[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've
   got Riverbend on the wall, the Third Global War, an Arabic Onion, and
   much, much more.

   Nasim Fekrat of [1]Afghan Lord considers Afghan Attorney General Abdul
   Jabar Sabit and freedom of the press in Afghanistan.

   [2]Al-Ghad has the details of the Kurdish Regional Government's
   rejection of the draft Iraqi oil law.

   [3]Alive in Baghdad posts a video interview with a member of the Iraqi
   insurgency.

   I found this note at [4]Baghdad Bacon and Eggs on the effects of the
   destruction of the Sarafiya bridge on his daily life interesting:

     Ever since the Sarrafiya and Jadriya bridge bombings getting to and
     from college has become a nightmare. I don't make use of the
     Sarrafiya bridge and the next closest alternative is the Adhamiya
     bridge which I don't use. Not until today that is. Sarrafiya bridge
     has collapsed but the Jadriya bridge is fine. Last week Monday, I
     was driving home at around five in the evening and decided to take
     the Jadriya bridge. I ended up getting caught in a two hour traffic
     jam that had no end in sight all because the government had the
     bright idea of placing a checkpoint splat in the middle of the
     Jadriya bridge and to let one car pass at a time so as to avoid any
     further bridge carnage on what was a free-flowing bridge that used
     to take five minutes to cross.

   [5]Riverbend re-surfaces to complain about the wall that's being
   built, reminisce about the good old days under Saddam, and mention
   that she's planning to leave Iraq. Iraqi-American blogger [6]Iraqi
   Mojo notes that Riverbend isn't telling the whole story.

   [7]Baghdad Connect posts on the murder of a young Yezidi woman for
   converting to Islam. A few hours later 11 Yezidis were murdered in
   retaliation. There's more on this incident (including a link to a
   video of it) at [8]Healing Iraq.

   [9]Roads to Iraq is unhappy about Michael Totten.

   [10]Iraqi Konfused Kid translates a bit of an Arab language equivalent
   of The Onion. Here's a snippet about Iraq:

     Iraq is the cradle of civillization, and Shish Kebab, and also have
     produced several prominent torture techniques against enemies of
     the prophet's household Nawasib and the grandchildren of al-Alqami
     Rawafidh, the latter prefer to use electric drills while Nawasibs
     prefer halal slaughter.

   [11]Hammorabi posts on the two George Bushes, father and son. He
   believes that stabilizing Iraq is essential and that the only way to
   do that is sanctions against Iraq's neighbors. Omar of [12]Iraq the
   Model is upset about the Congressional Democratic leadership's posture
   on Iraq.

   [13]Ibn al-Rafidain posts again on de-Ba'athification.

   As usual I think that [14]Najeeb Hanoudi is completely right in his
   assessments about what he calls the "Third Global War" and the roles
   of the United States and Iraq in it.

   Dave Schuler posts regularly to his own weblog, [15]The Glittering
   Eye. The Carnival was originally conceived by Ryan Boots.

References

   1. http://afghanlord.blogspot.com/2007/04/press-freedom-under-pressure.html
   2. http://www.al-ghad.org/2007/04/30/krg-rejects-iraq-oil-law/
   3. http://aliveinbaghdad.org/2007/04/30/an-iraqi-fighter-reflects-on-saddam-hussein/
   4. http://baghdadbacon.blogspot.com/2007/04/mouth-ulcer-painful.html
   5. http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_riverbendblog_archive.html#8633937213645733275#8633937213645733275
   6. http://iraqimojo.blogspot.com/2007/04/sectarianism_30.html
   7. http://baghdad-connect.blogspot.com/2007/04/young-wife-of-bashiqa.html
   8. http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_healingiraq_archive.html#7189269182846248473
   9. http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/04/25/michael-tottens-misinformation-about-kirkuk/
  10. http://ejectiraqikkk.blogspot.com/2007/04/satricial-iraq-statistics.html
  11. http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/2007/04/george-w-bush-and-iraq-gwb-is-one-name.html
  12. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2007/04/why-are-democrats-doing-this.html
  13. http://ibnalrafidain.blogspot.com/2007/04/de-baathification-ii.html
  14. http://www.thehanoudiletter.com/news/latest/our-world-the-third-global-war.html
  15. http://www.theglitteringeye.com/