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Ryan's Return To Duty MTV Interview
Ryan Conklin | November 22nd 2009 by indyskye
As part of their presentation of their Veterans' Day special Return to Duty, MTV put video clips on their website of a related recent interview they did with Ryan Conklin. In the interview, Ryan speaks about the show, his redeployment to Iraq, and hi read more
2006: Syria and Iraq Restore Ties
This Day in Syria | November 21st 2009 by Al-Tabari
On this day, November 21, 2006, Syria and Iraq officially restored full diplomatic relations after a 26-year rift. Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem and his Iraqi counterpart, Hoshiyar Zibari, signed the accord in Baghdad. It was the first such visi read more
President or…
The Vigilant Lens | November 21st 2009 by Lens1
JIHAD? Wake up America! Remember 9/11, remember Afghanistan, Iraq, Bailouts, the Patriot Act, war crimes, Katrina, Depression 2008-2015 and the deaths of hundreds of thousands. And furthermore, I want to know who this Bush criminal is. I’m proba read more
Iraqi Government Incompetence
askcherlock.com | November 21st 2009 by AskCherlock
There is an old adage that says “a fool and his money are soon parted”. Unfortunately, this saying has proven to all too true when it comes to the $53 billion dollars that the U.S. government has spent for relief and reconstruction in Ir read more
What’s Going On With Blackwater Massacre Case?
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | November 21st 2009 by Fred Stopsky
From all accounts the events that happened in Nisoor Square in Baghdad in 2007 when guards working for the Blackwater corporation opened fire on Iraqis and killed 17 it was evident there was no ambush and the guards over-reacted. Initial investigatio read more
You Wanna Get High Man?
The Vigilant Lens | November 20th 2009 by Lens1
Does Howdy Doody got wooden balls man? Thanks to Homeland Security, almost 316,000 bongs made in China of all places, will never see the light of a lighter. I say almost 316,000, because you know some of the Customs humans took a few home. GL-5 p read more
DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
AubreyJ.org | November 20th 2009
No. 913-09 November 20, 2009DoD Identifies Navy CasualtyThe Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian M. Patton, 37, of Freeport, Ill., died November 19th in K read more
Iraqi military detainees use Favre to taunt cheesehead guards
Read and React | November 20th 2009 by Artie Fufkin
(Photoshop/hack job by ArtieFufkin) Psychological warfare has long been an important part of military strategy. From Alexander the Great to Ghengis Khan to Winston Churchill, world leaders have always used propaganda and other psychological tactics read more
FIFA bans Iraq
Bilal Sulehri's Blog | November 20th 2009 by Bilal
The Fifa Emergency Committee has suspended the Iraq Football Association due to government interference. This week the Iraqi Olympic Committee disbanded the IFA and security forces seized control of its headquarters. World football’s governing read more
Iraqis Know How to Piss People Off.
The Nine Commandments | November 20th 2009 by Alex K
Everyone always complains about the United States human rights violations considering the whole Cheney/waterboarding thing but the real torture is what Brett Favre does every summer. He takes SportsCenter (Rachel Nichols especially) hostage and turn read more
Obama Asian Tour A Complete Failure
Emptysuit | November 20th 2009
Obama’s determination to recast the U.S. relationship not only with China, but with Asia in general, FAILED. By the time Obama left China MSM worldwide were trying to finding something positive to say about Obama’s performance or accomplishme read more
What was Saddam thinking?
