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By Michael M. O'Brien, on December 19th, 2012% General David Petraeus maintained a close working relationship with Kimberly Kagan, head of the Institute for the Study of War, and her husband Frederick Kagan, over the course of many months in Afghanistan. (Washington Post)
A front page story in today’s . . . → Read More: Petraeus had ‘unpaid’ civilian advisors in Afghanistan (Part I)
By Michael M. O'Brien, on December 17th, 2012% US Army soldiers. (File photo:PressTV)
Obama is secretly putting 20,000 American troops in Iraq. He’s also sending 400 to Turkey.
The Iraq troops are secretly being sent to Iraq via Kuwait, for “missions pertaining to the recent developments in Syria and northern Iraq,” according to PressTV.
…the US troops have secretly entered Iraq in . . . → Read More: Obama secretly putting 20,000 more American troops in Iraq
By Michael M. O'Brien, on August 11th, 2012%
The photograph shown here was taken July 23, 2012. It was posted by the Washington Examiner. The photograph on the cover of my book (far left) was taken February 4, 2007, six and a half years ago. A picture is worth a thousand words—not much has changed.
As time passes since the official US . . . → Read More: US withdrawal from Iraq: over 100 killed in attacks across the country
By Michael M. O'Brien, on August 4th, 2012%
Watch my interview on RT Television July 30, 2012. I discuss $200 million dollars wasted on a police training program in Iraq that was spent in preparation for the US withdrawal. What about the billions we’ve already spent in police training before this? More money to a contractor for a program the Iraqis didn’t even ask for.
. . . → Read More: $200 million wasted on police training in Iraq—that wasn’t needed
By Michael M. O'Brien, on June 24th, 2012% Now that we’re in our 10th year in Afghanistan, and 9th in Iraq, with no draft to keep our force strength up, multiple deployments have led to the highest number of military suicides we’ve ever seen.
The ‘experts’ don’t know what to do. I do. Stop sending soldiers back and forth from one deployment to . . . → Read More: Suicides are now the #2 cause of death in the military—no kidding!
By Michael M. O'Brien, on June 23rd, 2012% June 13, 2012: Iraqi security personnel inspect the site of a car bomb attack, which killed Shi’ite pilgrims who were making their way to a religious festival, in Baghdad. (Reuters)
Scores of Shi’ite pilgrims were killed in multiple suicide bombings across Iraq June 12, 2012. Al Qaeda’s Iraqi affiliate, Islamic State of Iraq, claimed . . . → Read More: Sunnis and Al Qaeda kill over 60 Shi’ites in attacks across Iraq
By Michael M. O'Brien, on June 3rd, 2012% 
The U.S. Navy's Scan Eagle drone. (itstactical.com)
More US-made drones will soon be flying over the friendly skies of Iraq. The Scan Eagle drone, currently used by the U.S. Navy, will soon be providing reconnaissance over Iraq’s off-shore oil rigs in the . . . → Read More: US-made drones will soon be flying over the friendly skies of Iraq
By Michael M. O'Brien, on April 29th, 2012% Fox News reports (April 26, 2012) a suicide bomber killed 10 people in Baquba, a large city 40 miles northeast of Baghdad. What’s interesting is the length of the article, or should I say the shortness of it. The entire report is below, title and all:
Suicide blast kills 10, wounds 15 in Iraq
At least 10 . . . → Read More: Iraq: suicide bomber kills 10 in Baquba, on the outskirts of Baghdad
By Michael M. O'Brien, on March 31st, 2012% 
Mar. 20, 2012: People and security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk. (AP)
On March 20, 2012, Iraq war casualties continued to rise. The Fox News headline reads: “…Dozens killed in bombings targeting police across Iraq.”
This is . . . → Read More: Iraq war casualties: with the US gone, Iraq’s disintigration continues
By Michael M. O'Brien, on March 10th, 2012% 
A police officer inspects a burnt vehicle pulled from the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad. (Reuters)
AQI (Al Qaeda in Iraq) is making a comeback. Last week its suicide bombers killed 55 people across the country in a . . . → Read More: Al Qaeda in Iraq: AQI on a comeback, 55 killed last week, and counting
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