[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 Iraqi media and terrorism, the conflict between Israel
   and Hezbollah, and much more.

   Both [1]Afghan Lord and [2]Afghan Warrior have posted about two
   districts of Helmand province in Afghanistan coming under the control
   of the Taliban and the flag of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Pakistani group
   Lashkar-e-Tayeba replacing the Afghan flag there.

   Abu Khaleel of [3]A Glimpse of Iraq bids farewell to his children,
   who've left Iraq for other, safer places. This piece from Mama of
   [4]Emotions... about the murder of a family friend provides a good
   companion piece. They share a common theme: leaving.

   On [5]his other blog Abu Khaleel has a lengthy analysis of the
   situation in Lebanon. Somehow I think his prescription is not going to
   work out.

   Najma of [6]A Star from Mosul asks for some help on behalf of an Iraqi
   researcher. She wants some Americans to answer a short questionnaire.

   [7]Baghdad Connect, right now the hottest thing in the Iraqi
   blogosphere, posts the headlines and some eyewitness reports.

   Ladybird of [8]Roads to Iraq posts a lengthy examination of the murder
   of Rafik Harriri in Lebanon last year (which touched off the Syrian
   withdrawal). The conclusion: it was the Americans, the Israelis, and
   anti-Syrian Lebanese. Anybody but the Syrians.

   Hammorabi has posted repeatedly this week about the Israel-Hezbollah
   hostilities and I suspect that his views are probably the prevailing
   ones in most of the Middle East, if anything more temperate. [9]This
   post is typical. I was going to quote it in full but here's the first
   paragraph or so:

     The ongoing barbaric attacks on the Lebanese civilians by the
     Israeli war machine has been confirmed by the UN envoy apart from
     the pictures shown by the media which only represent little part of
     the size of destruction.

     The destruction in Lebanon by the Israeli war machine included
     civilian compounds, houses, flats, schools, hospitals, medical
     centers, roads, civil services centers, mosques, water plants,
     power stations and others. The situation in Lebanon is a
     humanitarian disaster by all means. This is how it was described by
     the UN envoy.

     Hundred of thousands of families rendered homeless, thousands fled
     their destroyed homes and for safety, hundreds of children were
     killed, and all by all Lebanon infrastructures destroyed near
     fully.

   Read the whole thing.

   [10]Ibn Al-Rafidain continues his interesting and insightful reactions
   to a memo leaked rom the U. S. embassy in Baghdad.

   It's getting so I honestly don't know whether [11]posts like this one
   from Omar of Iraq the Model on the increasing marginalization of
   violent resistance groups in Iraq represent a realistic evaluation of
   the situation or wishful thinking. My understanding is that the
   unquestioned increasing violence in Iraq is not uncharacteristic of
   insurgencies right up until the end. It's hard for me to reconcile
   "increasing marginalization" with "bringing them into the political
   process", however.

   Salam Pax posted a [12]link to his video report for Newsnight on
   staying alive in Baghdad.

   [13]The Exiled Shalash posts on the importance of the Iraqi Interior
   Ministry.

   [14]Iraqi Roulette posts the touching story of an old man, Abu S., and
   his love.

   [15]Treasure of Baghdad reflects on the ongoing violence in Iraq:
   sectarian strife or civil war?

   I honestly, really, genuinely appreciate these pictures from Sunshine
   of [16]Days of My Life's garden, presumably in Mosul. [17]More here.
   Thank you, Sunshine.

   Dave Schuler posts regularly to his own weblog, [18]The Glittering
   Eye. The Carnival was originally conceived by Ryan Boots.

References

   1. http://afghanlord.blogspot.com/2006/07/burning-afghanistan-flag.html
   2. http://afghanwarrior.blogspot.com/2006/07/occupation-of-two-districts-by-taliban.html
   3. http://glimpseofiraq.blogspot.com/2006/07/goodbye-my-boy.html
   4. http://youngmammy.blogspot.com/2006/07/freedom-means-free-to-killdemocracy.html
   5. http://iraquna.blogspot.com/2006/07/war-in-lebanon-iraqi-perspective.html
   6. http://astarfrommosul.blogspot.com/2006/07/survey-with-details.html
   7. http://baghdad-connect.blogspot.com/2006/07/bc-headlines-from-our-humble-democracy.html
   8. http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2006/07/24/back-to-hariri%e2%80%99s-murder/
   9. http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/2006/07/savage-war-on-lebanon-ongoing-barbaric.html
  10. http://ibnalrafidain.blogspot.com/2006/07/memo-article-ii.html
  11. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/07/50-actually-id-say-more-than-that.html
  12. http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=56445
  13. http://exiledshalash.blogspot.com/2006/07/iraqs-interior-miinistry.html
  14. http://theiraqiroulette.blogspot.com/2006/07/2272006.html
  15. http://baghdadtreasure.blogspot.com/2006/07/on-edge.html
  16. http://livesstrong.blogspot.com/2006/07/our-garden.html
  17. http://livesstrong.blogspot.com/2006/07/update.html
  18. http://www.theglitteringeye.com/