[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. It has been
   very, very quiet in the Iraqi blogosphere. This week we have
   misperceptions, a blogiversary, a history of Jordan, and much, much
   more.

   [1]Sanjar makes an interesting case that NATO personnel are involved
   in trafficking in stolen goods and drugs.

   [2]Baghdad Connect paints a somewhat different picture of Iraqi
   Kurdistan than the one you may have been hearing.

   Short version of [3]Roads to Iraq's take on the recently-announced
   "Unity Accord": it's a plot to interfere with pan-Arab nationalism.

   Speaking of pan-Arab nationalism, [4]Iraqi Konfused Kid has a post
   about the lousy treatment of Iraqis by Jordanians and emphasizes two
   points:

     a) WE ARE ALL ARAB. and most importantly
     b) ARABS BEAT THE S*** OUT OF EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME.

   [5]Hammorabi has a lengthy post on the decline of America that
   includes the following sentence which I'll quote here for your
   edification and enlightenment:

     It is wrong for the USA to consider its war against terrorism as a
     war against Islam and Muslims. This will certainly hasten its
     decline and America will never ever win such a war.

   It is clear from the context that Hammorabi thinks that the U. S. is,
   indeed, waging war against Islam and Muslims.

   [6]Last of Iraqis catalogues the perceptions of his fellow Iraqis
   about Westerners.

   [7]neurotic iraqi wife reflects on her third blogiversary.

   [8]The Shaqawa posts a short history of Jordan.

   I generally avoid linking to posts from ex-pats but I think you'll
   like [9]Treasure of Baghdad's post, a great distillation of the
   immigrant experience in America.

   Dave Schuler posts regularly to his own weblog, [10]The Glittering
   Eye. The Carnival was originally conceived by Ryan Boots.

References

   1. http://sanjar.blogspot.com/2007/08/international-assistance-or-conspiracy.html
   2. http://baghdad-connect.blogspot.com/2007/08/harbaschi-hurrah.html
   3. http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/08/27/the-so-called-unity-accord-is-to-renew-a-41-years-old-failed-alliance-to-divide-iraq/
   4. http://ejectiraqikkk.blogspot.com/2007/08/shiqaqnifaq-and-lot.html
   5. http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/2007/08/world-is-on-imminent-changes-it-is-so.html
   6. http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2007/08/dialog-2.html
   7. http://neurotic-iraqi-wife.blogspot.com/2007/08/this-neurotic-blog.html
   8. http://theshaqawa.blogspot.com/2007/08/history-of-jordan.html
   9. http://baghdadtreasure.blogspot.com/2007/08/last-year-america-opened-her-arms.html
  10. http://www.theglitteringeye.com/