It's sad how little coverage the newspapers and television news programs are dedicating to the ongoing war in Iraq. Shouldn't this be the first story every day? Here's some stories you may have missed..........

::Turkish forces have set up on the Iraqi border and an attack on the Kurds seems imminent. A cease-fire with Kurdish freedom fighters has been rejected by the Kurds and political diplomacy with the U.S. and Iraqi government seems to be going nowhere fast.......

:: The U.S. State Department is unable to account for most of $1.2 billion in funding that it gave to DynCorp International (A hired soldiers mercenary group) to train Iraqi police. "The bottom line is that State can't account for where it went," said Glenn D. Furbish, who was involved in putting together the 20-page report for the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction.....

:: Even though our government can't keep track of where taxpayer money is going, President Bush will ask Congress for another $46 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and finance other national security needs. This newest request comes less than a month after congress approved nearly $150 billion for the war.......

:: War-profitters Haliburton had a great third-quarter, earning revenue rose 16 percent to $3.93 billion! They also saved $133 million in taxes thanks to moving their business offshore......

:: As of Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, at least 3,834 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003.........

:: Odd that President Bush and Vice President Cheney will lead America into a war with Iran? They're pulling out the same march to war speeches that they used on the gullible American public in 2002/2003 during the build up for the Iraq War........

:: And from the comforts of a well-protected mansion (does anyone really believe that he's still living in a cave?), Osama bin Laden has called for Iraqi insurgents to unite........