Iraq has many problems to deal with. The biggest of these is sectarianism, not the actions of a few U.S. troops last November. The Sunnis used to be in charge under Saddam and not they aren’t. Now, they have to share the power, and that doesn’t sit well with some. When Iraqis were dragged off [...]

As I was making my rounds today carrying out the mundane but highly technical tasks of a REMF, I chanced upon the camera gear that represents a physical connection to the last few moments of the lives of Paul Douglas and James Brolan. Their shattered equipment, which they used to record and report events in [...]

As Americans enjoyed the long weekend yesterday, Iraq remained a restive place. The insurgency was busy murdering people.
One thing that distinguishes the various combatants in Iraq is the people they target. The insurgents target non-combatants intentionally, methodically and often. Yesterday, with what I believe was intentional timing, they killed at least 60 in a string [...]

This war that I find myself in the middle of can be looked at many different ways and it is, by people from all walks of life.
In the final historical analysis, one of the things that is most important, from my own perspective, is the amount of value that each side places on human life. [...]

Below is a horrid, graphic description of the murder of an Iraqi journalist named Atwar Bahjat, which I am reposting from this Mudville Gazette entry because I believe the American public has a duty to understand what they are facing from Muslim fundmentalists, in Iraq and wherever else these disgusting roaches breed or are allowed [...]