Are American troops “white-ing out” Kurdish flags? Are the formely allied/friendly Kurdish forces now turning against the US? Just saw this on Kurdos’ blog (in the Iraqi blogs section) Apparently there has been some seriuos tension brewing between American and Kurdish forces in and around Kirkuk. If the Kurdish factions decide to revolt, as have …
Author Archives: chrisale
Suicide Bomber responsible at Mosul
On the surface one might think that this is better than a direct rocket attack… but dig deeper and you realise that this was the worst possible cause of this tragedy. When I first heard the reports from the Pentagon (at all the usual places) that the attack on the base at Mosul was carried …
Almost Christmas!
I know. You’re all going to kill me because I’ve been highly negligent in my duties on updating the website. What’s worse, I’ve been updating Murkyview far more regularly. Sorry. I’m Bad. Suffice to say in the new year I will attempt to balance my writing more between the two blogs. I have to convince …