Archive for July, 2007
The obligatory Israeli camel picture
Want a kiss?
Taken on the Mount of Olives, across from old Jerusalem, 7/30/07.
The O’Reilly Factor, 7/27/07
Jeff and J.D. Johannes were on the O’Reilly Factor (hosted by Michelle Malkin) Friday, July 27 to talk about Le Affaire S.T. Beauchamp. Below is the video (courtesy of Hot Air).
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Always wear sunscreen (and beware hostile stamps in your passport)
The first leg of my journey back to Iraq (via Newark, Tel Aviv, Amman, and Kuwait) got off to an interesting start as, one hour after beginning the process, I was still trying to get checked in at the El Al ticket counter. It seems that Israel’s national airline takes exception to folks lugging around [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Special Announcement:
Jeff’s next embedded trip to Iraq is now set for this fall (August and September), with time scheduled on the front lines in Anbar, Kurdistan, and Baghdad — including back with the 1-4 CAV in Doura, and with a Joint Special Operations Task Force.
It goes without saying that this will be a crucial period in [...]
A sea change in the Iraqis’ view of our commitment?
I really don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade, but — at least at this point — I just don’t see the evidence (or reason) for it yet.
Over at RedState, diarist “gamecock” today wrote a diary entitled, “Thanks to GWB, Iraqis Now Believe That We Are There For the Long Run.” In it, he [...]
‘Shock Troops’ and Fabrications: The Baghdad Diarist is Revealed
Note: More on this on the blog.
Note 2: Jeff appeared on the O’Reilly Factor on Friday, July 27 to discuss the Scott Thomas case (video link).
Note 3: For more up-to-date information, see this column.The New Republic (TNR), a niche left-of-center publication, gained new notoriety in recent weeks with its publication of a trio of columns [...]
See y’all on the flip side
Well, I’m currently packing up the mound of gear you see at right (plus some), and will be on my way out the door in about 24 hours — ultimate destination: Iraq. I’ll have another two days in the states and then head out for Israel, where I’ll be taking part in a 6-day media [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Harry Potter and the End of the Road
A Decade Later, the Veil is Dropped on the Epic Series of Our Time
July 23, 2007
A journey that began over a decade ago, with lines of a story written on napkins at a coffee shop by a woman who was too poor to buy proper paper, finally reached its end this week, with the [...]
More on the made-up atrocities
Update: Attention TNR – see the bottom of this post for an offer you can’t refuse!
Courtesy of Michael Goldfarb at the Worldwide Standard, we have another statement from MAJ Kirk Luedeke, the Public Affairs Officer for the 4th IBCT at FOB Falcon near Baghdad (a location where I was on my last embed, and where [...]
Letter from Baghdad: A 1-4 CAV update
I received this email from LTC James Crider, commander of the 1-4 CAV in Baghdad (based out of FOB Falcon), a unit with which I was embedded in April/May and will be again this September (see here for more on that, including how you can provide much-needed help).
“Family and Friends of 1-4 CAV….” (Read more [...]
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