I find the pyramide pic telling. The poses, the setting. Could as well be a college football team, or their cheerleaders (I do understand the physical fitness part of the exercise). I wonder what the guy on top yells. 'Boo-yah!' or maybe 'Yee-hah!'?!
I doubt the instructor's would have been overly happy with a hearty 'Allahu Akbar!'
"Since the fall of Saddam (Hussein), local governance has taken on a whole new meaning here in Iraq. Iraqis are clearly focused on improving their quality of life and working toward a brighter future."
These things are becoming a little more Soviet with each new issue.
"Iraqi police and Coalition forces apprehended three suspected insurgents and seized a sizable cache Oct. 2 in a combined operation south of Baqubah...The cache consisted of one AK-47 rifle, five AK-47 magazines, two hand grenades, bomb making materials, anti-Iraqi propaganda and binoculars."
A sizable cache of one rifle. Is this even supposed to appear credible, or is it all pro forma at this point?
What is it with the human pyramids? First naked and tortured, now in uniforms - What's next, clown suits?
Posted by: Nabil | 09 October 2006 at 08:43 AM
I find the pyramide pic telling. The poses, the setting. Could as well be a college football team, or their cheerleaders (I do understand the physical fitness part of the exercise). I wonder what the guy on top yells. 'Boo-yah!' or maybe 'Yee-hah!'?!
I doubt the instructor's would have been overly happy with a hearty 'Allahu Akbar!'
Posted by: confusedponderer | 09 October 2006 at 04:00 PM
Page 5, quoting Maj. Gen. William Caldwell:
"Since the fall of Saddam (Hussein), local governance has taken on a whole new meaning here in Iraq. Iraqis are clearly focused on improving their quality of life and working toward a brighter future."
These things are becoming a little more Soviet with each new issue.
Posted by: Chris Bray | 09 October 2006 at 05:07 PM
I just keep going back to this.
Page 9, first brief:
"Iraqi police and Coalition forces apprehended three suspected insurgents and seized a sizable cache Oct. 2 in a combined operation south of Baqubah...The cache consisted of one AK-47 rifle, five AK-47 magazines, two hand grenades, bomb making materials, anti-Iraqi propaganda and binoculars."
A sizable cache of one rifle. Is this even supposed to appear credible, or is it all pro forma at this point?
Posted by: Chris Bray | 10 October 2006 at 09:40 AM