Ambassadors for the NEW! Iraq

Iraq to name 43 ambassadors

Want to know who they are?

If you know a brother, a nephew, a boot-shiner of anyone in the government of Allawi, or even someone who has a similar relation to the big names of the 1970’s Ba’athis criminals, please tell them to look up their names on the list of the new Iraqi ambassadors to the capitals of the world. (Arabic text)

Examples:
1. Faris al-Yawar (don’t confuse him with Ghazi al-Yawar; he just happened to be his brother)
2. Ali Allawi (don’t confuse him with Ayad Allawi; he just happened to be his cousin)
3. Baha’ Shibib (don’t confuse him with the thug, Talib Shibib, he just happened to be his brother)
4. Samir al-Sumayda’i (it is OK to confuse him with Bremer’s boot-shiner; he is the same guy)

others might not be very familiar to you, but their names reveal some sad history and bring Iraqis many bad memories.

Here’s the permalink to Abbas Khadim’s post, but it doesn’t work right for me, so apologies for quoting him in full.

Yet Another Fahrenheit 9/11 Review

I saw the flick last night, and it’s disappointing. I knew going in what the limitations were going to be. I knew this was going to be an anti-Bush attack, geared toward getting him out of office, but I really hoped there would be more substance in this flick.
The opening sequence, a pre-amble about how the 2000 presidential election was stolen from Al and Joe, is laughable. Moore seems to be saying that Fox News bullied the other networks into giving Florida to Bush when they had already given it to Gore. Those racists at Fox caused the whole thing. Movies can never afford to waste time, and this movie wastes at least half of its screen time. Continue reading “Yet Another Fahrenheit 9/11 Review”

An Army of Fun?

Some Soldiers Seem to Be Enjoying the Whole ‘Killing’ Thing a Little Too Much

“I enjoy killing Iraqis,” says Staff Sgt. William Deaton, 30, who killed a hostile fighter the night before. Deaton has lost a good friend in Iraq. “I just feel rage, hate when I’m out there. I feel like I carry it all the time. We talk about it. We all feel the same way.”

Disturbed yet?

Thats from an article in the LA Times. That’s not just some random crazy guy either, that’s a person that the United States government felt it would be a good idea to hand a gun to and send to an occupied nation as a ‘peacekeeper’. And at least in his opinion that’s how they all feel.

Then, just like everything else nowadays, they blame video games for desensitizing these people to violence. Now either they are vastly overestimating the power of Super Mario Bros., or they are vastly underrating a normal human being’s aversion to killing others.

I play video games, lots of them… and killing Iraqis doesn’t sound remotely enjoyable. I’ve got news for you people: If Splinter Cell makes you thirst for the blood of Iraqis, you had some major problems to begin with.

Just the kind of problems that make you perfect for running some Iraqi prison, or patroling the streets of Baghdad, apparently.

Peaceful Fallujah gets bombed again

Here’s an interesting juxtaposition of articles that came over the news service I read within minutes of one another:

Fallujah savors peace

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) – Two months after U.S. Marines pulled out, residents of Fallujah feel safe again, sleeping on their roofs to escape the heat without fear of the once-constant nighttime gunbattles, and traveling the streets without worrying they could be stopped or detained.

Fallujah, they say, is savoring its most peaceful spell in more than a year. U.S. forces camped on the city’s outskirts say they want to return to help out, but no one here is interested……

U.S. Airstrike in Fallujah Kills 14

BAGHDAD, Iraq – A U.S. airstrike Sunday on a Fallujah neighborhood previously targeted by American forces destroyed a house and killed 14 people, hospital and local officials said.

Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s office said he had given the go-ahead for the attack. U.S. officials declined to provide details of the strike.

I guess, considering the history of the American Occupation forces’ violent relationship with the people of Fallujah, having a house bombed every now and then could be said to be relatively peaceful.