At least two suspected insurgents are dead after a bomb detonated in the driveway of a home in Nassiriya.

via AlJazeeraEnglish After seven years of war, one of the few industries in Iraq that is prospering is film-making. Under the Saddam regime movies were strictly controlled, but now directors are telling stories about their experiences of war. Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf reports from Baghdad.

via MidweekPolitics Matthew Hoh, Iraq war veteran and former foreign service, discusses the evolution of his opinion on the wars the US is fighting.

via whitehouse See what it was like inside the hall and hear from some who were there as the President signed the bill that will repeal the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.”

From boston.com: The Globe analyzed the career paths of 750 of the highest ranking generals and admirals who retired during the last two decades and found that, for most, moving into what many in Washington call the “rent-a-general’’ business is all but irresistible. (Read more.)

via AlJazeeraEnglish Hollywood and the war machine: A look at the Pentagon’s influence on the film industry

via Wlklleaks: http://wiklleaks.blogspot.com | The Bureau of Investigative Journalism was given access to the biggest leak of military documents in history.

via SenateDemocrats A Senate vote Saturday cleared the way for final passage of a bill to end the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. For all of us in the Senate, this is one of those days when we feel privileged to be here because we righted a wrong,” said…

Veterans for Peace on 12/16/2010 at the White House in Washington DC http://stopthesewars.org

via whitehouse Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and General James Cartwright hold a press briefing after participating in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Annual Review with the President at the White House. December 16, 2010.