Despite media blackout, good news from Fallujah

New Hampshire Union Leader ^ | August 29, 2005 | Michael Fumento

[Past Your Eyes]

AFTER CRISSCROSSING Fallujah by foot and Humvee in May, I reported on tremendous progress being made to restore "the city we had to destroy to save." Actually, fighting left most of the town unscathed; most damage was from three decades of neglect under Saddam Hussein. And rebuilding began almost immediately.

Good news from Iraq rarely gets a single story compared to the Texas stake-out that generates many thousands on a war protesters. Yet it occurs nonetheless.

[highlymotivated]

It CAN'T be true, it wasn't in the NYT.

(end sarcasm)

[atomicpossum]

I read that many fundamentalist Muslims still consider any form of interest as being usury and have not embraced the cycle of debt and capital that feeds our economy. Most property is not used to secure collateral because of lack of deeds or titles and there is no entrepreneurial spirit.

This would explain the utter failure of the societies of the Middle East: Most of the region is an arrested culture.

[patriciaruth]

"an e-mail by Navy Lt. Cameron Chen, head of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion at Camp Fallujah, with which I had a short embed. You'll see Chen doesn't wear a miniskirt and shake pompoms, but he's certainly optimistic.

Chen writes in his e-mail:

"The city is slowly rebuilding and returning to life. Some report that it's now the safest city in the Sunni Triangle because of the heavy presence of Iraqi police and army. Every major intersection now has unarmed Iraqi police directing traffic in crisp short-sleeve button down shirts, white gloves, black flack vests, and dark blue pants. More frequently we're responding to IEDs (improvised explosive devices) reported by local children, police and informants."

He then discusses the incompatibility of Islam's laws against usury and the capitalist system.

He believes Fallujah is evidence that the war is not a quagmire, but is being won.

Good read. THANKS!

[Past Your Eyes]

Thank YOU.

[PGalt]

BTTT!

[OldFriend]

No mention either of the so called hundreds of thousands that were dying in Iraq because of our sanctions.

Just about every day there would be someone out there, usually Pat Buchanan, speaking about all the deaths that were OUR fault.

Not a word from those people on the Oil for Food scandal and the fact that we SAVED hundreds of thousands of lives since we've overthrown Saddam, Kusay and Usay.

[Just A Nobody]

to the Texas stake-out that generates many thousands on a war protesters.

Someone please inform the author that those thousands were "America supporters" - NOT - war protesters.

[Stegall Tx]

I read that many fundamentalist Muslims still consider any form of interest as being usury

This was discussed in a thread at the first of the month:

FREDDIE MAC, STANDARD FEDERAL BANK ANNOUNCE NEW ISLAMIC HOME FINANCING INITIATIVE FOR MICH. FAMILIES

It is explained in post # 12. They pay interest but say it isn't interest. Kinda like all the Baptists that have that bottle of whiskey "for medicinal purposes".

[Minnesoootan]

he's refering to the number of stories that Camp Cindy generates

[Stegall Tx]

I've spent the past couple of nights reading through Michael Yon: Online Magazine. It is full of great stories from the front lines. Many, many touching stories of what our troops are doing in Iraq. Stories that don't seem to make it into most papers for some reason.

[Just A Nobody]

Durrrr ... sorry, not enough coffee at the time. Thanks.