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Michael Yon is an American author, independent reporter, and blogger. He was embedded with the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment (Deuce Four) of the 25th Infantry Division in Mosul, Iraq until the end of its deployment in September 2005. Yon's dispatches were excerpted by several American newspapers, including the Northwest Guardian, the Boston Herald, The Seattle Times, The Star Tribune, and The Weekly Standard. Although his venture relied on reader donations, Yon gained the praise of some well known and respected journalists, including war correspondent Joe Galloway and Michael ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Iraqi Islamic party says "Al Queda is defeated"
() "Al Qaeda in Iraq is defeated," according to Sheik Omar Jabouri, spokesman for the Iraqi Islamic Party and a member of the widespread and influential Jabouri Tribe. Speaking ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
Beachamp and the rule of second chances
() Some months ago, a soldier in Baghdad wrote a piece on the way war can degrade the morals and affect the judgment of combat soldiers. His story was published at face-value in ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
Resistance is futile
() No thinking person would look at last year's weather reports to judge whether it will rain today, yet we do something similar with Iraq news. The situation in Iraq has ...Posted by Roland F. Hirsch -
Bread and a Circus, Part I of II
() Before the Battle for Baqubah (Operation Arrowhead Ripper), thousands of refugees had streamed out of Baqubah and the surrounding towns. I've heard Iraqis throw around a ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
7 Rules: 1 Oath
() Today Colonel Steve Townsend, the American commander of the 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, presided over a meeting with Iraqi Army officers and former insurgent leaders. The ...Posted by David Starr -
Bless the Beasts and Children, Part 2
() This photo was taken just near the disinterred graves of Iraqi civilians murdered by al Qaeda. As this photo was made, Captain Baker's soldiers were still digging out the ...Posted by David Starr -
Al-Qaeda on the Run: Feasting on the Moveable Beast
() Abu Ali said that on 1 April 2007, he and his people attacked al Qaeda in Buhriz for their crimes against Islam. He also said something that many Muslims have said to me: al ...Posted by Chris J. Breisch -
Baqubah Update
() The big news on the streets today is that the people of Baqubah are generally ecstatic, although many hold in reserve a serious concern that we will abandon them again. For ...Posted by David Starr -
Update on "Bless the Beasts and the Children"
() But for those publications who actually had people embedded in Baqubah when the story first broke and still failed to cover it, their malaise is inexplicable. I do not know ...Posted by Chris J. Breisch -
Bless the Beasts and Children
() On 29 June, American and Iraqi soldiers were again fighting side-by-side as soldiers from Charley Company 1-12 CAV, led by Captain Clayton Combs, and Iraqi soldiers from the ...Posted by Leo Romero
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