Word: killingly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...were to pull out now, it would leave behind a very unstable, weak nation at the mercy of its neighbors. Iran considers itself the new big dog in the yard and is fueling the civil war in Iraq. How long would it be before Iran moved in for the kill? If it were allowed to take over Iraq, Iran would be the most powerful nation in the region and fearless in confronting the West. Iran is a big dog penned up in its yard. But if we withdraw troops from Iraq, Iran will become a monster that no yard...
...Staff Sergeant Raymond L. Girouard, 24, went on trial Tuesday, defending himself against charges of premeditated murder, obstruction of justice and other charges for ordering soldiers in his squad to kill three unarmed Iraqi detainees and conspiring to cover up the deaths. The case is one among several that have inflamed critics of the U.S. The prosecution has also stirred anger among Girouard's hometown supporters, who say he is being made a scapegoat in the case...
...serious. Sgt. Leonel Lemus said he walked away thinking Girouard was kidding. Another soldier, Specialist Bradley Mason, testified on Tuesday that he questioned the plan, and then told him that it would be murder. When rumors began to circulate afterward, Girouard allegedly threatened his squad, saying he would kill anyone who confessed. "He told me that if I said anything, he'd kill me," Mason said. "Eventually," Capt. Mackey, the prosecutor, said, "people did start talking...
...optimistic. In recent weeks, some things have got better - but it is hard to know if they will last. The massive, U.S.-led security operation in Baghdad has brought some relief. The daily death toll, which had risen to 100 last fall, has dropped. Sunni terrorists continue to kill innocent civilians with car bombs and suicide attacks, but at least the Shi'ite militias have melted away. U.S. military commanders see this as a victory, but few Iraqis are so sanguine. They know that the American soldiers will leave, and worry that the militias are simply waiting them out, regrouping...
...done, and the government should have had an open mind and not acted in a way that created a problem," Galucho said. He and the other rebels wanted to negotiate, he said, but would not do so while Australian forces were still in the country: "They may try and kill us, so why would we try and negotiate with them...