“Incident” in Al Amarah (Wednesday, March 1st, 2006)

Published by markfromireland in Previous Site at 6:36 pm with no comments.

I got this off “the wires” yesterday. As you might expect when you read further Al Amarah is one of the places in Iraq that any stories coming over the wire makes me sit up and take notice. Why? - Read on.
Two British soldiers killed in Iraq blast
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Two British soldiers killed in Iraq blast
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Ozymandias and Empire (Wednesday, March 1st, 2006)

Published by markfromireland in Previous Site at 3:19 pm with 2 comments.

“The aide said that guys like me were “in what we call the reality-based community,” which he defined as people who “believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.” … “That’s not the way the world really works anymore,” he continued. “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our […]