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Another good source:  Arab News

Probably good to get some international perspectives on the War in Iraq — a friend of mine from humorweb shared the following — some good reading:

Britain:
http://www.guardian.co.uk
http://www.independent.co.uk
http://www.mirror.co.uk

Australia:
http://www.smh.com.au

France:
http://www.lemonde.fr

Germany:
http://www.faz.com
http://www.heise.de/tp/english/default.html

Russia:
http://english.pravda.ru

A commander’s words to his men. There is a long tradition of military commanders giving final words of encouragement to their troops before battle. Below is a speech given by Lieutenant Colonel Tim Collins to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment. It seems somewhat ironic to me that our military leaders appear to be more eloquent, and have a better understanding of the meaning of what they are doing, than the politicians who instruct them in our name. [kuro5hin.org]

What’s Going On?. Forrest Sawyer on CNBC has been suggesting that there are surrender talks ongoing between American forces and high-level Iraqi officials,… [Cooped Up]

U.S. Reports Talks Urging Surrender. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said that allied officials had held secret talks with Iraqi troops about defecting or surrendering. By Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

From today’s Washington Post:

“I have received on occasion from people, military and civilian, work that I was not impressed with,” he told reporters in January when pressed on his tough management style at one of his numerous televised press conferences.

“There have been times when I’ve sent things back six, seven times … And I will keep right on doing it,” he added. “We’re going to get it done right. The Constitution calls for civilian control of this department. And I’m a civilian.”

“To turn on your radar in Baghdad today is to die….”