To compete in the global information war played out on Web sites and e-mail, soldiers in Iraq should upload videos of their experiences in the combat zone to YouTube and post their personal stories online, a top Army general said recently — a recommendation that appears to run counter to Pentagon policy.
Digital age warfare requires [...]

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Michael Yon was not a journalist, and he was not sure what a blogger was. He had been in uniform but not in combat, and he wanted to keep it that way. He went to Iraq thinking he would stay for a month, and maybe find a way to write about the war after he [...]

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Osama bin Laden’s top deputy, former Egyptian doctor Ayman al-Zawahiri, is taking questions from his friends and enemies alike on four al-Qaida-sanctioned jihadist Web sites. Providing a one-off advice column is just one way in which the international terrorist organization has adopted Web 2.0 mehr…

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By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Growing numbers of people think the U.S. is making progress in Iraq and will eventually be able to claim some success there, a poll showed Tuesday in a sign the politics of the war could become more complicated for Democrats.With diminishing U.S. and Iraqi casualties and the start [...]

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The new MRAP vehicles are far too tall to drive in many of the places soldiers need to go.  After roughly 20 months in Iraq, this writer thinks MRAPs might end up being big, expensive headaches.  Please read:
Infrastructure to MRAPs.
 
For some humerous photos I shot near the Syrian border last week, please read: Sheik Twitty al Ameriki.

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Just returned from the Iraq-Syria border back to Mosul after an interesting day.  The progress in Iraq could not be clearer.  I’ve never seen so much hope among the Iraqis or our soldiers.  U.S. officers and senior NCOs caution me to be careful about sounding too optimistic, but the fact is I have never seen [...]

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Mosul is getting cold again.  Not much fighting here compared to the bad ‘ole days, although the area is still dicey and dangerous.  Iraq has had its full of al Qaeda. Locals say al Qaeda is still running here because they are getting crushed elsewhere.  The Iraqi Police and Iraqi Army in Mosul are far better than [...]

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A new dispatch is published. Please click here for “Men of Valor.”

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…..this is a recent recount by a local Iraqi and it reflects the present reality - unplugged and untainted… I obtained the the authors permission to post it…
It was long time since I wrote commenting on Baghdad and it’s Battle to restore stability and services in it’s hard fight against violence and criminal groups . It [...]

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In the past, when people asked me what I thought of the media’s portrayal of the Iraq War - whether it ignored good news in favor of bad news - I compared soldiers to firefighters. There is plenty of good news to report at a fire station. Firefighters save lives, educate kids about fire prevention [...]

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