[Dean's World] Dave Schuler: The Carnival of the Liberated

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Posted by Dave Schuler:
The Carnival of the Liberated
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   Welcome to the Carnival of the Liberated, a sampler of some of the
   best posts of the week from Iraqi and Afghani bloggers. Pretty slim
   pickings this week. We've got a raid in Baghdad, political wrangling,
   cleaning up the mess, and much, much more.

   [1]24 Steps to Liberty begins a series on Iraqi politics. I thought
   that the brief profiles he presents of the leading figures are pretty
   interesting.

   [2]attawie has pictures from a field trip to the Sharjah
   Archaeological Museum. Interesting stuff.

   [3]Ibn Al-Rafidain notes that not controlling the press provides an
   opportunity for political opposition. Yep. That's how a free press
   works alright.

   Mohammed of [4]Iraq the Model brings us up-to-date on the ongoing
   wrangling to form a government in Iraq.

   [5]Dr. Hanoudi tries to get a handle on the violence that's going on
   in Iraq now.

   [6]Treasure of Baghdad is dismayed that burqas are becoming common in
   Iraq.

   [7]Truth About Iraqis is posting up a storm about the overnight raid
   in the Aadhamiya district of Baghdad with four posts in 24 hours.
   Here's the [8]New York Times report:

     BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 17 â American and Iraqi troops sealed off one
     of Baghdad's most prominent Sunni Arab neighborhoods on Monday
     after a night of raging gun battles that left homes and storefronts
     riddled with bullets and at least one civilian dead, Iraqi
     officials and witnesses said.

     The closing of Adhamiya, in northern Baghdad, seemed to signal
     deteriorating security in a neighborhood where attacks on American
     and Iraqi forces had ebbed in recent months. The area is home to
     hard-line Sunni Arabs who remain hostile to the Shiite-led
     government and the American presence. At its center is the
     well-known Abu Hanifa Mosque, where Saddam Hussein made his final
     public appearance in April 2003 before fleeing Baghdad and the
     American invasion force.

     A leading Sunni Arab political group, the Iraqi Islamic Party,
     released a statement on Monday calling for calm and saying that a
     "human disaster might occur." It said the clashes were between
     Iraqi government forces and residents of Adhamiya, implying that
     the uniformed forces were the aggressors.

     At least one civilian was killed and five injured in the battles,
     an Interior Ministry official said.

     The origins of the violent confrontation remained murky. A guard at
     Abu Hanifa Mosque, who gave his name as Abu Aus, said in a
     telephone interview that fighting erupted around midnight when
     gunmen clashed with Iraqi soldiers at Al Sabah library nearby.
     Police commandos, long suspected of operating Shiite death squads,
     then entered the area and joined forces with the soldiers, he said.

   Start with the 9:54am post and scroll up.

   Here's how [9]Where Date Palms Grow puts the situation in Iraq: "Your
   not free to go back home until you clean up your mess!"

   Dave Schuler posts regularly to his own weblog, [10]The Glittering
   Eye. The Carnival was originally conceived by Ryan Boots.

References

   1. http://twentyfourstepstoliberty.blogspot.com/2006/04/this-is-two-part-entry-i-wanted-to.html
   2. http://attawie.blogspot.com/2006/04/back-to-past.html
   3. http://ibnalrafidain.blogspot.com/2006/04/ineffective-communication-ii.html
   4. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/04/another-few-days-requested-more.html
   5. http://www.thehanoudiletter.com/content/view/65/1/
   6. http://baghdadtreasure.blogspot.com/2006/04/new-fashion-brought-to-iraq.html
   7. http://truth-about-iraqis.blogspot.com/
   8. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/18/world/middleeast/18iraq.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
   9. http://citycalledhell.blogspot.com/2006/04/who-did-it.html
  10. http://www.theglitteringeye.com/