Wednesday's closure of the headquarters of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (blostopher) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25771 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:42:06 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25770/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25770

Iraqi Islamic Party: Al Qaeda is Defeated Michael Yon. November 1, 2007:

Al Qaeda in Iraq is defeated, according to Sheik Omar Jabouri, spokesman for the Iraqi Islamic Party and a member of the widespread and influential Jabouri Tribe. Speaking through an interpreter at a 31 October meeting at the Iraqi Islamic Party headquarters in downtown Baghdad, Sheik... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (blostopher) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25770 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:34:32 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25769/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25769

The Surge is Only the First Step, by Jeff Emanuel. American Thinker October 22, 2007.

Sharp Drop Seen in US Deaths in Iraq Associated Press. October 23, 2007:

BAGHDAD (AP) October is on course to record the second consecutive decline in U.S. military and Iraqi... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (blostopher) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25769 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:33:56 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25768/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25768 The following commentary was written by Jim Holt and appears in the The London Review of Books edition for 18 October 2007. Mr. Holt writes for the New York Times Magazine, and the New Yorker. Intellpuke, of the FREE INTERNET PRESS... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25768 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:28:05 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25760/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25760 Troops Confront Waste In Iraq Reconstruction
2007-08-25 03:13:26
accountability.

Maj. Craig Whiteside's anger grew as he walked through the sprawling school where U.S. military commanders had invested money and hope. Portions of the workshop's ceiling were cracked or curved. The cafeteria floor had a gaping hole and concrete chunks. The auditorium was unfinished, with cracked floors and poorly painted walls peppered... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25760 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 06:47:37 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25759/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25759 APRIL 2003, from "30Giorni" Ratzinger interview w/ Gianni Cardinale:

Your Eminence, a question about current events, in some way connected to the Catechism. Does the coalition war on the Iraq come within the canons of the just war?
feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25759 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:17:35 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25758/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25758 ANCIENT CHRISTIANS OF IRAQ AN ENDANGERED SPECIES

The fear is that "next, it will be the turn of the Christian villages in the plain of Niniveh," roughly ten villages between Qaraqosh and al-Qosh. About six thousand Christian families live there, many from Baghdad and Mosul seeking refuge.
If Kurdistan is... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25758 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:14:04 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25757/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25757 2007-08-12 03:00:18

Exhaustion and combat stress are besieging US troops in Iraq as they battle with a new type of warfare. Some even rely on Red Bull to get through the day. As desertions and absences increase, the military is struggling to cope with the crisis.

Lieutenant Clay Hanna looks sick and white. Like his colleagues he does not seem to sleep. Hanna says he catches up by napping on a cot between operations in the command center,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25757 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:50:34 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25756/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25756

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Mom, I had another friend die today from a massive ied [improvised explosive device] and many more wounded with shattered bones and scrapes. We used to be in the same platoon. 1st platoon and the same squad when I first arrived at fort hood for a good 7 months or so. He was 17 then and barely a day over 19 now that he has passed away.

It's tearing me up so badly inside. I just can't stand it. I can't get rid... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25756 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:32:08 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25755/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25755 "Intellpuke" writes:

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When you hear the Bush Administration refer to "collateral damage" or "collateral injuries", what those terms really means is human beings - civilian Iraqi men, women and children - who have either been killed or, as in this article, maimed. And the U.S. is not the only cause of this, a good many of the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25755 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:18:05 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25754/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25754
Call for End to Stalemate Over the War

WASHINGTON, D.C., 19 JULY 2007 (Zenit.org).- The U.S. bishops will meet with a group of Catholic House Democrats to discuss a responsible transition to end the war in Iraq.

In a letter sent Tuesday, the bishops reiterated their call for members of Congress and the Bush Administration to break the political stalemate in Washington and to pursue a bipartisan policy to bring the war to an end as... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25754 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:23:09 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25753/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25753 German hostage Hannelore Krause has been freed in Iraq, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has confirmed. However, her son is still being held.*

After five months in captivity*, German hostage Hannelore Krause has been freed in Iraq -- but her son is still being held.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier confirmed Wednesday morning in Berlin that Krause had been freed.

"After 155 days, Hannelore Krause's captivity is over. She... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25753 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:42:00 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25752/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25752
Celebrating an Ordination and First Communions

BAGHDAD, Iraq, 09 JULY 2007 (Zenit.org).- In spite of persecution, ordinations and first Holy Communions bring signs of hope for the Christian community.

On July 7, in the church of Mar Addai, Father Ephram Gallyana, 31, was ordained a Chaldean priest at a Mass celebrated by Bishop Faraj Rahho of Mosul, AsiaNews reported.

The new priest is from the Diocese of Mosul, but for security... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25752 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:17:05 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25751/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25751 US Raids Baghdad Slum; 26 Iraqis Die
By Hamid Ahmed
The Associated Press

Saturday 30 June 2007

Baghdad - American soldiers rolled into Baghdad's Shiite Sadr City slum on Saturday in search of Iranian-linked militants and as many as 26 Iraqis were killed in what a U.S. officer described as "an intense firefight."

But residents,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25751 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 06:34:01 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25750/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25750
Prelates Urge End to Minority Discrimination

WASHINGTON, D.C., 28 JUNE 2007 (Zenit.org).- U.S. bishops are calling for an immediate halt to what they called deliberate violence against Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq.

In a statement released Monday, Bishop Thomas Wenski, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Policy, said: "The deadly cycle of violence must stop if peace with justice for... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25750 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:19:24 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25749/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25749 Life in Iraq Today

Dominican Sr. Luma Khudher, now living and studying in Chicago, is a 31-year-old Iraqi woman religious who has watched her country descend into the pits of irrational war. She talks to Tom Fox.
feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25749 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:40:39 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25748/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25748 In a devastating account of the chaotic preparations for the war, which comes as Blair enters his final full week in Downing Street, key No. 10 aides and friends of Blair have revealed the Prime Minister repeatedly and unsuccessfully raised his concerns with the White House.

He also... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25748 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:23:45 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25747/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25747
In public, the former Army scout stood tall for the cameras and marched in the parades. In private, he slashed his forearms to provoke the pain and adrenaline of combat. He heard voices and smelled stale blood....

feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25747 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:16:26 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/reply/25804/t/the-Iraqi-war.html#reply-25804 :
feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/25804 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:17:02 GMT http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/topic/970/t/the-Iraqi-war.html
As a Cardinal, the new pope was a staunch critic of the U.S. led invasion of Iraq. On one occasion before the war, he was asked whether it would be just. "Certainly not," he said, and explained that the situation led him to conclude that "the damage would be greater than the values one hopes to save." "All I can do is invite you to read the Catechism, and the conclusion seems obvious to me..." The conclusion is... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (galantarie) http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/topic/970 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 18:43:50 GMT