wounded in the city of Baquba when a bomb exploded near the entrance of the
headquarters of a Sunni political bloc participating in the upcoming provincial  elections, police said.
Roadside bomb wounds  5 neighbourhood patrol members 
A roadside bomb wounded five members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrol and three civilians on
Monday  in Adhamiya district of northern Baghdad, police said.
Iraqi official escapes bomb
Ammar Aziz Muhammad Ali, undersecretary of Higher Education Ministry, escaped unhurt when a roadside
bomb went off near his convoy in the Nidhal Street in Baghdad central district of Karrada, the source said, requesting anonymity.
Israel declares ceasefire in Gaza
Israel has begun a unilateral ceasefire in Gaza, three weeks after launching a full-scale assault against
Hamas.
 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel had achieved its goals and Hamas - which has been firing rockets at Israel - had been
defeated.
But hours later, five rocke ts fell near the Israeli border town of Sderot, and there was a brief exchange of fire.
Israeli prime minister said its troops would remain in Gaza for now. Hamas  said it would not accept one Israeli soldier in Gaza.
We feel the pain of every Palestinian child and family member wh o fell victim to the cruel reality created by Hamas said Ehud Olmert Israeli prime minister
Hamas was badly damaged both militarily and in terms of government infrastructure; rocket
factories and dozens of smuggling tunnels had been destroyed
Hamas announces ceasefire in Gaza
 The Palestinian militant group Hamas has announced an immediate ceasefire with Israel in Gaza.
A statement read by a Hamas spokesman said the group would hold fire for a week to give Israel time to withdraw its forces from the Gaza Strip.
The move came hours after a unilateral Israeli ceasefire came into effect.
 Some Israeli troops have begun pulling out of the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel wanted to leave Gaza
"as soon as possible".
"We... announce a ceasefire of our factions in the  Gaza Strip and we stress that our demand is the withdrawal of the enemy forces from the Gaza Strip within a week, along with
the opening of all the crossings for the entry of humanitarian aid, food and  other necessities for our people in the Gaza Strip."
Israel, whose ceasefire came into effect at 0200 (2400 GMT) has said its troops will stay in Gaza for as long
as necessary.
Hours later, at least 18 rockets were fired into Israel, Israeli sources said, triggering
an Israeli air strike in response.
At least 1,300 Palestinians, according to Palestinian sources, and 13 Israelis have been killed since Israel
launched its offensive on 27 December.
Iraq
There have been 4,542 coalition deaths -- 4,226 Americans, two Australians, one Azerbaijani, 178  Britons, 13 Bulgarians, one Czech, seven Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, five Georgians, one Hungarian, 33 Italians,
one Kazakh, one Korean, three Latvians, 22 Poles, three Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and
18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of January 20, 2009
At least 30,960 U.S. troops have been wounded in action
Afghanistan
There have been 1,050 coalition deaths -- 634 Americans, eight Australians, 141
Britons, 107 Canadians, three Czech, 21 Danes, 18 Dutch, thre e Estonians, one Finn, 23 French, 25 Germans, two Hungarians, 12 Italians, one Latvian, one Lithuanian, three Norwegians,
eight Poles, two Portuguese, eight Romanians, one South Korean, 25 Spaniards, two Swedes -- in the war on terror as of January
20, 2009
At least 2,648 U.S. personnel have been wounded in action
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are just snippets of the whole...Pictures on this site are there for show only and may not represent the articles itself...Most
underlined text is a link ...Click on Home of the Brav to travel thru...
Be aware that some pictures maybe hard to take but then again such is war...God Bless our Brave and God Bless
this Great Nation...
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must be feeling a little overwhelmed by all the repair work that must be done ASAP...Bush has left two wars that are flaring
into a complete Middle East melt down...Gaza and Hama
s are now on the 22nd day of death and destruction coming from Israel...Iran is supplying Hamas with weapons and training...Lebonan
is now firing rockets from the north into Israel...Egypt is trying to arrange a cease fir
e yet Hamas and its pals continue to fire into Israel with complete disregard for the retalition against them and their people...
Iran...strike again and again then cross the borders to their safe havens in Pakistan...Turkey...Syria and Iran...This cycle
must be destroyed if any hope of peace is to be acheived...The 
governments that support there terrorist must make a stand...us or them it's that simple...nothing else is more important
then bringing these rouge nations together in a all out sweep to rid the regio
n and the world of these cowardly terrorist...
killed and raped and tortured...fleeing their home or whats left of them boggles the mind...to stand by and do nothing to
protect your own people is just sad...Shame on these nations...the world is longing for peace among the
countries on this great earth...we must not continue to turn our backs on these terrorist...
does today...people must be willing to force a change in these governments regardless of the dangers...let's face it...it
can not be any worse then it is no
w and it's the people not the bombs and bloodshed that must make the difference...The road is long and hard and covered with
land mines and ied's no doubt but if they are not stopped now they never will be and the world will continue on for decades
in a state of terror...
battlefield face to face...Brave men...Heroic...Legends...The Armies of Nebuchadnezzar...Cyrus the Great...King
Solomon...Muhammad...Suleyman the Magnificent...Alexander the Great...King David...and many more...Legends 
fighting all not like them...kind of like today except the warriors today are cowards who hide behind masks and women and
children pay the price...
people like todays cowardly tribes...If what these thugs are doing is so great and such an honor...why then do they cover
their faces with masks??? These insurgents...these militants...hide behind women...old men...children 
and masks...They sneak around killing their own people without even a thought and they hide everywhere...The heroes and the
legends of the past though ruthless and barbaric had met face to face and fought till the last man...an honorable
way to die not like these low lifes that hide in the dark and blow their masked head off...
and Hamas...Why???...For years Hamas has repeatedly broke all cease fire agreements...They fire these rockets into Israel
killing innocent people and destroying property and the wold is silent...Israel has the right to defend its people an
d that's what they do...Any anger should be aimed at Hamas who have no respect for anyones life but their own...They have
now signed a one year truce....cease-fire...right...within a month Hamas will fire more rockets into Israel and it will cry
again to the world but we must not listen to these terrorist...
US reaches deal on Afghan supply routes to troops 
Afghanistan is important for the war...
Afghan attacks kill three 
r in Afghanistan on Monday, and wounded nearly 20 other people in fresh attacks linked to an extremist insurgency.
Afghan defence help 
Afghanistan's defence sector by supplying equipment to the nation's armed forces. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow
was responding to a request from his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai. 
Three Attacks Hit Eastern Afghan Town 
explosions on Monday, including a double suicide bombing, leaving a teenager dead and at least 16 other civilians wounded,
including a woman and five children, police and military officials said.
Operating Base Chapman in Khost City, near the border with Pakistan...