Yearly Archives: 2003

A nation decides to go to war for many reasons. Whatever one may think of the wisdom of President George W. Bush’s decision to embark on war with Iraq, hopefully we can agree that the debate over going to war … Continue reading →

Fretfully, obsessively and suspiciously, they watch this new war unfold and recall what they went through a decade ago: recurrent medical problems, bureaucratic headaches and a tough transition back to their former lives. This time, they say, they are determined … Continue reading →

I love America. Italy is a beautiful country, but I’m glad my grandparents came here 100 years ago. I truly believe America is one of the best countries the world has every known. That is why it is so tragic … Continue reading →

Brize Norton Royal Air Force Base, United Kingdom – They heard the noise first. Then a dark shape broke through the clouds that hung over RAF Brize Norton. The C-17 cargo aircraft slowly came into view over the Oxfordshire airbase. … Continue reading →

… Rumsfeld tactics fail as chief admits: “This is not what we war-gamed for” … Washington – It has all begun to go horribly wrong for Donald Rumsfeld. The White House’s No1 hawk dreamed of a swift, hi-tech precision war. … Continue reading →

Washington, DC — Though the scion of a family steeped in politics and public service, George W. Bush remains a young president who came to the White House with relatively limited knowledge of the world and its ills. Yet for … Continue reading →

A spokesman, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles Owens, said every reasonable possibility was being investigated. The Washington Post on Friday quoted a military source as saying an A-10 Thunderbolt II warplane may have mistaken the Marines for Iraqi fighters and attacked … Continue reading →

Some US Tomahawk cruise missiles aimed at Iraq have fallen on Saudi Arabia, forcing planners to suspend certain routes for launches, US military commanders say. “In the case of Saudi Arabia, we did have a number of T-LAM missiles that … Continue reading →

The Anglo-American war now being fought in the Middle East is without question the most flagrant act of aggression carried out by a British government in modern times. The assault on Iraq which began a week ago, in the teeth … Continue reading →

Colonel Chris Vernon also said the last five days of fighting had made it impossible to get aid into the area. “Basra (is) clearly nowhere near yet in our hands and we have no way at the moment of getting … Continue reading →