There’s any number of reasons to vote the Republicans out of power in the house and Senate. Katrina, rubberstamping, the deficit, wiretapping, torture, medicaid/medicare, minimum wage, health insurance…or lack of it, corruption, sex scandals, Abramoff…..on and on and on and on. But the big kahoona of reasons is Iraq. A war we were lied into. A war that had no plan. A war where our troops were sent in without the tools they needed to fight. A war where Bush’s cronies have made billions upon billions of dollars on. A war in which torture has been the norm. A war that has caused the world view of us to go right into the dumper. A WAR THAT HAS COST US 2,837 U.S. LIVES……19 IN THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS OF NOVEMBER. A WAR THAT HAS COST THE IRAQI’S HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES!!!

Here’s your reason to get rid of the Republican “stay the course” bastards…….let Staff Sgt. Jason Whitehouse be your reason. Let Lance Cpl. James Brown be your reason. Let Spc. Douglas Desjardins be your reason. Pick a name……there are 2, 837 of them to chose from. And remember, that’s ALL they are to the Republicans. Names.

One last posting of A Day in Iraq…….take that to the ballots.

11/07/06 ktul: Civilian Worker From Tulsa Killed In Iraq Explosion
An explosion at a military base in Iraq has killed a Tulsa man, working as a civilian contract worker. It happened October 31st in Tikrit. Michael Brian McNiel, 38, was working for KBR as a retail fuel truck driver. He had been working for KBR…
11/07/06 NPR: Former Baathists May Return to Government Service
Thousands of Saddam Hussein’s Sunni backers from his former Baath party may be able to return to jobs in the current Iraqi government. The news comes just a day after the former dictator was sentenced to death. Renee Montagne talks to Jamie Tarabay.
11/07/06 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties (part 2)
Staff Sgt. Jason D. Whitehouse, 27, of Phoenix, Ariz., died Nov. 2 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
11/07/06 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties (part 1)
Lance Cpl. James E. Brown, 20, of Owensville, Ind., died Nov. 2 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force…
11/07/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Douglas C. Desjardins, 24, of Mesa, Ariz., died Nov. 5 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A1 Abrams tank during combat operations. Desjardins was assigned to the 2nd Battalion…
11/07/06 AP: 3rd U.S. G.I. Pleads In Iraq Murder Case
A Marine pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice before testifying that his squad executed a civilian he thought was an insurgent.
11/07/06 Reuters: 2 Bodies and a decapitated head founded in Mahmudiya
Police found the bodies of two people and a decapitated head in the town of Mahmudiya, about 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
11/07/06 Reuters: Police arrest a local al-Qaeda leader in Sayafiya
Police arrested a local al-Qaeda leader called Ali Hamid al-Dulaimi in the town of Sayafiya, 75 km (40 miles) north of Kut, police said.
11/07/06 Reuters: Roadside bomb targeting U.S. military patrol kills 3 civilians
A roadside bomb targeting a U.S. military patrol killed 3 civilians, including a student, and wounded 8 others… in the city of Falluja…doctor Mohammed Abdul Kareem said. A police source said 7 were killed and 10 wounded in the incident.
11/07/06 Reuters: Iraqi police and army arrest 13 people described as “terrorists”
Iraqi police and army arrested 13 people described as “terrorists” and 88 suspected insurgents during the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the General Command of armed forces office said.
11/07/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill policeman in Kirkuk
Gunmen killed a policeman in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
11/07/06 Reuters: Ten bodies found in different districts of Baghdad
A total of 10 bodies were found with gunshot wounds during the last 24 hours in different districts of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. Some of the victims showed signs torture.
11/07/06 Reuters: Gunmen attack a Civil Defence Centre
Gunmen attacked a Civil Defence Centre and kidnapped four employees, two of whom were later released, in a southeastern suburb of Baghdad, an interior ministry source said.
11/07/06 NBC: What fired Iraq watchdog has been watching
While surging violence grabs headlines, Iraq reconstruction continues to fall far short of U.S. and Iraqi goals, further undermining stability in the nascent democracy…
11/07/06 CNN: Iraq charges dozens of police with torture
Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Tuesday that it had brought the first-ever charges of torture against members of the Iraqi police, who are accused of close ties to the Shiite death squads whose daily abductions and killings fuel the sectarian violence…
11/07/06 AP: Baghdad’s airport reopens as curfew lifts over Baghdad
Baghdad’s international airport reopened today after a two-day curfew over the capital was lifted, airport spokesman Ahmed al-Mussawi said. The curfew, which took effect Saturday night in Baghdad and two neighboring provinces…
11/07/06 guardian: UK Soldier’s death in Iraq brings UK military toll to 121
A British soldier has been killed in an attack on an army base in Iraq, bringing the total number of UK service personnel killed since the invasion to 121.
11/07/06 MNF: MND-B Soldier dies of wounds following roadside bomb attack
A Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldier died at approximately 10:40 p.m. Monday from wounds he received after the vehicle he was riding in was struck by an improvised-explosive device in northwest Baghdad.

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