January 3, 2006
Year 2006.
And already US forces have committed a crime - 14 members of the same family were killed in a US air strike.
The
Iraqi government took a rare step and criticized the US action. In one
of its usual reactions, the US military said it would investigate.
We all know where these investigations lead. Nowhere. Or justification.
To the 9-year old boy and his 11-year old sister dug out lifeless from under the rubble, the American people say Happy New Year.
Moving right along, listmania.
Lists.
The New Year is all about lists. Lists of what one wants to achieve -
lose weight, quit smoking, learn to read papers without swallowing the
official line, ... that sort of thing.
So, today I am compiling my series of lists.
Top Iraqi blogs list
1. Riverbend - yes, we have had differences in the past but she puts all other Iraqi bloggers to shame, including me.
2. Abu Tamam
- his anger is the voice of my pain. I admire that he is as all Iraqis
should be. For those of you who don't know Imad Khadduri, you're losing
out.
3. Baghdad Dweller - I think she and Riverbend have much in common, but her sarcasm, wit and anger matches mine.
Top non-Iraqi blogs
1.Xymphora - no holds barred, rips people new ones all the time.
2. Today in Iraq - much effort, much achieved, many readers
3. The Angry Arab - hilarious, but too heavy on the sarcasm
Iraqi fools of the year
1. Former defence minister of defense Hazim Shaalan - what an idiot. Guess he didn't get to cut off the heads of people.
2.Sunni politicians who talk of unity
3.
The Iraq model sisterhood. Yes, Iraq is the paragon of how your
theologically-demented neighbor can usurp everything in your country.
Good one.
Non-Iraqi fools of the year
1.
Lynndie England "I want in on the fun". They say she was a scapegoat.
Yeah, the Nazi SS said the same thing. She recently got burned in a
kitchen fire in jail. Burn, baby, burn.
2. French Interior Minister
Nicolas Sarkozy "You aren't youth, you're thugs". Good way to handle
unemployment and racism. You sure you aren't from Mississippi?
3.
This one is a tie between Annie Coulter and all those who voted for
Bush in 04. Can't figure out which is licking the bottom of the barrel
first.
Top Information websites
1. What Really Happened
2. Smirking Chimp
3. Capitol Blue
4. Uruknet
5. Iraq Coalition Casualties
Top News websites
1. Aljazeera.net (and if you can't read Arabic try its sister website English.Aljazeera.net)
2. BBC World
3. LA Times website
4. Yahoo News
5. MSNBC
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