Big Dogs Weblog

Although violence headlined reports from Iraq most of this week, some encouraging news came from our troops today. The U.S. soldiers in Task Force Baghdad detained eight men allegedly responsible for Thursday’s helicopter attack and downing which killed 11 civilians. While these arrests are newsworthy on their own, the U.S. military feels [...]

Saturday, an Iraqi car bomb killed an American woman. Dedicated to helping Iraqis impacted by the war, Marla Ruzicka became another casualty of the insurgency.
The truth is Ruzicka was an anti-war activist. She was in Baghdad before the incursion began with Code Pink, a women’s anti-war group that traveled to Iraq to “shield” [...]

It is with both great sadness and great pride that we honor the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in the Iraq operation. President Bush posthumously awarded Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith our nation’s highest honor of valor today — exactly two years from the day Smith gave his life for [...]

With all the negative reporting by the MSM regarding Iraq and Afghanistan, we hope to counterbalance it with good news that’s being missed or underreported. We proudly update you with interesting information from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. This week, our stories center on Iraqis and their troops. It is important [...]

With all the negative reporting by the MSM regarding Iraq and Afghanistan, we hope to counterbalance it with good news that’s being missed or underreported. In a break from our usual “Good News” format of providing four or five short segments, we will focus on one important story. This story was relatively [...]