Deadly attack on US base in Mosul
Please remember these soldiers and their families in your prayers.
Help the troops phone home
… via the USO’s Operation Phone Home, a program to give pre-paid phone cards to those serving overseas:
New Afghan Offensive Starting
Our men and women continue the good fight in Afghanistan. Please remember them, our fighting forces in Iraq, and those in the armed forces serving in countries across the world here at Christmastime. God bless you all.
15 Iraqi Political Groups Call for Delaying Elections
If it they are postponed, it’s the Iraqi’s choice to make. The President wanted to have them in January. I think he is relying on Allawi’s judgment. But if the certain parts of the country there remain unstable, we’ll have to wait. The insurgency has really jacked up the violence in the last few weeks and the situation in certain parts of the country remains volatile. There WILL be elections there in Iraq, but whether or not they happen in January is now questionable.
Something to think about
Re: the controversy over the Marine shooting the Iraqi insurgent who was laying down. Keven Myers from the UK Telegraph gives his perspective: