[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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   I'm a day late but 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 re-surfacing to blame Americans, the progressive vs.
   the Islamist, a passage to India, and much, much more.

   Re-surfacing after an extended hiatus Truth-Teller of [1]A Citizen of
   Mosul says that Iraqis will never forgive Americans for the bloodshed
   going on in Iraq now.

   [2]Roads to Iraq is claiming to be the source for the story that
   Moqtada al-Sadr has left Iraq (and questions the timing).

   Although he gets, maybe, 1% of the traffic of the leading Iraqi
   bloggers, over the last few months [3]Iraqi Konfused Kid (who's no
   kid) has emerged as, to my mind, one of the most thought-provoking.
   Check out [4]this post, for example. It starts

     I'm gonna tell you something that all the Iraqis who pretend
     they're full of pride and shit don't tell you, every Iraqi who
     knows what's good for him wants the US military plan to happen -
     it's a known fact today that while US soldiers do occasionally rape
     15-year-olds and add naked photos of our hairy butts to their
     family albums, they are still infintely more trustworthy than any
     Iraqi soldier from anywhere. When an American soldier knocks on
     your door for a search, you go 'oh thank god' but when Iraqis do
     the same, you are instantly on your toes. Forget about all those
     Iraqis and Arab bloggers who live outside or have never been in
     there recently, they don't know what it is like - Iraq is dead - we
     are living in a newfound, and very real, age of sect. The
     intellects and all the other deadbeats like you and me who do
     nothing but bitch about how Iraq is great and how we had a
     beautiful country before the war are having a hard time accepting
     this, but they're going to have to deal with it.

   and continues from there. Also, check out [5]this post contrasting an
   Iraqi bloggers Sam Aziz of [6]Freedom of Mind, whom he characterizes
   as "the progressive" with Khalid Jarrar of [7]Tell Me a Secret who he
   characterizes as "the Islamist". I tend to think of Khalid as more of
   a Pan-Arabist but that itself should tell you something.

   [8]Freedom of Mind posts a rambling jeremiad, "I am Iraq".

   [9]Hammorabi, too, has a lengthy jeremiad, cataloging Iraq's woes over
   the last 30 years. They're all America's fault.

   Omar of [10]Iraq the Model posts a picture of the latest terrorist
   attack against a market in Baghdad as seen from the roof of his house.

   [11]Neurotic Iraqi Wife posts about her trip to India.

   Dave Schuler posts regularly to his own weblog, [12]The Glittering
   Eye. The Carnival was originally conceived by Ryan Boots.

References

   1. http://moslawi.blogspot.com/2007/02/amazing-question.html
   2. http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/02/14/is-al-sadr-in-iran/
   3. http://www.ejectiraqikkk.blogspot.com/
   4. http://ejectiraqikkk.blogspot.com/2007/02/iraqi-resistance-and-us-plan.html
   5. http://ejectiraqikkk.blogspot.com/2007/02/sam-aziz-vs-khalid-jarrar-progressive.html
   6. http://theiraqilord.blogspot.com/
   7. http://secretsinbaghdad.blogspot.com/
   8. http://theiraqilord.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-iraq-my-memory-is-not-that-good.html
   9. http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/2007/02/america-and-iraq-ongoing-killing-of.html
  10. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2007/02/terrorists-resume-their-attacks-on.html
  11. http://neurotic-iraqi-wife.blogspot.com/2007/02/iraq-was-is-and-will-always-be-damned.html
  12. http://www.theglitteringeye.com/