Tag Archives: Iraq the Model

The view from Baghdad

Posted on January 12, 2007 | Comments Off on The view from Baghdad

Fighting continues in the city, between insurgents, militia and the government, but so far Bush’s "new plan" seems not to have truly begun and Iraqis, meanwhile, are arguing among themselves whether it will do any good, according to Mohammed at Iraq the Model:

"…there are different opinions even among members of a single bloc but I also see that a majority supports the new strategy while opposition is coming from extremists who realize that they will be the next target for the government and allied forces."

Comments Off on The view from Baghdad

Posted in Iraq, The War, Troops

Tagged , , ,

The view from Iraq

Posted on December 30, 2006 | Comments Off on The view from Iraq

A fitting epitaph by Mohammed at Iraq the Model:

"On this day as we celebrate justice we shall not forget to pray for blessings for the souls of the dictator’s victims and we shall not forget to thank our brothers in America and the rest of the coalition nations who helped us and are still helping us in our struggle to build the new free and democratic Iraq."

Read it all.

Comments Off on The view from Iraq

Posted in Iraq

Tagged ,

Slogger flogged

Posted on December 24, 2006 | Comments Off on Slogger flogged

Omar at Iraq the Model has an interesting analysis of an article on Iraqi newspapers by former CNN editor Eason Jordan’s new Web venture IraqSlogger which claims the papers "sanitize their coverage" and are otherwise irrelevant. But Omar points out a number of mistaken conclusions, caused by a lack of understanding of the language and culture and trying to write from the U.S. instead of on the ground in Iraq:

"If the Slogger team wants to offer analysis or become a better alternative for whatever other sources of Iraq news, they ought to try better than this. Because if they keep writing like this, their site will soon be regarded as just one new waste of bandwidth, the same way that flipping channels looking for the whole image can be a waste of time."

Given Jordan’s biased and scandalous tenure with CNN (including sucking up to Saddam before he was deposed), screwing up would seem to be a normal part of his schtick. 

Comments Off on Slogger flogged

Posted in Iraq, The War

Tagged , ,

Oil for the people

Posted on December 9, 2006 | Comments Off on Oil for the people

Mohammed at Iraq the Model reports the government is considering a move often suggested in the blogosphere, but which American officials seemed not to have taken seriously.

"…yesterday al-Sabah brought the news that the parliament is discussing a suggestion to set aside 30% of oil sales income to distribute among the citizens of Iraq. The draft law sets 3 classes of payments according to age and subsequent needs and responsibilities; from one month to 6 years, from 6 to 18 years and the third one 19 years and older. People who migrated from Iraq, those with salaries higher tha[n] 1 million dinars/month and convicted criminals will be excluded from the payment program, the report added. The people here met the news with some delight, hope and some skepticism too although the announcement came through the government’s paper."

If it pans out–and Mohammed also reports that oil exports are up almost 15 percent from last year–the project would make Iraq a world model for fairness in the use of natural resources, as well as a regional one for democracy. It might even inspire a measure of sectarian peace.

Comments Off on Oil for the people

Posted in Blogosphere, Iraq, The War

Tagged , ,

Good Iraq news gone missing

Posted on December 2, 2006 | Comments Off on Good Iraq news gone missing

Omar at Iraq the Model finds good news of the Baghdad sniper’s capture still largely untold outside Iraq two days after it happened.

"Where’s the MSM from all of this? If he was a myth, then why were the media running stories about him and his operations in the first place? And if he was for real, then why are they ignoring his arrest?"

Must be preoccupied with the snow and ice across the Midwest. 

Comments Off on Good Iraq news gone missing

Posted in Iraq, The War, Troops

Tagged , ,

Rough times in Baghdad

Posted on November 27, 2006 | Comments Off on Rough times in Baghdad

Mohammed at Iraq the Model writes a horrific description of the past few days and the fear he and his neighbors and relatives feel, in part at stories such as AP’s about the burning of people alive–in that case from the mouth of one of AP’s bogus police sources.

"Rough times blur the vision and disrupt reason, I understand that. When you hear stories about people burned alive or mass public executions it makes you imagine that the streets are full of monsters coming to predate everything and makes you shout calling for merciless punishment upon even those who are only suspects."

Worth reading it all.
 

Comments Off on Rough times in Baghdad

Posted in Uncategorized

Tagged , ,