[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 friends, the military action in Najaf, letters to a father, and
   much, much more.

   Miraj of [1]Baghdad Chronicles posts about herself, her circle of
   friends, and their experiences of the last 13 years. Interesting
   perspective.

   [2]Baghdad Connect's post is actually a plaint about crime and
   government corruption but I found his list of high prices (at which
   he's outraged) interesting. It looks to me as though the price of
   gasoline is still being subsidized.

   There were a number of interesting (if disturbing) things posted at
   [3]Roads to Iraq this week but I found [4]this comment about the
   military engagement in Najaf yesterday the most interesting:
   apparently, the Shi'ite sect that was engaged was anti-Iran. [5]Then
   Some! has a rather interesting commentary on the engagement:

     what's the deal? suddenly our army can work as efficiently as the
     american forces?

     seems like this has been planned for weeks and "our guys" had wind
     of it only some days earlier and managed to foil the whole thing.

   [6]Iraqi Konfused Kid has a lengthy commentary on the documentary Iraq
   in Fragments.

   [7]First Words, First Walk, First...in Iraq considers the good aspects
   of a power blackout.

   [8]Hammorabi recounts the story of Hussein, grandson of Mohammed.

   Omar of [9]Iraq the Model says the raid last week on a military base
   that resulted in the deaths of four American soldiers was an inside
   job.

   [10]The Mesopotamian has a solid post on the "new strategy".

   [11]Where Date Palms Grow has a commentary on the state of things in
   Iraq in the form of three letters to his father.

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

References

   1. http://blog.aliraqi.org/2007/01/my_friends.html
   2. http://baghdad-connect.blogspot.com/2007/01/haves-and-many-many-more-have-nots.html
   3. http://www.roadstoiraq.com/
   4. http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/01/29/misleading-headline-250-insurgents-killed-in-battle/
   5. http://come-getsome.blogspot.com/2007/01/al-mahdi-killed-by-americaniraqi-forces.html
   6. http://ejectiraqikkk.blogspot.com/2007/01/iraq-in-fragments.html
   7. http://firstwordsfirstwalkfirstiniraq.blogspot.com/2007/01/ive-got-power.html
   8. http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/2007/01/revolution-that-never-end-until-end-of.html
   9. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2007/01/kerbala-attack-inside-job.html
  10. http://messopotamian.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html#5271937778733661915
  11. http://citycalledhell.blogspot.com/2007/01/dear-date-palm.html
  12. http://www.theglitteringeye.com/