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[Not-A-Pundit :: Main Page] 14 Marines Killed By Roadside Bomb In Iraq: U.S. officials have long complained that U.S. forces seize Sunni areas only to have Iraqi authorities lose them again to the insurgents once U.S. troops leave. Despite those complaints, the Bush administration is talking about handing more security responsibility to the Iraqis and drawing down forces next year.

[The Hanscom Family Weblog] U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Surpasses 1,800: BAGHDAD, Iraq - Seven U.S. Marines were killed in two separate attacks west of Baghdad, where American forces are trying to seal a major border infiltration route for foreign fighters, the military said Tuesday. The deaths pushed the U.S. military death toll in Iraq past 1,800.

[One Hand Clapping] Marines lose 14 KIA: The western Anbar province of Iraq is the heartland of the Sunni Arab-led insurgency and has been one of the deadliest regions for US forces since they invaded in March 2003. The towns of Falluja and Ramadi are also in Anbar.

 [Culture of Life Breaking News] IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT: The surrender talks in Korea continue as we twist and turn, trying desperately to not make it look like a surrender to a member of the Axis of Evil and a strong hardliner is taking over Iran this week and he has every intention of being a good friend of Russia and China while extending his power over southern Iraq.

 [Chrenkoff] Good news from Iraq, part 32: also continues to be trained: "Almost 200 cadets became full-fledged Iraqi police officers in a graduation ceremony July 23 - the last such class to be trained by Task Force Liberty. The new officers spent over two weeks at the 4th Iraqi Army Training Academy here and learned a variety of things, to include hand-to-hand combat, urban tactics, arrest procedures, search techniques, traffic control points, in addition to rifle and pistol training." Says Cadet Unis Hamid Salman Almujami: "I want security for Iraq, for my family, my children’s family, and even visitors from outside Iraq, because this is a free country...

 [Cbftw.blogspot.com] MY WAR: I think the story perfectly illustrates one of the reasons why soldiers may want to tell their story on their own blog rather than leaving it to the mainstream media. I don't think that Eric was misleading or twisted our words but he definitely wanted to give the impression that soldiers are being persecuted by their leaders over blogs and that their free speech rights are being infringed by a command that doesn't want their stories told.

[Juancole.com] Informed Comment: Maher al-Thanoon of Reuters reports that one thousand Sunni Arabs staged a demonstration outside the Green Zone (barricaded government offices) against the elected Iraqi government, which is dominated by Shiites in coalition with Kurds. They accused the Jaafari government of using torture and death squads on a sectarian basis against their community, which they called "the new Iraq of fire and steel." Al-Thanoon says, "Simulating torture, they dressed up as soldiers and used drills, wooden clubs and electric wires to act out what they said were the techniques used by government forces against them."

[Brandonblog.homestead.com] Iraq War News: A U.S. soldier of the 1st Battalion (22nd regiment) of the 4th infantry division compares an Iraqi youth's face with a photo of a wanted person during a search operation in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometres) northwest of Baghdad September 10, 2003. Security in Tikrit, the hometown of the ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), has been tightened on the eve of the second anniversary of September 11.

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