[Dean's World] Dave Schuler: The Carnival of the Liberated

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Posted by Dave Schuler:
The Carnival of the Liberated
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1184686359.shtml


   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've
   got donkeys and minarets, a difference of opinion on Afghanistan, the
   readiness of Iraq's army to create order in Iraq, and much more.

   A difference of opinion in Afghanistan. [1]Afghan Warrior thinks that
   NATO should put more troops into Afghanistan. [2]Sanjar thinks it
   should remove the troops that are there now. There's one point on
   which I certainly agree with Sanjar: I certainly don't see any way one
   can make a good argument that foreign troops in Iraq provoke
   opposition while foreign troops in Afghanistan don't.

   [3]Baghdad Connect's take on what's going on in Iraq right now is
   definitely worth reading. Key to reading: "the invaders" = us;
   "Takfiris" = foreign Arab fighters in Iraq. Also, he's, shall we say
   [4]skeptical about Maliki's claims. One picture is worth 1,000 words.

   [5]Last-of-Iraqis is skeptical about Maliki's claim, too.

   [6]There's an interesting nugget of information hidden in this post
   from Emotions...--internal migration from Anbar Province to other
   places in Iraq.

   [7]The one who brought the donkey up the minaret is the one who should
   bring it down.

   [8]Hammorabi comments on the new oil law.

   [9]The Shaqawa speculates on what would be likely to happen in Iraq
   following a near-term withdrawal by American forces. I think his
   assessment is about right but I'm not sure that pro-withdrawal folks
   in the U. S. care much.

   [10]Truth About Iraqis comments on the latest headlines from Iraq.
   Discouraging. Some things there you probably haven't read in the
   stateside press.

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

References

   1. http://afghanwarrior.blogspot.com/2007/07/civilian-casualties.html
   2. http://sanjar.blogspot.com/2007/07/pakistan-is-going-down-road-of-shahs.html
   3. http://baghdad-connect.blogspot.com/2007/07/water-war.html
   4. http://baghdad-connect.blogspot.com/2007/07/al-maliki-government-can-take-control.html
   5. http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2007/07/another-dead-photo-journalist.html
   6. http://youngmammy.blogspot.com/2007/07/happy-mama.html
   7. http://greatbaghdad.blogspot.com/2007/07/american-withdraw-from-iraq.html
   8. http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-oil-law-in-iraq-may-only-be-agreed.html
   9. http://theshaqawa.blogspot.com/2007/07/after-usa-leaves-iraq.html
  10. http://truth-about-iraqis2.blogspot.com/2007/07/chalabi-survives-assassination-attempt.html
  11. http://www.theglitteringeye.com/