War continues in Syria, and new UN Ambassador-designate Samantha Power IS ON IT, protests (and police/military brutality) continue in Turkey and Egypt, and paramilitaries attack an Islamic school in Kashmir, then kill a bunch of protesters, so naturally the Indian government cracks down...on the protesters. That's all after the jump. Syria: Fighting rages on between … Continue reading This Week in Oppressive Government Violence: July 21, 2013

Iraq Body Count figures for July 20: 49 civilians killed IBC total to-date for July, 2013: 584 civilians killed The above figures may be low even through Saturday, as the AP reports (via washingtonpost.com) that Saturday's death toll has been revised to something higher than 70. 13 more people were reportedly killed Sunday in an … Continue reading The Daily Iraq: July 21, 2013

Iraq Body Count figures for July 19: 36 civilians killed IBC total to-date for July, 2013: 535 civilians killed No fewer than seven car bombs struck parts of Baghdad today, part of a series of attacks that killed at least 45 and injured well over 100. The attacks seem to have occurred in Shi'i areas … Continue reading The Daily Iraq: July 20, 2013

White lady loses phone, does sensible thing and demands to search the pockets of the nearest black man.

Iraq Body Count hasn't updated yet today. Al-Jazeera acknowledged Iraq again, reporting Friday that a Sunni mosque in Wajihiyah, northeast of Baghdad, was the target of a terrorist bombing that killed at least 20. No immediate word on who was behind the attack, but it's likely to have been another attack by Sunni extremists against … Continue reading The Daily Iraq: July 19, 2013

Shorter Nobel Fucking Peace Prize Laureate Shimon Peres, President of Israel: If the European Union goes ahead with its shocking and totally sudden decision to stop doing business with just that bit of Israel that we've managed to steal from the Palestinians, which I stress was a complete surprise because we've only known it was … Continue reading See what you made me do?

Iraq Body Count figures for July 17: 20 civilians killed IBC total to-date for July, 2013: 480 civilians killed Agency France Presse reported that nine Iraqis were killed Thursday in a number of small attacks (five bombings and two shootings) scattered around the country. Interestingly, while I've been relying on Al-Jazeera for most of these … Continue reading The Daily Iraq: July 18, 2013

After spending the day walking around Washington in ~100 degree heat in my shirt and tie, wishing for a sudden winter storm or maybe a man-sized freezer that I could crawl inside, I hopped on the Metro for the crowded, 30 minute, un-air conditioned ride home. On the trip I found this in my news … Continue reading Here comes the flood

Iraq Body Count casualties for July 16: 8 killed IBC casualties, month to date: 460 killed The Washington Post reports nine killed on Wednesday in two attacks, one near Baghdad and the other in Mosul. That would bring the above number up to 469 killed in July, if it proves accurate. The Mosul attack targeted … Continue reading The Daily Iraq: July 17, 2013

Just plain didn't do one of these yesterday, no excuses. It seems some news outlets are starting to take notice of what's happening here; the NYT covered the attacks I wrote about on Sunday, the AP (via ABCNews.com) is noticing the uptick in violence in just the week since Ramadan began, and USA Today reported … Continue reading The (Two Day) Daily Iraq, July 15-16, 2013