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 [Liberating Iraq] Deadliest IED Ever, against Humanitarians in Uniform: In contrast to the kind of corruption and 'death squad' style gangsterism that Steven Vincent recounted in his last article that is cropping up in Basra, perpetrated by men in Iraqi uniforms, the coalition military is one governing body in Iraq that is acting with competence, concern, compassion and self-lessness.I mean things like this:New Sadr City Water Treatment Plant Opens:

[california patriot blog] Cal Alum Murdered in Iraq: We would not know about the good that men and women do ”” courageous Iraqis, Americans, and other members of the Coalition in this case ”” without good men like Steven Vincent willing to find out about it in the first place, on frontlines crawling with evildoers. And although evil cannot tolerate being outted, freedom and justice rely on it.

 [The Blue Voice] In The Red Zone: Just a few days ago, he wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times exposing the corruption in Basra's local government and police force which are controlled by Shiite religious groups. He was also critical of British troops for turning a blind eye to what's going on.

[Unqualified Offerings] So Sad: Vincent was the author of In the Red Zone and proprietor of its associated blog. He was another of the mad dreamers of the last few years who confused hopes with plans, but he stood head and shoulders above his fellows, first for his courage, secondly for his absolute refusal to start moving goalposts.

[Spencepublishing.typepad.com] In the Red Zone: Not only for the city's numerous contractors, but also for the crooked politicians, parasitical religious parties and criminal gangs who take their cut from every construction job, creating a business climate that combines the accountability of Tammany Hall with the law and order of 1920s Chicago. And though the low-level contracts the Captain awards are not lucrative enough to attract big-league corruption, I thought he might provide some insights into perhaps Basra's biggest problem (far bigger, for example, than terrorism)--and so, when he finished his remarks and stepped off the podium, I buttonholed him for an interview.

 [Viewfromtonka.blogspot.com] MyView: Basra - From the Eyes of Steven Vincent: Worse, the knowledge that a cop's sympathies may lie more with the Badr Organization than the Basran citizenry erodes general trust in the police. "If someone, say, stole my car, I wouldn't go to the police to get it back," an Iraqi journalist told me.

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