Category Archives: Iraq

‘Innocents’ no more

Posted on June 2, 2007 | Comments Off on ‘Innocents’ no more

Israeli historian Michael Oren recommends five books, the oldest published in 1787, the latest in 1993, to understand the American-Arab encounter, from romance such as "The Sheik of Araby," to the Arabists who still are powerful in the State Department, until "9/11, the day the fantasy died."

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Memorial

Posted on May 30, 2007 | Comments Off on Memorial

Poignant slide show memorial to US Marine CPL Jason Dunham, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor in Iraq. More on him here.

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“If ye break faith with us who die…”

Posted on May 27, 2007 | Comments Off on “If ye break faith with us who die…”

Memorial Day is supposed to be about honoring the war dead, and passing the torch. It’s not supposed to be just another chance to whack Bush over Iraq, while leaving Afghanistan unmentioned because you can’t use that favored MSM phrase "…this unpopular war" with Afghanistan. The Memorial Day observance, which began in and after the American Civil War, is supposed to about the war dead, not the living combatants nor veterans. And not breaking faith is, today, an often forgotten part of it.

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Dialogue

Posted on May 27, 2007 | Comments Off on Dialogue

Omar at Iraq the Model will keep an eye on Iraqi news media tomorrow when US and Iranian ambassadors are scheduled to meet for a chat:

"I can’t see the slightest hint to concessions from either side so I strongly think that tomorrow’s meeting will be only about America and Iran telling each other what they want. The face to face part is the only difference."

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Torture

Posted on May 24, 2007 | Comments Off on Torture

The real stuff, the way al Q does it. Not a pretty sight. No lace women’s panties on the heads here.

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Burying the good news

Posted on May 22, 2007 | Comments Off on Burying the good news

Another week, another transfer of a province’s security to Iraqi troops. But even though reporters attend the ceremony, you have to read deep into their pieces to find mention of it, says embed Michael Yon.

"The transfer of authority did not even make the cut for news for most US publications and networks. Of those which included the story in their news reports, most mentioned it only as part of an overall report about the day’s activities in Iraq. Many of those included it in reports which were headlined or sandwiched with bad news about the violence in other parts of Iraq."

No wonder Americans are so disenchanted with the campaign. It’s all blood all the time. Pathetic. 

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Fessing up

Posted on May 22, 2007 | Comments Off on Fessing up

Bob Kerry, former Democrat senator from Nebraska, sees the light:

"The key question for Congress is whether or not Iraq has become the primary battleground against the same radical Islamists who declared war on the U.S. in the 1990s and who have carried out a series of terrorist operations including 9/11. The answer is emphatically ‘yes.’"

That takes the shine off the idea of withdrawal any time soon.

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