Saw this disturbing report at a new (to me) Iraqi blog called Baghdad Dweller. The smuggler, a 48-year-old Iraqi man, says that smuggling operations have now become more dangerous then ever, and that the proper attention needs to be given to the phenomenon, because the new generation of smugglers will deal with anything no matter …
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The CPA Reconstruction Scandal
I’ve been catching up on my Blogrolls today, and came across this post from CItizen of Mozul. It’s from August 4th… but given the seriousness of the charge, and the lack of any reaction (or at least any that I’ve heard) in the US… it’s worth repeating. Read the entire thing… it has nuggets of …
Raed on Hurricane Katrina
You may know Raed in the Middle already. If you do, you probably have an opinion on his perspective of things. But you can’t deny that he is there, on the ground, and his opinions are likely those shared, if not by all, then by a large number of others because, in his position and …