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[Baghdad Bureau] (The line about not changing Iraqis was probably more appropriate for our leaders.) Almost all is trite information–Iraqis are different, the land is different, the food is different, treat the people with respect and they are more likely to help you, etc.. Unless there are more specifics, this book strikes me more as an interesting artifact of a period in American history when almost all Americans had no way of knowing about life outside of their hometown, let alone their state or country.

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[Chicago Sun-Times :: News ::] Iraq violence lowest since war :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World: At least 33 people were killed and dozens wounded in multiple bombings Monday against Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and Mosul. Another 15 died in blasts Tuesday in the northern cities of Mosul and Tal Afar and in the southern city of Iskandariyah.

[www.redstate.com: Latest blog entries] RedState: Iraq is Sovereign, The War Is Over: The Status of Forces Agreement between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America was signed November 17, 2008. The war is over and we will leave Iraq proper within three years time of this agreement, provided no amendments .

[The Hive - A community site of the Modesto Bee] Iraq Connection: Visit to Camp Victory - Tongans, hot dogs and way ...: Their replacements guarding the American base will be crews of private security workers from Uganda. Ugandans and Peruvians commonly perform that assignment throughout Iraq, including at checkpoints in the International Zone.

[World War 4 Report blogs] Mosul terror as struggle mounts for Iraq's north | World War 4 Report: Meanwhile, some 2000 Iraqi refugees protested in Syria's Sayydeh Zeinab district against the new US-Iraqi security pact, with slogans saying it aims to legitimize the "US occupation to Iraq." (AlSumaria TV, Dec. 3) .

[Dear Kitty. Some blog] Dear Kitty. Some blog :: Slave labour in Bush’s ”˜new’ Iraq ...: Hinzman faces charges in the United States of fleeing to avoid duty in Iraq. He had served a tour in Afghanistan during his three years in the Army, but has argued that the war in Iraq is immoral and illegal.

[Brad Warthen's Blog] Brad Warthen's Blog: 'Hybperbole' and Iraq: We have to create conditions under which Iraqis - all Iraqis, including women - can choose their own course. We did that in Germany and Japan, and it worked wonderfully (not that Iraq is Germany or Japan, but those are the examples at hand).

[War Victims Monitor] IRAQ: Bombs kill 30 people in two Iraqi cities « War Victims Monitor: Iraq has seen dramatic improvements in security over the past year as US and Iraqi forces have allied with local militias to drive out insurgents, but some regions, including Baghdad, still see near-daily attacks.

[Iraq Updates - Latest News] UN Gears Up for Return of Displaced Iraqis | Iraq Updates: The UNHCR is to open four more provincial offices in Iraq next year, giving the agency bases in 14 of the country's 18 provinces, and it is doubling its Iraqi budget operations to $81 million. More than 100 staffers -- local and international -- will be involved with the Iraqi government in helping citizens return to their homes.

[The Confabulum] The Confabulum » Blog Archive » Iraq: Learning Lessons About ...: (1) Despite the howls around the world, America was operating from a position of such unique legitimacy, and Iraq from a position of such unique illegitimacy, that no opposing coalition was able to shift American policy significantly on the basis of legitimacy; (2) in tandem, America was operating from a position of such unique power, and other top- and middle-rank states (Russia, Iran, and China, especially) from one of such unique weakness, that no opposing coalition was able to shift America significantly on the basis of power politics;

[Entertainment: Books Impact - OregonLive.com] Author Steve Fainaru on outsourcing war - Bookmarks Literary Blog ...: Steve Fainaru, a reporter with The Washington Post, spoke with the Americans two weeks before their abduction and went on patrol with them. He befriended one of them, a decorated U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan named Jon Cote, and urged him to quit Crescent because it was unsafe.

[Comments for Commentary] Commentary » Blog Archive » What’s Next in Iraq: The Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police are still shaky institutions at best, but they are much more competent than they were a few years ago. The Iraqi Army proved itself earlier this year, against nearly all expectations, when it took back areas under the control of Moqtada al Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia in Basra and Sadr City with only a limited amount of help from Americans.

War Is Boring: Marc Vincent Schanz, a reporter for the Air Force Association and a WIB pal, just got back from a stint covering the Iraqi air force. Schanz is a real ass-kicker: most of us fly commercial to Kuwait for our Iraq embeds, but Schanzy took a rickety old USAF C-130 (above) the whole way.

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