A correspondent’s journey in Iraq and after.
. . . being flexible and shifting is a higher level of intelligence. The people who can’t change die.

Life is a journey with an end. What can we learn from the experiences of others while we’re here? Well worth reading…

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Chavez’s attack on President Bush wasnt just an attack on President Bush; but an attack on all Americans as far as Im concerned.  Probably not the best way to promote his business.  [image:346:r:l=x]
The French boyscout-pirate look cracks me up though.   
A great clip from Neal’s Nuze on Chavez’s antics yesterday:
Yesterday the president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez took to the [...]

Bruce Schneier advises his readers to renew their passports now. Why? Because RFID chips will soon be embedded in them, and that presents a security risk.
By itself, this is no problem. But RFID chips don’t have to be plugged in to a reader to operate. Like the chips used for automatic toll collection on roads [...]

Here’s a thought provoking op-ed by Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih.
We have a sense of urgency, but we refuse to give in to panic. While it is important to highlight the progress made, particularly given the extremely pessimistic tone of debate in Washington, we know we must confront many grave challenges. The unrelenting security [...]

Iraqi security forces will dig trenches around Baghdad and set up checkpoints along all roads leading into the city to reduce some of the violence plaguing the capital, the Interior Ministry said Friday.To help halt that bloodshed, more U.S. troops have been shifted to Baghdad from the insurgent stronghold of Anbar province, a senior U.S. [...]