Military statistics released 22 Jan 06 Insurgent attacks in 2005: 34,131 Insurgent attacks in 2004: 26,496 Attacks include Iraqi forces engaged in fighting. Car bombs in 2005: 873 Car bombs in 2004: 420 Suicide car bombs in 2005: 411 Suicide car bombs in 2004: 133 Suicide bombers with vests in 2005: 67 Suicide bombers with vests in 2004: 7 Roadside bombs in 2005: 10,953 Roadside bombs in 2004: 5,607 Roadside bombs include discovered and diffused. Force Protectio...

RAMSTEIN, Germany — Cindy Sheehan, mother of a soldier killed in Iraq and the woman who protested the war last summer outside President Bush’s Texas ranch, is scheduled to bring her anti-war message to U.S. military installations in Germany next month. The purpose: to call attention to the fact that Germany is Europe’s logistical hub for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and others threatening Iran and the Middle East,” according to an event flier. “Germany has the power to stop the furthe...

A week ago Cindy Sheehan decided not to protest at the LRMC hospital, instead to meet EU parliamentary members at the church in Landstuhl, and then conduct a protest march culminating at Ramstein AB. Her reason she wrote in the Palestine Chronicle was “let’s leave our troops out of our protests”. She goes on to say that,” she will set up Camp Casey at recruiting offices so our *children* cannot put on the uniform of a soldier”.   On 08 March Cindy Sheehan sent an e-mail to ...

From a survey conducted by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) in Afghanistan. Released on 11 Jan 2006. The poll, conducted across ethnic groups including Pashtuns, Tajiks, Uzbek and Hazara communities, found large support for the US military presence in Afghanistan. Eighty-three percent said they have a favorable view of “the US military forces in our country” (39% very favorable). Just 17% have an unfavorable view. The main factors from the poll: Afghan Public Ove...