[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. This week
   we've got the Battle of Adhamiya, a new prime minister, and much, much
   more.

   [1]Afghan Lord is very unhappy with the state of Coalition operations
   in Afghanistan.

   [2]24 Steps to Liberty has a valuable backgrounder on Jawad al-Maliki
   (AKA Nouri Kamil al-Ali), the new Iraqi prime minister. Also, don't
   miss his the [3]second installment of his thoughts on the political
   evolution of Iraq. His summary: "You are Free to Choose. There is only
   one option anyway". More thoughts on the new PM from Omar at [4]Iraq
   the Model.

   [5]A Citizen of Mosul sounds uncharacteristically buoyant about the
   selection:

     He promised the parliament and the Iraqis that he will form the new
     government depend on qualification not on sectarian factors, that
     sound very good for me, and for all the Iraqis also, but we look
     foreward to see it on the ground in the form of acts not just a
     nonsense promises that stay as "ink on paper" as the well known
     Arabic proverb said.

   [6]Riverbend has a conversation with Granny Z.

   [7]Konfused Kollege Kid live-blogs (sort of) the Battle of Adhamiya,
   the neighborhood in Baghdad, last week. Zeyad of [8]Healing Iraq was
   stuck in Adhamiya during the violence there and has a detailed post
   including pictures and maps.

   Check out [9]this site which is devoted to translations of the
   de-classified Iraqi official documents. Hat tip: [10]Eye Raki. And
   he's right: it would be very helpful if English-speaking Iraqis
   contributed to the task, too.

   [11]Fayrouz posts a letter from her correspondent in Basra. It's
   pretty disturbing.

   I linked to this last week but, if you only read one post linked in
   this week's Carnival, it should be Mohammed of [12]Iraq the Model's
   post, "Kill Us But You Won't Enslave Us".

   [13]neurotic iraqi wife (and Hubby) haven't left Iraq after all. Just
   keep scrolling.

   Dave Schuler posts regularly to his own weblog, [14]The Glittering
   Eye. The Carnival was originally conceived by Ryan Boots.

References

   1. http://afghanlord.blogspot.com/2006/04/us-coalition-forces-weakness-against.html
   2. http://twentyfourstepstoliberty.blogspot.com/2006/04/have-you-ever-seen-turbaned-man-with.html
   3. http://twentyfourstepstoliberty.blogspot.com/2006/04/this-is-two-part-entry-i-wanted-to_19.html
   4. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/04/jawad-who.html
   5. http://moslawi.blogspot.com/2006/04/new-iraq.html
   6. http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_riverbendblog_archive.html#114573587568328409
   7. http://ejectiraqikkk.blogspot.com/2006/04/battle-of-adhamiya-live-as-live-can-be.html
   8. http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/archives/2006_04_01_healingiraq_archive.html#114548394546127456
   9. http://iraqdocs.blogspot.com/
  10. http://iraqdocs.blogspot.com/
  11. http://fayrouz.blogspot.com/2006/04/my-basrah.html
  12. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/04/kill-us-but-you-wont-enslave-us.html
  13. http://neurotic-iraqi-wife.blogspot.com/
  14. http://www.theglitteringeye.com/