[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 Islam Memo, presents from Iran, child-rearing tips, new
   Iraqi blogs, and much, much more.

   [1]24 Steps to Liberty posts on the Zarqawi tape and the what the
   proclamation of an "Islamic Emirate" might mean.

   Seems appropriate for Mother's Day. Child rearing tips from Mama of
   [2]Emotions... (mother) and Sunshine of [3]Days of My Life (child).
   The post is cross-posted on both blogs.

   I think this post from Imad Khadduri of [4]Free Iraq is worth
   considering. He presents two accounts of the same incident: a
   translated account of a massacre of Iraqi civilians by U. S. and Iraqi
   National Guard forces from an Arabic language web site called Islam
   Memo and the report of the same incident from Reuters. His implicit
   complaint is that Reuters is attempting to present a balanced account.
   Here's what the [5]U. S. State Department has to say about Islam Memo:

     Islam Memo, or Mafkarat al-Islam, is perhaps the most unreliable
     source of "news" about Iraq on the Internet. For example, on March
     27, 2005, Islam Memo "news items" translated into English by
     Muhammad Abu Nasr claimed that more than 88 U.S. soldiers had been
     killed that day. In reality, none had been killed. Such
     disinformation fabrications are typical of Islam Memo. In the
     ten-day period from March 20 to March 29, 2005, they claimed that
     more than 334 U.S. troops had been killed. The real number was
     eight.

   [6]From Me With Love presents two pictures taken from the same vantage
   point. The first was taken last Tuesday before the sudden sandstorm
   struck Baghdad. The other was taken during the storm.

   Omar of [7]Iraq the Model notes Iran's contributions to stability in
   Iraq: anti-aircraft weapons delivered to Al Qaeda there.

   [8]Fayrouz in Beaumont has an update from her contact in Basra on the
   situation there.

   [9]neurotic iraqi wife has a very nice reflection on the U. S.
   military government leads she's worked with in the Green Zone.

   Miriam of [10]Pearls of Iraq is starting up a Purple Ribbon campaign.

   [11]Truth About Iraqis is not pleased about HBO's plans to produce a
   comedy about journalists in Iraq.

   Zappy of [12]Where Date Palms Grow posts about his visit to the Green
   Zone.

   There are a couple of fine, new Iraqi bloggers. The first is [13]Iraqi
   Screen. Hat tip: Salam Pax who has renamed his blog [14]The Daily
   Absurdity Report. The second is [15]Thoughts from Baghdad. Hat tip:
   [16]Iraq Blog Count.

   Dave Schuler posts regularly to his own weblog, [17]The Glittering
   Eye. The Carnival was originally conceived by Ryan Boots.

References

   1. http://twentyfourstepstoliberty.blogspot.com/2006/05/iraqi-women-cannot-use-cell-phones-but.html
   2. http://youngmammy.blogspot.com/2006/05/shared-post.html
   3. http://livesstrong.blogspot.com/2006/05/shared-post.html
   4. http://abutamam.blogspot.com/2006/05/yet-another-my-li-massacre-in-latifia.html
   5. http://usinfo.state.gov/media/Archive/2005/Apr/08-205989.html
   6. http://bintal3raq.blogspot.com/2006/05/forcast-from-baghdad.html
   7. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/05/iran-supplied-al-qaeda-in-iraq-with-aa.html
   8. http://fayrouz.blogspot.com/2006/05/how-is-basra-doing.html
   9. http://neurotic-iraqi-wife.blogspot.com/2006/05/touch-their-hearttouch-their-soul.html
  10. http://pearlsofiraq.blogspot.com/2006/05/iraqi-purple-pearl-ribbon-movement.html
  11. http://truth-about-iraqis.blogspot.com/2006/05/us-network-to-laugh-at-iraqi-dead.html
  12. http://citycalledhell.blogspot.com/2006/05/green-zone.html
  13. http://iraqiscreen.blogspot.com/
  14. http://justzipit.blogspot.com/2006/05/boys-and-girls-do-yourselves-favour.html
  15. http://thoughtsfrombaghdad.blogspot.com/
  16. http://iraqblogcount.blogspot.com/2006/05/three-must-reads.html
  17. http://www.theglitteringeye.com/