[Recovering_Democrat]

Tom Daschle is saddened, deeply saddened.

[Yo-Yo]

Meanwhile, relatives of U.S. troops visiting Iraq pressed their agenda to meet with leaders of the occupation authority, hoping to voice their opposition to the U.S.-led occupation.

One mother held back tears while looking at U.S. soldiers guarding the entrance of the Habbaniyah military base in Baghdad.

"They are so young. This is not for them. ... They look just like my boy," said Annabelle Valencia, whose daughter, 24, and son, 22, are both based in Iraq.

"Sorry Sarg, I can't fight today. I have a note from my Mommy excusing me from strenuous combat."

[JRandomFreeper]

"I can't say we are on the trail of al-Douri'

Hmmmm. Interesting answer.

/john

[CedarDave]

Meanwhile, relatives of U.S. troops visiting Iraq pressed their agenda to meet with leaders of the occupation authority, hoping to voice their opposition to the U.S.-led occupation. One mother held back tears while looking at U.S. soldiers guarding the entrance of the Habbaniyah military base in Baghdad. "They are so young. This is not for them. ... They look just like my boy," said Annabelle Valencia, whose daughter, 24, and son, 22, are both based in Iraq.

This is the high school teaching-assistant lady from Tucson who represents the leftwing Moveon(sp) organization. Her son was just home on leave, and her daughter is apparently estranged from her (hasn't seen in three years). Maybe she should talk to some Iraqi parents as to whether THEY want the US troops out right now.

[P-Marlowe]

Where are all the embedded reporters we had when we moved into Baghdad? Why aren't the networks bringing this stuff to us live. I think that would be a great morale booster for the troops and for the country. People need to see our troops in action.

[Blood of Tyrants]

"They are so young. This is not for them. ... They look just like my boy," said Annabelle Valencia,

Then who should be there in their place, Mrs. Valencia?

[Ex-Dem]

"They are so young. This is not for them. ... They look just like my boy," said Annabelle Valencia, whose daughter, 24, and son, 22, are both based in Iraq.

So young. Not for them. The same could be said for the young men and women who died in the World Trade Center, and in the terrorist attacks in Israel. I do believe that those young men and women in Iraq know why they are serving, even if their parents do not...

[Rome2000]

"The key objective was to get the subversive groups that have been conducting anti-coalition activities,"

LIke the DNC and Ms. Valencia?

Imagine being in Iraq in a war zone and still not able to get away from your obnoxious mother.

[The South Texan]

More and more of these buckets of scum are eating dust by the day. Way to go guys!!

Meanwhile, the US Democratic party goes deeper and deeper into panic mode.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" Also in the north, insurgents kept up attacks against American-led forces "

Another Democrat insurgent,Jon Corzine, verbally attacked our troops today in Iraq. His claims that the US troops would not be able to win the war without the UN,that their mission was wrong and the force mix was inappropriate-were on direct orders from Haji Hillary. Joe Lieberman, an insurgent in training,said today that " The US military needs to work on it's peacekeeping skills" and international peacekeepers must be sent to Afghanistan, to help the US military do the job. At the rate the Democrats are going, it is not beyond comprehension that they might actually start planting IEDs along Baghdad roadsides.

[DoctorMichael]

I certainly hope these "insurgents" and "foreign nationals" are NOT repatriated but instead given speedy military trials for Conspiracy to Murder American Personnel & Sedition and taken out and shot.

[TexKat]

US raid : US soldiers stand guard near an arrested Iraqi man during a massive raid in Hawijah, near Iraq's northern oil center of Kirkuk. (AFP/Mauricio Lima)

No wonder Iraqi civilians get wounded and/or killed. They don't have sense enough to get out of the way.

Young onlookers : Two US soldiers take position next a group of Iraqi youths during a massive raid in Hawijah, west of Iraq's northern oil center of Kirkuk. (AFP/Mauricio Lima)

US soldiers from the 2D Battalion Airborne of 173D Airborne Brigade take position inside a truck during a massive raid in Hawijah, 45 kilometres (nearly 30 miles) west of Iraq's northern oil center of Kirkuk.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)

A veiled Muslim woman (R) turns her back on a relative of a US soldier serving in Iraq as he enters a hotel in Baghdad 1 December. US military families and veterans came to Iraq to express their concern about the occupation and see at first-hand the reality faced by US troops in Iraq(AFP/Sabah Arar)

Anabelle Valencia, a relative of a US soldier serving in Iraq, talks to the press in front of a hotel in Baghdad.(AFP/Sabah Arar)

Fernando Suarez del Solar of Escondido, Calif, center, jokes with an Iraqi boy while Anabelle Valencia of Tucson, Az, looks on as they arrive in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday Dec 1, 2003. Suarez del Solar, whose son Jesus, was killed on March 27 during the invasion of Iraq and Valencia who is the mother of two soldiers serving in Iraq, are among a group of American military families and veterans on a private peace mission to Iraq, where they will bring their message of friendship and doubts about the war. (APPhoto/Laurent Rebours)

Fernando Suarez del Solar of Escondido, Ca, poses with Iraqi street vendors as he arrives in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday Dec 1, 2003. Suarez del Solar whose son , Jesus, was killed on March 27 during the invasion of Iraq, is among a group of American military families and veterans travelling on a private peace mission to Iraq, where they will bring their message of friendship and doubts about the war.. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

[ArrogantBustard]

"They are so young. This is not for them. ... They look just like my boy," said Annabelle Valencia Great googly moogly! Will someone please stuff this bimbo in a gunnysack and ship her back to the States. She's an embarrassment to the whole country.

[HiTech RedNeck]

U.S. troops north of the capital arrested at least 20 insurgents in a raid while workers began demolishing gigantic bronze busts of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) in Baghdad on Tuesday — both moves aimed at stamping out loyalty to Iraq (news - web sites)'s ousted regime.

Huh? There are still busts left to demolish? I thought they had been finished off long ago.

[Happy2BMe]

How soon we forget . . .

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[1Old Pro]

I think stepping up this offensive is a good idea.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Keep it up. Gotta go on the offensive. Win the psy war. Embolden the troops. Call the 'enemy', 'the enemy' back home. Track them down, take them out. 20 at a time, if necessary. Put them in shallow graves or Guantanamo shackles.

Get more security on the streets for the Iraqis, so they don't loathe the Americans for allowing (I know, I know--its just in their minds) 'anarchy' following the terror-order of Saddam Hussein.

Bribe off everyone else. Set up their government, and start on the hand-over ceremonies. Recommit efforts to Afghanistan and Northeast Asia (N. Korea). This may all take 2-3 years IMHO.

[TexKat]

Soldiers Arrest 34 in Northern Iraq Raid