80 Militants Killed, 50 Captured

   According to the Iraqi Interior Ministry, eighty militants got whacked on Wednesday and another 50 were caught while fighting with those lovable Iraqi forces.

   This fight involved Iraqi cops, tribal leaders and soldiers going up against al Qaeda in Iraq fighters. It is reported that three police officers were killed in the fight which lasted throughout most of Wednesday.

    American troops were not involved in this one according to the US military. Source

      For the record, since the start of the war the American troop casualty count now stands at 3,163.   This is the surge that the White House will not discuss!

 

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General In Charge Of Walter Reed Is Relieved Of Duty

   Earlier I wondered who would get the blame for the mess at Walter Reed  and now we have our first victim.

Yahoo News

March 1, 2007

WASHINGTON - The Army said Thursday that the two-star general in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been relieved of command following disclosures about inadequate treatment of wounded soldiers.

Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman, who was commanding general of the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command as well as Walter Reed hospital, was relieved of command by Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey.

In a brief announcement, the Army said service leaders had "lost trust and confidence" in Weightman's leadership abilities "to address needed solutions for soldier outpatient care" at Walter Reed.

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