Outside The Green Zone
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This post is about the terrifying chaos occurring in Iraq right now despite Saddam’s execution, and the fantastic work of a guy called Michael Ware who is an Australian on the ground in Iraq reporting for CNN. I don’t want to turn this blog political, but I had to get this out of my system. It’s easy to forget the crap that other human beings have to go through while we cut roasted food, drink beer, and open presents.
Iraq is fighting a civil war:
Baghdad death squads:
Watered down news:
A disconnected White House:
Sites of note:
Iraq civilian deaths
Iraq coalition casualties
Ware reminds me of another Australian reporter called John Martinkus who is best known for being kidnapped by insurgents for almost a day before being set free. People like Ware and Martinkus are heroes. Unfortunately their voices, and others like them, are continuously drowned out by the sensationalized, regurgitated, and hollow press that is made to fill time slots.
