http://insurgency.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for insurgency en Sun, 03 Jun 2007 08:21:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2024433 unknown@Netscape.com Insurgents are deploying huge, deeply buried munitions set up to protect their territory and mounting complex ambushes that demonstrate their ability to respond rapidly to U.S. tactics. A new counterinsurgency strategy has resulted in decreased civilian deaths in Baghdad but has placed thousands of additional American troops at greater risk. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 08:21:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2024433iraqinsurgencyGuerillatacticsincreasedfatalitiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2016676 unknown@Netscape.com More than four months after the launch of the U.S. government's new Iraq strategy aimed at curbing violence in this war-torn country, the situation here shows no clear signs of improvement. Indeed, a recent report by a British think tank warns that Iraq is a "failure" on the verge of "collapse and fragmentation." Wed, 30 May 2007 06:57:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2016676iraqsurgebushviolenceinsurgencyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2016731 unknown@Netscape.com Escalating fighting and sectarian violence are forcing hundreds of families in Iraq to flee their homes on a daily basis, aid agencies say. An estimated 822,810 Iraqis are now displaced within their country. "There are no safe places in Iraq. Militants or insurgents find you wherever you are," refugee Abdul-Yassin said. Wed, 30 May 2007 06:46:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2016731iraqRefugeesviolenceinsurgencyhomelessnessNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2016677 unknown@Netscape.com May is not yet over, and already it has recorded the 3rd-highest monthly death toll for American forces in Iraq since the war began 4 years ago. The military announced that 10 soldiers were killed in roadside bombings and a helicopter crash on Memorial Day. As of late Tuesday, there were at least 113 US deaths in Iraq so far in May. Wed, 30 May 2007 04:46:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2016677iraqmilitarydeathtollthirdDeadliestmonthinsurgencyviolenceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1829109 unknown@Netscape.com Seif Abdul-Rafiz, 11, and his 2 brothers were left with no choice but to leave school and work to help their unemployed parents make ends meet. Unable to find a job, Seif resorted to making bombs for Sunni insurgents. "The bombs are used to fight American soldiers ... My parents told me that it helps our family eat and it is to fight occupatio Thu, 10 May 2007 18:00:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1829109iraqchildrenmakingbombsunemploymentpovertyinsurgencyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1090111 unknown@Netscape.com Sells Their Food Rations to Generate Funds to Flee Violence Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:32:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1090111iraqwarcivilinsurgencyRefugeeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/813755 unknown@Netscape.com A leading expert on the insurgency clarifies who is shooting whom in Iraq, the growing power of al-Qaida, the influence of Iran, and the only thing left for the U.S. to do. Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:17:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/813755iraqwarinsurgencyexpertNews http://web2announcer.com/go/251415 unknown@Netscape.com Mogadishu, Somalia's chaotic capital, is sliding back into anarchy after armed groups launched the latest in a series of hit-and-run rocket attacks yesterday. The transitional government is struggling to take control, raising fears that the city faces a Baghdad-style insurgency which could claim the lives of hundreds of civilians. Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:48:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/251415MogadishuSomaliaAnarchyinsurgencyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/139605 unknown@Netscape.com A spokesman for radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has warned that US President George W. Bush's new Iraq strategy risks sending thousands of American troops to their deaths. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:16:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/139605moqtadasadriraqGeorgebushwarinsurgencyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2428 unknown@Netscape.com On Fox News, Newt Gingrich claimed there is a “legitimate insurgency in Connecticut, which needs to be met head on,” made up of people who say Iraq “is so hard, it is so frightening, it’s so painful, can’t we come home and hide?” Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:59:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2428PoliticsconnecticutiraqinsurgencygingrichNews