Sex or War?

[uppityperson]

Today in Iraq:
http://icasualties.org/oif/
08/28/07 AP: Auditors Sent to Iraq to Probe Contracts
The Pentagon is sending a team of investigators to Iraq because of the growing number of cases of fraud and other irregularities in contracts involving weapons and supplies for Iraqi forces.
08/28/07 Reuters: Iran ready to fill vaccum in Iraq
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday the power of the United States was rapidly collapsing in Iraq and that Iran was ready to step in to help fill the vacuum, in comments likely to irritate Washington.
08/28/07 CBC: 35 pilgrims killed during Shia festival in Iraq
More than one million pilgrims were ordered to leave a city in Iraq on Tuesday, after two days of violence during a religious festival left at least 35 people dead and 180 injured, officials said.
08/28/07 u.tv: Belfast man killed in Iraq
The British Foreign Office says a Belfast man has been killed in Iraq. He was working with a private security firm on Sunday when he was killed by a landmine in the Alcoot area.
08/28/07 AP: Split verdict for Abu Ghraib interrogation chief
A military court Tuesday acquitted an Army officer of charges that he failed to control U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, but it found him guilty of disobeying an order.
08/28/07 Xinhua: Toll rises to 26 in clashes in Iraq's Shiite holy city
About 26 were killed and more than170 others injured so far during fierce clashes between gunmen and police in Iraq's Shiite holy city of Karbala, which initially erupted on Monday night, a local police source said Tuesday.
08/28/07 AP: A million pilgrims told to leave Karbala
Police ordered a curfew Tuesday in Shiite holy city of Karbala and told more than 1 million pilgrims to leave after two days of violence claimed at least 27 lives during a religious festival. More than 100 people were wounded.
08/28/07 AP: Bradley Fighting Vehicle seen engulfed in flames
A Bradley Fighting Vehicle was seen engulfed in flames at the side of the road leading to Baghdad Airport Tuesday morning, but there was no immediate report about the incident from the military. It appeared to have been hit by a huge explosion...
08/28/07 AFP: US gives UN $30 mln for Iraq child refugees
The United States announced Tuesday it will give UN agencies $30 million to help tens of thousands of Iraqi child refugees to go to school in neighboring countries.
08/28/07 Reuters: Kidnapped deputy oil minister freed
KIDNAPPED Iraqi Deputy Oil Minister Abdul Jabbar al-Wagga was freed today along with three other oil officials, a spokesman for the Oil Ministry said. "He is in good health along with the others. They are now at home," said the spokesman, Asim Jihad.
08/28/07 Reuters: Gunmen kill policeman in Mussayab
Gunmen killed a policeman and wounded his brother in Mussayab, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, on Monday night, police said.
08/28/07 Reuters: 6 people killed in clashes between pilgrims and police in Kerbala
At least six people were killed in clashes between pilgrims and police in the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala on Monday night, police said.
08/28/07 Reuters: Gunmen kill Shi'ite pilgrim in Iskandariya, wound 2 in Mahaweel
Gunmen shot dead one Shi'ite pilgrim and wounded other three in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad on Monday, police said...Gunmen opened fire on Shi'ite pilgrims, wounding two in Mahaweel...
08/28/07 Reuters: Police lieutenant-colonel killd ner Tikrit
Gunmen killed a police lieutenant-colonel in al-Bu Ajeel village near Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, on Monday night, police said.
08/28/07 Reuters: Gunmen fire on Shi'ite pilgrims in Baghdad and Mahmudiya
Gunmen wounded four Shi'ite pilgrims in Baghdad's southern Doura district, police said...At least six Shi'ite pilgrims were wounded by gunmen in Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
08/28/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 10 people in Baquba
At least 10 people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their bus in Baquba, 65 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
08/28/07 Reuters: Iraqi army kills 14 gunmen
The Iraqi army said it had killed 14 gunmen and arrested 21 in different parts of Baghdad during the last 24 hours.
08/28/07 Reuters: Gunmen wound 2 policemen, 1 civilian in Kirkuk
At least two policemen and a civilian were wounded when gunmen opened fire on their car in southern northern city of Kirkuk, police said.
08/28/07 Reuters: Gunmen kill policeman and his wife in Kirkuk
Gunmen opened fire and wounded a policeman and his wife inside their car in northern city of Kirkuk, police said.
08/28/07 AP: U.S., Iraqis Kill 33 Insurgents
Hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi forces backed by helicopters and jet fighters killed 33 Sunni insurgents who were holding back the water supply to the Shiite town of Khalis, the American command said in a statement Tuesday.
08/28/07 IRIN: Lower school attendance expected in coming year
The Iraqi Ministry of Education has warned of the possible low attendance of pupils at schools in the coming year, saying it expects at least a 15 percent drop compared to previous years. Parents have blamed the government for the poor protection...
08/28/07 Reuters: Violence mars Shi'ite ritual in Iraq
Four people were killed and 18 wounded in a fresh outbreak of violence in the holy Iraqi city of Kerbala, where hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims gathered on Tuesday for a major ritual, police said.
08/28/07 theeagle: Time in Iraq tests a Marine's limits
For six days, Sgt. Byron Hancock hunched on his belly, motionless in the shallow, soggy trench he and his partner had spent eight hours digging under the cover of night - surviving with little food and almost no sleep as he directed his focus...


Nothing about sex. Oh well. I wonder how many of these people were having sex, or thinking about sex? Should they be allowed to during Time of War? I mean, really. In other news, the stock market is dropping, a federal judge temporarily blocked a new Missouri abortion law Monday after Planned Parenthood said the law would harm women by dramatically reducing the clinics available to provide the procedure, 2 yrs ago Katrina was bearing down on the gulf coast, but what's really important is are homophobes really gay and should they be able to hit on other men for sex especially in places where The Children Might See? Edited to add I want the nasty bigots in power taken out of power and am glad when it happens, but this obsession with sex?

Time for a DU break. catch ya later.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. The reason they're over there dying...

is because people over here soliciting cops for sex in public restrooms want them to be dying over there.

[uppityperson]

2. Please read my last line, added as an edit.

Edited to add I want the nasty bigots in power taken out of power and am glad when it happens, but this obsession with sex?

Time for a DU break. catch ya later

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Why the obsession over people obsessed over sex?

Really, it's not about the sex. If Craig were just some guy having sex in a bathroom DUers wouldn't give a shit.

Well, maybe some would, but they don't count.