[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 a rumor, propaganda, violence, a generator, purple and
   yellow ribbons, and much, much more.

   [1]Afghan Lord and [2]Afghan Warrior present somewhat different takes
   on the rioting that followed a traffic accident with fatalities caused
   by a Coalition vehicle.

   [3]Riverbend complains about the heat, the lack of electricity, the
   violence, the new Iraqi government, and the Americans.

   [4]Baghdad Connect notes that the cost of the bodyguards for the
   members of the Iraqi parliament will run to nearly $1.5 Billions US
   per year.

   [5]Roads to Iraq has a report on the cases of abuse of civilians in
   Iraq and Afghanistan by the U. S. forces there, concentrating on the
   [6]incident at Ishaqi. [7]Truth About Iraqis has more on the incident
   and the investigation.

   More enemy propaganda from [8]Imad Khadduri. I think it's important to
   take a look at these translations from Arabic language Islam Memo to
   get some understanding of what we're up against even without incidents
   like those at Haditha (whatever happened there).

   The big news in the Iraqi blogosphere is the terrible security
   situation there and the large numbers of Iraqis being killed.
   [9]Hammorabi pens a lengthy rant on the declining security situation.
   His prescription: take off the gloves!

     We said before and will repeat here again, that the terrorists and
     the criminals know only one thing which is force. The same should
     be used against them. The responsibility of the security should be
     fully given to the Iraqis and a full scale force should be used to
     crush the criminals and terrorists. No mercy or negotiation but
     only for those who surrender without conditions and reveal full
     information about their groups.

     Punishment should be immediate and on the hands of the Iraqi
     security forces without hindering by the MNF. It has been mentioned
     before that when the Iraqi forces are wanted to interfere and deter
     the terrorists in certain areas the MNF may tighten the hands of
     the Iraqi forces and prevent them from interfering and crushing the
     thugs.

   Zeyad of [10]Healing Iraq reports that radical Islamists have complete
   or near-complete control of 8 Baghdad districts (of 120). [11]Ibn
   Al-Rafidain has a first-hand report of being detained by the Iraqi
   authorities from a neighbor who was detained for a week. I'm trying to
   figure out how to reconcile the position suggested by Ibn
   Al-Rafidain's post, which suggests that the authorities are cracking
   down too hard with that of Hammorabi, which suggests they aren't
   cracking down nearly enough. [12]Iraqi Screen is beginning to be
   nostalgic for the car bombs. [13]Salam Pax posts on the difficulty of
   producing a video blog due to the tenseness of the situation.

   Omar of [14]Iraq the Model reports on a rumor that's making the rounds
   there: the U. S. is planning for a military coup in Iraq.

   Fatima of [15]Thoughts from Baghdad has a bit of good news: the sound
   you hear in the video on her blog is her newly-repaired generator.

   Miriam of [16]Pearls of Iraq has officially kicked off her "Purple and
   Yellow Campaign".

                             [purpleyellow.jpg]

   She's started a new blog for it: [17]Iraq Purple and Yellow Ribbon
   Campaign.

     The push for purple for the Iraqis, representing freedom is not
     new. There have been other campaigns in short spurts supporting the
     movement. We need continuous long term support and outreach.
     Therefore, I support the Purple and Yellow Ribbon campaign. I call
     on bloggers, media and people across the globe to use these colors
     to show support to Iraq and to use virtual âPurple and Yellow
     Ribbonâ jpeg as a symbol on the internet and other places.

   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/2006/05/coalition-forces-caused-bloody-riot-in.html
   2. http://afghanwarrior.blogspot.com/2006/06/bloody-traffic-accident-and-protest.html
   3. http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_riverbendblog_archive.html#114954848489173468
   4. http://baghdad-connect.blogspot.com/2006/06/6610-144759000000.html
   5. http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2006/06/04/no-less-than-iraqi-court-or-international-court/
   6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5039420.stm
   7. http://truth-about-iraqis.blogspot.com/2006/06/iraqis-deserved-being-massacred-iraq.html
   8. http://abutamam.blogspot.com/2006/06/thouloiya-women-threatened-with-rape.html
   9. http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/2006/06/blood-bath-and-birth-of-new-era-blood.html
  10. http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/archives/2006_06_01_healingiraq_archive.html#114911620034710183
  11. http://ibnalrafidain.blogspot.com/2006/05/human-rights-ii_30.html
  12. http://iraqiscreen.blogspot.com/2006/06/iraqi-national-products.html
  13. http://justzipit.blogspot.com/2006/06/i-am-working-on-two-new-video-blogs.html
  14. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/06/rumor-of-day.html
  15. http://thoughtsfrombaghdad.blogspot.com/2006/05/some-good-news_31.html
  16. http://pearlsofiraq.blogspot.com/2006/05/official-start-of-purple-and-yellow.html
  17. http://iraqpurpleribboncampaign.blogspot.com/
  18. http://www.theglitteringeye.com/