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Alive in Baghdad ^ | 10-29-2007 | Alive in Baghdad

Posted on 11/01/2007 4:41:01 PM PDT by Danae

http://www.aliveinbaghdad.org/

This site is nothing short of Brilliant. Its live in Iraq, from the perspective of the people living there, its right there at ground Zero. This is something that should show up on a lot of desks in Iraq, and Washington DC should be seeing. Want to fix Iraq and get out, well, here it is from the perspective of those living it. Their stories. I for one don't like a lot of what I see there, of a number of reasons. You will see yourself.

And no I am not affiliated with the site!

Danae


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; journalism; personalaccount
Amazing site.
1 posted on 11/01/2007 4:41:02 PM PDT by Danae
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To: Danae

Hmmm, it looks a little slick to be a down and dirty website for “dissidents.”


2 posted on 11/01/2007 4:46:18 PM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion (Global warming is to Revelations as the theory of evolution is to Genesis.)
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To: TenthAmendmentChampion

Its legit, run by a journalist. I saw the story on FoxNews.com: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,307339,00.html and then searched for the site of the blog. Thats what I found.


3 posted on 11/01/2007 4:55:47 PM PDT by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha (Smoke clears and Fred Thompson is President))
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To: Danae

marking


4 posted on 11/01/2007 4:57:33 PM PDT by eureka! (Is power so important to the Democrats that they are willing to betray our country? Sadly, yes.)
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To: Danae
Want to fix Iraq and get out, well

Kind of indicates a pretty sever bias.

1st off Iraq isn't broken. Second, we will be there as long as oil is the primary energy source of the Western Economy. The free flow of oil from the ME is a vital US National Security, and Economic, interest. No US President is ever going to be able to just walk away from that region and allow it to fall either into chaos or under the control of hostile powers like Russia or China via their proxy Iran

There there is the problem of inherent bias. Where you put your cameras can result in a very skewed world view. For example, putting all your contacts and cameras in Harlem is going to give you a much different view of New York then putting them all in Manhattan or Long Island. Since this place seems to only take commentary and posting from Anti American Insurgent types, it give a highly distorted viewpoint of condition on the ground.

This is a nice try at appearing credibility but still pretty obvious propaganda.

5 posted on 11/01/2007 5:36:18 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Pacifism is not moral. True morality requires evil be opposed, not appeased)
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To: MNJohnnie

Maybe, Maybe not. Its another perspective, and frankly knowledge is power. I did say I didn’t like a lot of what I saw and for a number of reasons. None the less, I think it a site that will provide a wealth of information. Worth looking at.


6 posted on 11/01/2007 6:05:08 PM PDT by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha (Smoke clears and Fred Thompson is President))
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To: Danae

Notice that the coverage is 100% negative? That should of been your 1st tip off that this is not an intellectually serious site.


7 posted on 11/01/2007 7:03:10 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Pacifism is not moral. True morality requires evil be opposed, not appeased)
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To: Danae

I should have gone to our comments section before going to your blogs.


8 posted on 11/01/2007 7:26:17 PM PDT by Haddit (Hunter is still the Best)
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To: Haddit

Its not my blog.


9 posted on 11/02/2007 9:46:15 AM PDT by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha (Smoke clears and Fred Thompson is President))
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