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From the Multi-National Force-Iraq news desk...

- Iraqi doctors, medics treat fellow Iraqis during medical engagement

- Attacks down, economic development up in Iraq

- Commander says Iraqi citizens turning against insurgents

- American cops teach Iraqi Police to 'serve and protect'

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Guess what? Opposing segregation is a thought crime, suitable to get you fired. No, not in West Byrdinia, home of former Klansman and pork king Senator Robert Byrd... but in the Ohio Democratic Party.

A video worth watching. Work safe except in rabidly-anti-war workplaces.

In honor of Denizen Bloodspite's new wheels - a little Redneck Rappin'. But don't miss his tribute to Old Faithful, either. Heh. The Armorer has a similar vehicle, a white Ford Taurus that has been in the family since it rolled off the factory floor. Originally a pampered pet, driven by the Armorer's now-passed Mother, the "Muti Car" was booted from her covered estate out into the driveway of a distant state, and suffered the indignities of being the learning venue for the Armorer's son Andy to master the intricacies of driving... and she suffered due to some depth perception problems... and now she sits, forlorn and lonely, a/c not working, transmission cranky... with me having trouble letting her go because she was... Mom's. Which Mom would find silly.

Note to scarf-wearers everywhere... be afraid, be very afraid. Pretty soon pimply fat kids with basement pallor are going to replace you...

Let's close this section with some more Tank Pr0n...

Anybody besides me think that thing looks like a Sheridan? A really big Sheridan on steroids? A Barry Bonds-style Sheridan? -the Armorer

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Heh. I've been ignoring the Senator Craig thing, not to "protect" some Republican with a morals issue hanging around his neck, but because heck, I've got nothing to add to it, except to say that based on my experiences as a college student and a campus cop back in the day, Senator Craig would not want me on his jury in a trial. And even though it just further reinforces the fact that Dems get away with this kind of stuff while Republicans don't - I think he prolly ought to resign. The library was particularly rife with that kind of behavior, as to a lesser extent was the old student union (there being a new, far busier one across campus, the old Union was a much quieter building. I'm just astounded that a place as busy an airport has enough of a problem they're stationing cops in the latrines...

But mostly, I added this just because I wanted to see how many Googlehits it would generate. Me so bad. -the Armorer

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Things have been hopping over at Talking with Heroes blog. Bob has been doing everything from accompanying patrols to sitting in on meetings between bigwigs. And on the homefront, getting linked on Blogspot's homepage has made things rather interesting... Just start here and scroll down for all the latest posts. -FbL

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Heh. At least Major Cockerham, his wife and his sister were thinking big. Captain Key, if guilty, sold his honor for peanuts. If this all holds up, I expect some new residents at the back end of Fort Leavenworth soon.

Back in the day, when you could just kill people and break things without a note from a lawyer, they were pre-planned, but to the enemy, random, fires at known gathering points, road junctions, Main Supply Routes, assembly areas, etc - to keep the bad guy nervous that the world around him might start exploding at any minute.

*Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is*

The UAVs (oops, can't call 'em UAVs anymore - they're now Unmanned Aerial Systems... some Colonel got his Legion of Merit for that change...), er, um UAS's we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&I fires, if you really want to parse it finely. We just have better sensors and fire control now.

I call the post that because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to. It's also an open trackback, so if someone has a post they're proud of, but it really isn't either Castle kind of stuff, or topical to a particular post, I've basically given blanket permission to use that post for that purpose. Another term of art that might be appropriate is "Free Fire Zone"