... 'the violent Diyala province'... as if Diyala is intrinsically violent. I could imagine CNN anchormen saying: 'well you see, Diyala is a violent place, these things happen, is has nothing to do with our army illegally occupying it and abusing its people. It's a bit like violent Gaza.'

Incidentally, Diyala (Diala) is also a girl's name in Arabic. God help those who know any Diyalas!

At least 20 American service members were killed in military operations Saturday in the deadliest day for U.S. forces in two years, including 13 who died in a helicopter crash and five slain in an attack by militia fighters in the holy city of Karbala, military officials said.

Saturday's toll was the third-highest of any single day since the war began in March 2003, eclipsed only by 37 U.S. deaths on Jan. 26, 2005, and 28 on the third day of the U.S. invasion. U.S. authorities also announced two American combat deaths from Friday.

The heavy toll comes at a critical time of rising congressional opposition to President Bush's decision to dispatch 21,500 additional soldiers to the conflict to try to curb sectarian slaughter. The first reinforcements are already arriving in Baghdad and the surrounding areas.

The day's worst loss came from the crash of a U.S. Army helicopter northeast of Baghdad that killed 13 service members. An attack Saturday night blamed on militiamen in Karbala killed five soldiers. Roadside bombs killed another soldier in the capital and one in Nineveh province north of Baghdad.

The military gave little information on the crash of the Black Hawk during good weather in Diyala province, where U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling Sunni insurgents and Shiite militias around the city of Baqouba for months.

Lt. Col. Josslyn Aberle, a U.S. spokeswoman, said the cause of the crash had not been determined. Navy Capt. Frank Pascual, a member of a U.S. media relations team in the United Arab Emirates, told Al-Arabiya television that the helicopter was believed to have suffered technical troubles before going down.

Saturday's crash was the fourth deadliest since the start of the war. The worst crash occurred Jan 26, 2005, when a Marine transport helicopter crashed during a sandstorm in Iraq's western desert. Thirty Marines and one sailor were killed — the largest number of American service members to die in a single incident in Iraq. On the same day, six other U.S. forces died in combat for a total of 37 deaths, the largest one-day casualty toll of the war.

The second highest daily toll was on March 23, 2003 when 28 service members were killed as American forces were pushing toward Baghdad on the third day of the U.S.-led invasion.

The U.S. military said militia fighters attacked a provincial headquarters in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Karbala, killing five American soldiers and wounding three Saturday night.

Things are only going to get worse, from here on.

I am so afraid you are too bloody right about that, Q, but thanks anyway for keeping us all more aware of what's unfolding and why.

For the past couple of days, I could NOT reach WUFYS, no matter how many times I tried. For the longest time, I thought this sight was "hacked", but then I saw the dates and times -- people were still posting stories and adding comments.

It - just - so - happened - that - only - I - was - singled - out!

It seems "they" have been "monitoring" my "postings" to WUFYS -- and consequently, have been very threatened by the depth and accuracy of my knowledge -- and more importantly my willingness to share it with other people.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> How I got this this website was by an indirect means, linking from another website.

All - I - can - say - is - NICE!!!!

This is only another indication that very 'powerful' and 'influential' people are reading this blog.

Just wanted to share that with you. I too was very concerned, since for days this blog was inaccessible to me.

Cheers!

;-)

... I'm sure people like Radioscope and his more aggressive and militant zionist tribal-members do monitor this site regularly. Let them know we are not fooled by their media propaganda, that we know exactly who they are and what they want to achieve. Which is a continuation of what they've achieved in their millenium-old history of exploitation of us 'Goyim' (cattle).
At some point, however, we will have to turn from our exposition of wrong-doings and our voicing of frustration and contempt to something more constructive, with a call for concrete actions to be taken to shake this slavery off our backs. That's when our chatting will become dangerous for us, thus far it's been mostly only academic discussion.