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On that Iraqi election

Those who supported Democracy there are vindicated now. And there is no turning back..

These elections will produce a new majority in Iraq, which will be always determined by coalition building. However, one result cannot be reversed anymore; no more return to single party dictatorship. Iraq may break in pieces, but it will never return to [...]

The Shoe Statue is gone

Yes. It got destroyed. Just like my heart got when I heard the news! Why, God? WHYYYYYYYYYY?

Is throwing shoes at someone freedom of speech?

Seriously now, because some people at AlBaghdadeya TV, the employee of Shoe-chucker, are claiming that his freedom of speech is violated by his arrest. And here I thought he tried to assault Bush and failed, twice. Am I missing something? Can I beat up people and call it freedom of speech now? And isn;t [...]

On the shoe throwing Incident

Three thoughts:
1) Bush has some seriously fast reflexes for an old man.
2) You notice that Malki did not move or budge throughout the whole incident? He wasn't exen startled or shocked. Check out the Slideshow to see for yourself.
3) The thrower of said shoe, Muthathar al Zaidi, a Baghdadiya reporter who is a supporter of [...]

BlogIraq is dead

A light turns out in Baghdad! God be with his family and friends!

Your quick mental health break

Mahdy Army Penguins!

Texans are wussies!

From the Petraeus testimony:

Petraeus to Chris Dodd: "Every Iraqi is allowed an AK-47 in his house, by law."

I want one!

So not fair. hmmph! 

Prince Harry was in Afghanistan

And now the whole world knows, so they are pulling him out for "safety reasons", and he is not buying it:

In an interview just last week, Harry conceded that on his return to
the UK, he could be a "top target" for homegrown jihadists sympathetic
to the Taliban.
"Once this … comes out, every single person that supports [...]

Angelina Jolie has a brain

I am impressed!

Today's humanitarian crisis in Iraq — and the potential
consequences for our national security — are great. Can the United
States afford to gamble that 4 million or more poor and displaced
people, in the heart of Middle East, won't explode in violent
desperation, sending the whole region into further disorder?
What
we cannot afford, in my view, is [...]

How the news sounds to me

This is brilliant!

US troops in Egypt

First they said that the US would send equipment, but wouldn't have any troops there. Now there is a report of Iowa National Guard soldiers being deployed in Egypt for a Year. And they are not part of the MFO either. Actually:

The battalion is being activated under
several missions, including the war on terrorism [...]

52% of Americans: there is progress in Iraq

Up from 39% last year. Hmm…

Just like Iraq

At first it reads like the usual "Now the whole world hates us because of the War" american leftist diatribe, but upon close inspection this article does make some serious points. Definitely worth a read!

Iraqi cemetery workers suffering due to lack of business

..because the death toll in Iraq has been decreasing significantly. More than a 30% drop in deaths actually in the past 6 months. How about that?

A drop in violence around Iraq has cut burials in the huge Wadi al
Salam cemetery here by at least one-third in the past six months, and
that's cut the pay [...]

News you won’t pay attention to

Hmmm….

The civilian death toll in Iraq
fell to its lowest level in recent memory Saturday, with only four
people killed or found dead nationwide, according to reports from
police, morgue officials and credible witnesses.
[...]
The daily number of civilians killed, not including those on days
when there were massive casualties from car bombs, had climbed above
100 at the end of [...]

The Bush Memo: Grounds for impeachment?

A couple of days ago I passed by the blog of Juan Cole and found this post, in which he has seletced passages from the  translated secret Bush-Aznar Memo regarding Iraq in the run up to the war. Juan has selected parts of the transcript and spun them in a way to meet his [...]

The Invasion is now complete

I am talking Iraq , of course!

I could’ve seen that one coming

The Judge who sentenced Saddam to death is seeking asylum in the UK!
And arab conspiracy theoriest will now have "the evidence" that it was the Coalition who wanted Saddam dead, and that the Judge is now getting his pay-off for doing their dirty deeds. 
I love this region! 

Rejected

Arab League says: "For the Iraq problem, the arab league's position is to recommend what we always recommend: Get the UN Secuirty Council on the case and let them deal with it, because we ain't fixing shit."
Iraqi government's response: "FUCK OFF, Moussa!"

Biking militants explode

Now this is the kind of story that puts a smile on my face in the morning!