Iraq War Fatalities is a map showing casualties by day and location since the end of the war. Enable the locations box on the side to see the cities. Wretchard has some insights into the shifting (and recurrent) sites of the bombing. I think his appraisal of Mosul is dead-on as well as his speculation that the envisioned end-game of the locals vs. the Al-Qaeda foreigners is also correct and the reason they've been fighting of late. Read the whole thing.
This is very strange...
I'm an average guy with an average life. I have a few more kids than most but for the most part I'm just an anonymous lumpenprole toiling away in obscurity both professionally and on this blog. To say my life follows a certain routine is like saying " The Hindenburg caught fire." That is to say, technically accurate but wildly understates the truth. In any event, I just received a call from The Wife. To wit: "Did you order something?" "No, why?" "There's something here for you." "Uh, box, bag, envelope, singing telegram?" "It's a box" "Who's is from?" "It's from [Name redacted pending confession or further investigation]" "Who?" "(repeats name)" "No idea. Never heard of him." A quick google search later I find that the sender's return address is in the wilds of northern Pennsylvania. A place I have never visited. "Open it." "W...
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