Former US President George W. Bush will always be remembered for the War on Terrorism, a war he brought America and the rest of his allies on after the September 11 attacks. Whether what it brought was good or bad is still is for debate and probably will never be answered unless it’s in hindsight. The question is, when will we be starting to look at it on hindsight? Where are we in the War on Terror? Are we winning? What does ... Read More

      In a few days, the most powerful man on earth is stepping down for good. For almost a decade, he maneuvered America toward tough, record-breaking economic challenges,  post-9/11 recovery, and of course two historic wars. For most Americans, George W. Bush leaves with a legacy that is highly questionable mainly because the superpower country is less prosperous and more problematic now than Bill Clinton’s or any ... Read More

Above: Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain (Photo: Charles Dharapak/AP) Presumptive Republican Presidential candidate John McCain, like his President in Washington, does not want to softly deal with suspected Bin Laden-embracing or nuke-developing countries. For him, talking to possible terrorists is a big waste of time. He even criticizes presumptive Democratic Presidential Candidate Barrack Obama for planning a friendly stance toward those hostile countries. Above: Democratic Presidential Candidate Barrack Obama (Photo: nativenotes.wordpress.com) Once again, McCain is certain with what he is saying as if Bush’s war ... Read More

Above: US raid on the Iraqi capital Baghdad (Photo: www.thewe.cc) Okay, so it’s a no-brainer that one of the most powerful nations at present is America and George W. Bush, being its president, inevitably makes him one of the most powerful persons on earth. At present, the world is having two major wars – in Afghanistan and Iraq. But is this really an inevitable war between or among countries or is it a war that America wanted and started? What exactly is the role ... Read More

Above: Ruins after bombing A United States soldier has been accused of using a Koran for target practice. This AP file photo shows a Koran shot through during an assault by United States forces. United States President George W. Bush has already apologized by telephone call to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. He also promised prosecution of the said United States soldier. PM al-Maliki told the United States president about the incident, saying that is had humiliated and angered Iraq's largely Muslim population. You think? ... Read More

Above: Abu Hamza al-Muhajir An al-Qaeda member was arrested in northern Iraq – and the arrested man says he is the head of the organization for the entire country. Major General Abdul Karim Khalaf told Iraqi television network al-Iraqiya that the detained man claimed that he was Abu Hamza al-Muhajir. His captors are still investigating on his true identity as these matters need factual proof. The picture above is a file photo of al-Muhajir. Abu Hamza al-Muhajir is a Sunni militia leader. According to reports, ... Read More

Above: Riyadh al-Nouri assasinated Riyadh al-Nouri, director of al-Sadr's office in Najaf, was assassinated by yet an unknown number of gunmen near his home. Muqtada al-Sadr blamed the Americans and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government for the killing. In his statement Friday, al-Sadr blamed the killing on "the hands of the occupiers and their stooges reaching out traitorously and aggressively against our dear martyr.” But ironically, the Shiite leader called for calm. "I call upon Sadrist followers to be patient.” Even though we all know that there will be ... Read More

Above: US Soldier in Iraq Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are the two top officials in Iraq located on Capitol Hill this week to report on the know about in the Iraq war, thou there is not much to expect that the US policy will probably have so little change before the year ends and before the arrival of America’s next president. It is not due to the reason that General Petraeus has pointed out he will recommend regarding further drawdown of ... Read More

Above: Iraq Ethnicity Map Ethnic groups: Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5% Religions: Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3% Population: 27,499,638 (July 2007 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 39.4% (male 5,509,736/female 5,338,722) 15-64 years: 57.6% (male 8,018,841/female 7,812,611) 65 years and over: 3% (male 386,321/female 433,407) (2007 est.) Median age: total: 20 years male: 19.9 years female: 20 years (2007 est.) Population growth rate: 2.618% (2007 est.) Birth rate: 31.44 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) Death rate: 5.26 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 ... Read More

Above: Army underfunded, Iraq War Underfunded Half of George Bushs' 140 billion dollars of war funding was passed by Congress, this means that the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan are seriously underfunded, this puts added pressure for the US to pull out of both countries, this makes a pullout of a large bulk of American troops possible in mid 2008. Robert Gates Picture above centre Robert Gates (US Defence Secetary) stated that the underfunding is seriously effecting the Americans ability to run operations smoothly, ... Read More