[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 parliament, the third anniversary of the invasion,
   and much, much more.

   [1]24 Step to Liberty reports on the first, extremely brief session of
   the Iraqi parliament. More from [2]Iraq the Model

   [3]Riverbend reflects on the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq
   or, as she puts it, "the end of Iraq=E2s independence". [4]Freedom of
   Mind posts a lament. [5]Hammorabi isn't sad that Saddam isn't in
   charge anymore. [6]Truth About Iraqis is scathing. [7]Treasure of
   Baghdad finds that the day of liberation remains elusive. Mohammed of
   [8]Iraq the Model is more optimistic:

     Before the liberation we were suffering and we had no hope, now we
     are also suffering but we have hope and I see this hope even in the
     words of those that are cynical about the outcome of the political
     process; who say they hope things will be better in four years or
     eight years=E2=A6 When Saddam was here we didn't have any hope and we
     could expect nothing good from a dead regime that cared only about
     its absolute existence.

   I avoid linking to ex-patriate Iraqi bloggers in the Carnival but
   [9]this post on the anniversary from new blogger Eye Raki is too good
   to pass up. The incredibly articulate Dr. Hanoudi of [10]The Hanoudi
   Letter's reflection goes all the way back to World War I.

   Zeyad of [11]Healing Iraq has a series of pictures from "Sadr City" in
   Baghdad.

   Alaa, [12]The Mesopotamian (whom I think of as the Iraqi Wretchard),
   analyzes the strategic situation in Iraq, focussing on what's worked
   and what hasn't. He remains optimistic:

     Finally I would like to say to all our friends in the West and
     America in particular, this: have no fear; the battle is far from
     being lost. The land of Sumeria, Akad, Babylon, Ur, Nimrod and
     Ashur will never die. The land where the Old Testament was written
     and the Aramaic of Jesus Christ was spoken cannot become extinct.
     The Capital of Harun Al-Rashid and the Arabian nights cannot die.
     Land of Abraham and the prophets, Mesopotamia is indestructible.
     Seven thousand years of turbulent history attest to this. Only this
     land will remain tortured and cannot rest or calm down until it
     achieves greatness again. This is a germ that has been genetic in
     this mystic land from the beginning of history. This same history
     will credit the U.S.A. in years to come to have been the one to
     arouse this long dormant genie.

   Dave Schuler posts regularly to his own weblog, [13]The Glittering
   Eye. The Carnival was originally conceived by Ryan Boots.

References

   1. http://twentyfourstepstoliberty.blogspot.com/2006/03/as-usual-we-shou=
ldnt-agree-with-each.html
   2. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/03/iraqs-new-parliament-met-tod=
ay.html
   3. http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_riverbendblog_archive.ht=
ml#114264288537634165
   4. http://theiraqilord.blogspot.com/2006/03/into-my-tortured-soul-oh-lor=
d-it-seems.html
   5. http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/2006/03/after-3-years-is-iraq-better-or=
-worse.html
   6. http://truth-about-iraqis.blogspot.com/2006/03/bush-us-media-insult-i=
raq-on-third.html
   7. http://baghdadtreasure.blogspot.com/2006/03/day-of-your-liberation-is=
-near-bush.html
   8. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/03/third-anniversarysacrifice-f=
ear-and.html
   9. http://eyeraki.blogspot.com/2006/03/3-years-on.html
  10. http://www.thehanoudiletter.com/content/view/63/1/
  11. http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/archives/2006_03_01_healingiraq_archi=
ve.html#114244330102512959
  12. http://messopotamian.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_messopotamian_archive.ht=
ml#114265876417560517
  13. http://www.theglitteringeye.com/