No, we're not reporting new American casualties, thank God. And we assume you've heard elsewhere about Operation Peninsula Strike, which has claimed over 100 Iraqi lives (presumably bad Iraqi's, because we've already killed a huge number of innocent civilians).
Rather, we are talking about an Iraqi oil pipeline in the north, which is currently on fire, after a series of explosions, as reported by Bloomberg.com.
An oil pipeline in northern Iraq is on fire after two bombs exploded 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the refinery town of Baiji, Agence France-Presse reported, citing its correspondent and local residents.
The pipeline, which carries oil north to turkey, was on fire in two places, the news agency said, citing its reporter. The pipeline is close the main highway linking Baghdad and Mosul, the northern regional capital.
"America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can't lose what you lacked at conception.
"Mass-market nostalgia gets you hopped up for a past that never existed. Hagiography sanctifies shuck-and-jive politicians and reinvents their expedient gestures as moments of great moral weight. Our continuing narrative line is blurred past truth and hindsight. Only a reckless verisimilitude can set that line straight."
--James Ellroy, American Tabloid
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"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."