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THE death of Special Air Service soldier Sergeant Matthew Locke on Thursday in Afghanistan is a terrible reminder that there is rarely such a thing as a war without casualties. Sergeant Locke died fighting a barbaric enemy that seeks not just to take Afghanistan back to the dark ages but to use it as a base from which to destroy us. Worryingly, the death of two Australian soldiers in three weeks is not just a tragic coincidence. Things are not going well in the poorly named war on terror. As Frank Furedi writes in Inquirer today, we have been unable...

All Freepers and lurkers in good standing are being asked to join the D.C. Chapter early tomorrow morning at the National Press Club to counter anti-American moonbats planning to disrupt a symposium on the surge in Iraq.Details of the event from the Press Club website:NPC Day Book: Event Details Event Date: Sep. 7, 2007 Event Name: America's Forum on Iraq Event Type: Meeting Time: 8:00 AM Sponsored by: Hughes Consulting Event Location: Ballroom Details: AMERICA'S SYMPOSIUM THE SURGE AT THE CROSSROADS:AN ASSESSMENT OF AMERICA'S ROLE IN IRAQ AND OUR NATION'S WILL. Join Samir Sumadaie, Iraqi Ambassador to the United States...

Video of one of the worst streets in Baghdad and the turnaround there since the surge began. Video at link

Talk about your inconvenient truth . . . Reporting from Baghdad this morning, NBC Nightly News host Brian Williams let a cat out of the bag that could leave some serious scratch marks on MSM/DNC calls for stopping the surge and withdrawing US troops from Iraq. Williams said that US troops: "are also aware, especially in the outposts, that it's the Iraqi people who are very reluctant to see the Americans go, because in many cases that's what's keeping the peace in town." View video here.Earlier, and even on a day in which he reported on nine American troops...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iraqi military spokesman says the leader of the al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, has been captured in a raid west of Baghdad. U.S. officials had no confirmation