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"In the slums of Baghdad" (Michelle Malkin and Bryan Preston first hand report from Iraq)
Michelle Malkin & Hot Air ^
| Thursday January 11th, 2006
| Michelle Malkin
Posted on 01/10/2007 10:39:25 PM PST by ajolympian2004
My Hot Air colleague Bryan Preston and I have been in Iraq, embedded with an incredibly dedicated Army unit in Baghdad tasked with training Iraqi security forces (both Shia and Sunni) conducting counterinsurgency operations, and carrying out civil affairs work. Yes, there is danger and chaos and unspeakable bloodshed in parts of Baghdad. Sectarian violence--compounded by everyday street crime and tribal conflict--is rampant. Corruption, incompetence, and apathy infect the Iraqi government. You've gotten endless news coverage of all that. But there are also pockets of success and signs of hope amid utter despair. I'll give you more details of our embed unit after we get home. We have much to report and will be publishing a multi-part video and audio series, blog posts, and op-eds on security conditions, media malpractice, and the big picture on the war next week. Having met, watched, and interviewed a broad cross-section of our troops during our brief but fruitful travels, my faith in the U.S. military has never been stronger-- but I will not sugarcoat my skepticism and doubts about decisions being made in Washington. For now, I'm posting a few pictures I took from one of our recent trips on patrol through the slums of Baghdad.
Michelle's pictures here -
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006675.htm
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: army; baghdad; bryanpreston; gwot; hotair; iraq; iraqifreedom; malkin; michellemalkin; terrorism; usarmy; waronterror; wot
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To: jazusamo
Snowing lite here on the Oregon Central coast.
Unfortunetly 2 seperate serious single car accidents.
Be safe for the morning commute.
The Valley/Portland has the de-icing trucks ready to go.
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posted on
01/11/2007 12:32:12 AM PST
by
Global2010
( I am just ole Lab dog with my head stickin' out the window and my ears a flappin' in the wind.)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:12:24 AM PST
by
freema
(Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
To: jazusamo; lilycicero
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:37:42 AM PST
by
RedRover
(They are not killers. Defend our Marines.)
To: RedRover
Thanks for the hopeful ping...I don't want to imagine living like that, this group clearly wants a new Iraq.
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:44:26 AM PST
by
lilycicero
(They are heroes!)
To: geopyg
It shows me that any American who thinks they have it so bad and just don't have enough, is very spoiled.
45
posted on
01/11/2007 4:48:35 AM PST
by
dforest
(Liberals love crisis, create crisis and then dwell on them.)
To: Allegra
Always enjoy your perspective Allegra.
46
posted on
01/11/2007 4:55:57 AM PST
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: pissant
47
posted on
01/11/2007 5:07:23 AM PST
by
CPT Clay
(Drill ANWR, Personal Accounts NOW.)
To: saganite
Do you remember when Matt Lauer reported from his hotel balcony in Doha, Qatar?
He didn't even go to the base there and broadcast from the media area. He stayed safe and sound in his room.
48
posted on
01/11/2007 5:10:34 AM PST
by
Eagle Eye
(I'm a RINO because I'm too conservative to be a real Republican.)
To: pissant
All children are beautiful. We just have to free them from satan's grip. That's our job. But John Murtha says the troops should go to.....Okinawa. Not sure why.
To: FreedomCalls
There's more love of America and its ideals in that one little boy there than there is in the entire democratic leadership.
50
posted on
01/11/2007 5:29:02 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(You'll shoot your eye out, kid)
To: nutmeg
Asked whether American troops should withdraw, Rasul shook his head: "No, no, you can't leave."
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posted on
01/11/2007 6:25:21 AM PST
by
W04Man
(Bush2004 Grassroots Campaign We Did It! NOW.... PLEASE CONTINUE ON TO VICTORY!)
To: saganite; pissant
"Those are bright looking kids. I hope they have a future."
Considering how much Sharia law is written into the constitution... the boys will be segregated from the girls before puberty and unable to properly communicate with the opposite sex....most likely wind up as first class wife beaters.... while the little girls will get raped and then suffer "honor killing"...
Don't get your hopes up too high, these are muslims after all.
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posted on
01/11/2007 7:16:48 AM PST
by
taxed2death
(A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
To: reagan_fanatic
There's more love of America and its ideals in that one little boy there than there is in the entire democratic leadership.Very well noted. Contemporary Democrats and other liberals are conspicuously devoid of that one, highest, ingredient - love, except for themselves.
They have no love for our troops. Our troops are seen as a means to a political end of ambition..
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posted on
01/11/2007 7:57:41 AM PST
by
mtntop3
To: ajolympian2004; 185JHP; 230FMJ; 2dogjoe; 2ndDivisionVet; 351 Cleveland; 4Freedom; alisasny; ...
Malkin ping!
Please FReepmail me if you would like to be added to, or removed from, the Michelle Malkin ping list...
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:17:24 AM PST
by
cgk
(I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
To: cgk
55
posted on
01/11/2007 8:34:35 AM PST
by
Springman
(Vicodin stinks, still wanted vise-grips, to pull my tooth!!!)
To: W04Man
I LOVE that "bumper sticker"! Any chance you can post that here LARGER so we can use it sort of as a bumper sticker? (I'll tape it in the back window of my Camry wagon).
If a bumper sticker-sized version of this is available for sale, I'm interested...! :o)
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:53:05 AM PST
by
nutmeg
(I Support Our Troops and VICTORY in Iraq)
To: ajolympian2004
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posted on
01/11/2007 9:22:48 AM PST
by
Gritty
(We've tried to be fair, and we failed. Now let's concentrate on winning. - Ralph Peters)
To: nutmeg
To: saganite; All
What the heck is Michelle doing over there?
Get home, girl! You have babies to take care of.
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posted on
01/11/2007 12:54:22 PM PST
by
Palladin
("Coke--it's the real thing!"...Obama Osama)
To: pissant
I was bragging just yesterday on FR that we've had temps in the 40's and the sun was out and no snow. THEN, we get 6 inches of the stuff. No more gloating for me!
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:56:37 PM PST
by
Marysecretary
(GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.)
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