[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 Afghan bloggers. This week we
   have the arrest of Al-Dhari, taking sides, mass abduction, and much,
   much more.

   [1]24 Steps to Liberty tells a poignant story of departures.

   [2]Baghdad Connect reports on the hazards of flying into Baghdad
   Airport.

   There was a column at [3]KurdishMedia I thought was worth reading:

     The next day on 9:11 New York suffered the horrendous attack and
     all hell broke loose because Bin Ladenâs mirror images in the west
     decided they were more macho and better served by their God
     presumably because they wore suits and sat in air-conditioned
     offices and were driven around in limousines instead of prams which
     would have been much more suitable for their mental ages. Somehow
     they decided they had been so lucky to have escaped Vietnam, got to
     become leaders of great nations and amassed billions of ill-earned
     money and that was their signal from God that he supported them and
     that they could do no wrong.

     Whether they are always high on drugs, alcohol or through the
     inhaling of the holy spirit these baboons do not seem to understand
     that killing innocent men women and children for whatever crazy
     reason, self-gratifying or any other reason is not only against
     their own hypocritic laws, oath of office and so called moral
     values but also against Godâs laws and all that they say they
     believe in. Simply calling mass murder and regarding it as a
     mistake would have been quite sufficient to absolve all murderers,
     killers, blood-thirsty tyrants as well as all criminals in prisons
     and awaiting execution. It is likely to turn the world into to a
     blood-spilling orgy.

   Read the whole thing if you have the stomach for it. Hat tip: [4]Roads
   to Iraq.

   [5]Iraqi Konfused Kid comments on the arrest of Harith al-Dhari, head
   of the Muslim Scholars Association (thought to be the the Sinn Féin to
   the insurgency's IRA). More from Omar of [6]Iraq the Model.

   [7]Freedom of Mind explains the war in Iraq to a visitor from outer
   space.

   I avoid linking to posts from Iraqi ex-pats but [8]this post from
   Zeyad of Healing Iraq on a mass abduction in Baghdad last week is too
   interesting and informative to pass by. [9]neurotic iraqi wife posts
   an emotional reaction to the abductions.

   Mohammed of [10]Iraq the Model thinks the way forward in Iraq is for
   America to take sides explicitly among the several factions vying for
   control there.

   Abu Khaleel of [11]Iraqi Letters writes a letter to the incoming U. S.
   Congress.

   I think that this joke posted by [12]Iraqi Roses is quite telling.

   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/2006/11/naday-and-her-family-left-to-jordan.html
   2. http://baghdad-connect.blogspot.com/2006/11/fly-friendly-skies.html
   3. http://www.kurdmedia.com/articles.asp?id=13586
   4. http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2006/11/20/war-baboons/
   5. http://ejectiraqikkk.blogspot.com/2006/11/end-is-nigh.html
   6. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/11/this-is-even-better-than-saddam.html
   7. http://theiraqilord.blogspot.com/2006/11/others-how-can-you-explain-whats.html
   8. http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/archives/2006_11_01_healingiraq_archive.html#116359360512215324
   9. http://neurotic-iraqi-wife.blogspot.com/2006/11/black-dot-on-world-globe.html
  10. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/11/find-right-partner.html
  11. http://iraquna.blogspot.com/2006/11/letter-to-congress-iraq-options.html
  12. http://iraqi-roses.blogspot.com/2006/11/iraqi-man-is-visiting-his-cousin-in.html
  13. http://www.theglitteringeye.com/