[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 a Bollywood picture, escaping a Shi'ite death squad, Kool-Aid,
   and much, much more.

   Apparently, political correctness hasn't caught on in India. Or, at
   least, doesn't apply to Afghans. [1]Afghan Lord is upset about a
   recent Bollywood movie that, he says, slanders Afghans. Video clip
   included (dialogue in Hindi) along with transcript. Here's [2]a
   profile of the blogger at Afghan Lord you might find interesting.

   [3]Alive in Baghdad has a first-hand video report from a guy who found
   himself caught in the middle of a battle between Americans and the
   Mahdi Army while taking his wife to the hospital to deliver their
   child.

   [4]Baghdad Connect writes in opposition to the death penalty.

   [5]Iraqi Konfused Kid recounts a harrowing story of surviving a
   Shi'ite death squad.

   [6]Ibn Al-Rafidain has a lengthy commentary on the report of the Iraq
   Study Group.

   Omar of [7]Iraq the Model considers the prospects for a new security
   crackdown in Baghdad neighborhoods that's under way. That may be what
   [8]Roads to Iraq is complaining about here:

     US occupation forces helping Iranâs Militias once again to launch
     an attack on Sunni neighborhood âHaifa streetâ, Haq agency says
     that the US forces are attacking the area with military airplane
     and tanks.

     Many bodies of women and children seen laying on the streets of the
     neighborhood.

   It's also, apparently, what the [9]New York Times is reporting:

     BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- U.S. and Iraqi soldiers, backed by American
     warplanes, battled suspected insurgents for hours Tuesday in
     central Baghdad, and 50 militant fighters were killed, the Defense
     Ministry said.

   [10]It Is All About Our life posts on the wonders of Kool-Aid.

   Dave Schuler posts regularly to his own weblog, [11]The Glittering
   Eye. The Carnival was originally conceived by Ryan Boots.

References

   1. http://afghanlord.blogspot.com/2007/01/kabul-express.html
   2. http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=280
   3. http://aliveinbaghdad.org/2007/01/08/everyones-a-target/
   4. http://baghdad-connect.blogspot.com/2007/01/death-penalty-that-bleeding-wound-of_07.html
   5. http://ejectiraqikkk.blogspot.com/2007/01/omars-oddyssey.html
   6. http://ibnalrafidain.blogspot.com/2007/01/iraq-study-group-i.html
   7. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-crackdown-is-about-to-begin.html
   8. http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/01/09/attack-on-haifa-street-sunni-neighborhoods/
   9. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iraq-Violence.html?hp&ex=1168405200&en=04286536d8f364ed&ei=5094
  10. http://iraqi-roses.blogspot.com/2007/01/koolaid-oh-yeahh.html
  11. http://www.theglitteringeye.com/