Layla Al-Attar (Iraqi painter) was killed by a smart American missile targeted the house in which she was, in Baghdad, one evening in 1993.
Edward Chang (WAR IS BORING) observes:
There’s no question the United States’ war in Afghanistan — now entering its 16th year — ranks high on the list of America’s longest wars. But does it deserve the unenviable moniker of “America’s longest war?”
Hardly.
In fact, that title belongs to a conflict most Americans view not as one, but two, perhaps three distinct wars waged by two or three different presidents. That war? America’s quarter-century-long intervention in Iraq.
The ongoing Iraq War never ends.
So those needing spin and cheers find moments to applaud. Last night, some were applauding the completion of the Tal Afar operation.
Are we done clapping yet?
Because the applause may have been premature.
But AFP reports, "Iraqi forces engaged in heavy fighting Monday near Tal Afar with the last pocket of Islamic State group jihadists in the northern province of Nineveh. An AFP journalist saw fierce clashes pitting Iraqi government forces and allied militia against IS fighters in the town of Al-Ayadieh 15 kilometres (10 miles) north of Tal Afar."
Aug 27, #Coalition forces conducted 35 strikes consisting of 42 engagements against #ISIS in #Syria & #Iraq. MORE: http://ow.ly/gkCZ30eIL8K
They mean bombings.
Not 'engagements.'
The Islamic State has no air force.
Let's take a look at what was being applauded. AFP explains, "The offensive was preceded by intensive air strikes on IS targets and huge craters can be seen around the city, where electricity poles have been uprooted, homes and shops destroyed."
AP notes, "ISIL still controls the northern town of Hawija, as well as Qaim, Rawa and Ana, in western Iraq near the Syrian border."
The humanitarian crisis in #Iraq will not end with the fighting. Humanitarian needs will continue into 2018, if not longer.
The humanitarian need will not end with the fighting?
Fair enough.
But when will the fighting end?
Murtada Faraj (AP) reports 12 people are dead and twenty-eight injured from a car bombing in the Sadr City section of Baghdad.
11 Killed, 28 Injured as Car Bomb Hits Baghdad’s Shiite District of Jamila
http://alwaght.com/en/news/108249
#Iraq
#Baghdad
#SadrCity
#CarBomb
#Amaq: A vehicle carrying Federal Police members was destroyed by an explosive device near the city of Dhuluiya & Ishaq, #Salahuddin #Iraq
Again, when will the violence end?
In other news, Iraq is taking on more loans.
Phil Serafino (BLOOMBERG NEWS) explained it's US equivalent of $513 million.
The thing about loans, they have to be paid off.
Billions have been stolen from Iraq via corruption.
Paying back these loans will not mean that thieves like Nouri al-Maliki have to fork over money. Instead, as always, it will fall on the people to do without. Austerity measures will be put in place. There's a reason Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has repeatedly warned the Iraqi government about borrowing. But those warnings have been ignored.
Hard to imagine that the Iraqi people could suffer any more than they already have but imagine a country still being bombed while rations are cut further and futher.
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