calltoreason.org | November 20th 2009 by Wan Kong Yew
One of my personal habits is that I like to know how other people think. It’s not even the decision or idea itself that is necessarily interesting. What I’m constantly curious about is the chain of thought that led to a specific decision read more
Approaching Winter, Recap of November Weather Events, and What is…
Emirates Meteorology Blog | November 19th 2009 by Ahmed
It has been a while since my last post. Weather-wise, so many and not so many things have changed depending on your location! Days are getting shorter, and nights are getting cooler as we reach end of November, announcing the end of Autumn. In the M read more
Nick Berg Beheading Video
Robert Lindsay Returns | November 19th 2009 by Robert Lindsay
I am looking for translators to translate this post into Korean. Email me if you are interested.This is an excellent copy of the Nick Berg Beheading Video. There are a still some copies floating around (though it is often hard to find), but often the read more
New Iraq going 'soft on Israel'
Window into Palestine | November 19th 2009 by danny downey
By Ahmed Janabi Al Jazeera The Baghdad International Fair first opened its doors in 1964 [EPA] The ten-day Baghdad International Fair opened its doors for the 36th time on November read more
Maxwell Wheat asks the President to read a poem with each militar…
on the Wilder Side | November 19th 2009 by iwilder
Maxwell Corydon Wheat, Jr. First Poet Laureate of Nassau County, New York 2007-09 November 11, 2009 The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington D. C. 20500 Open Letter to Presi read more
Iraqi Father Runs Down Daughter in Parking Lot
Free Legal Advice Online | November 19th 2009 by minny
Many fathers and daughters fight over typical issues like going on dates or extending a curfew. Usually these disagreements between parent and child work themselves out in the end, but that is not true for all families. According to a CNN article, Fa read more
Iraqi elections at risk – Sunni’s wary of new laws
The Daily Clarity | November 19th 2009 by The Daily Clarity
In a move that has surprised some, the Iraqi Vice President, Tariq al-Hashemi, has used his veto to kill new election laws putting the planned January elections at risk. The concern is that the new law would limit the opportunity for many Iraqis who read more
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
AubreyJ.org | November 18th 2009
No. 906-09 November 18, 2009DoD Identifies Army CasualtyThe Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Staff Sgt. Ryan L. Zorn, 35, of Upton, Wyo., died November 16th in Tal Afar, Iraq, of read more
Newspeak in the 21st century – Media Lens and angry analysis
Ethical Martini @ Wordpress | November 18th 2009 by Martin Hirst
I’m currently reading a great book on the British media by the two guys behind Media Lens, David Edwards and David Cromwell. Newspeak in the 21st Century is an angry, but analytical, and very damning report about the state of the British media read more
When Bush dithered on Iraq
The Moderate Voice | November 18th 2009
Jackson Diehl: [After months of deliberation in 2006], no one accused George W. Bush of dithering. So why does Barack Obama keep hearing the taunt as he deliberates about Afghanistan — and why do even some who sympathize with his dilemma find i read more
When Bush dithered on Iraq
The Moderate Voice | November 18th 2009
Jackson Diehl: [After months of deliberation in 2006], no one accused George W. Bush of dithering. So why does Barack Obama keep hearing the taunt as he deliberates about Afghanistan — and why do even some who sympathize with his dilemma find i read more
Obama Said Military Tribunal Was Fine For Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Emptysuit | November 18th 2009
Atty. Gen. Eric Holder is defending his decision to bring Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 terrorist masterminds onto U.S. soil for civilian trials instead of keeping them far away in Guantanamo Bay for a military tribunal. Senator Obama, read more
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Profile
Emptysuit | November 18th 2009
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (خالد شيخ محمد) is reported to have been born in Kuwait to parents from Baluchistan in Pakistan. He spent some of his years in Kuwait. He joined the Muslim Brotherhood at age sixteen. He returned to Pakistan soon read more
Algeria 1, Egypt 0: Can We Get Back to Other Things, Now, Please?
Arab News | November 18th 2009
It’s over. Algeria won. I think Khartoum is still standing. On the assumption that the Middle East has more serious things to fight about than soccer, can we get back to some of the other issues, please? (Like Iraq’s much-heralded electi read more
Obama Visits Great Wall In China
Emptysuit | November 18th 2009
Click On Links: Obama Bowing To Japan’s Emperor Akihito Obama Wants More Internet Freedom In China The World’s Most Powerful People Obamas Irish Ancestor Found In Cathedral Burning Man Obama Obamamania Hits Japan Obama Image in Tomb read more
Going (after) Muslim
Arab News | November 18th 2009
A picture making the news rounds of Major Hasan on the day of the shootings. [Note: I have just published a commentary on a commentary in Forbes Magazine in which Major Nidal Hasan is said to have “gone postal” in his frenzy. This is p read more

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