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Reporters From Around the World Enter Gaza Tell Stories
From Checkpoint Jerusalem: Ashraf Khalil at the Los Angeles Times wrote a vivid story about one family whose unarmed father was killed when soldiers burst into the home. The survivors got an OK to wal… more →
The View From Here
Fight For Freedom
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James Gafney wrote 2 days ago: Poem from My Daughter Unexpected bombings are likely Gunshots ringing through the night Some say … more →
Iraqi soccer match defeats terrorists
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James Gafney wrote 3 days ago: On the 14th of July, Iraq beat Palestine 4-0 in a soccer match. This was the first match since prio … more →
Terrorist Dead: Another One Bites the Dust
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James Gafney wrote 5 days ago: Once again, we mounted up for a late night mission to a small village in the middle of western Iraq. … more →
Six Simple Ideas to End the War on Terrorism in Iraq
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James Gafney wrote 6 days ago: As Combat Advisors, even at the highest levels, we have been training soldiers how to do many things … more →
I Would Blog But My Air Conditioner is Broken
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James Gafney wrote 1 week ago: It’s 1:14 am here. My Air Conditioner crapped out at about midnight. We just got in touch wi … more →
Iraqi Army: Officer vs. Enlisted
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James Gafney wrote 1 week ago: If this blog had smell, you would really be able to get the full effect. The first person to leave … more →
Iraqis Soldiers Told, "We Beat the Americans."
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James Gafney wrote 1 week ago: After Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki’s declaration of victory over the Americans, the average Iraqi sol … more →
Lack of Candy-Coating
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Rose wrote 1 week ago: I was driving across town to pick up my new glasses (trees sure do have a lot of big, noticeable lea … more →
How far will you go for your customers? Would you go even to Baku?
Greg Siefert wrote 1 week ago: Fresh out of college, I went to work for a small technology consulting firm in Chicago. One of my f … more →
Hunted Like a Dog and Killed
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James Gafney wrote 1 week ago: This week, four Iraqi soldiers were killed in the middle of the night while manning a checkpoint. Tw … more →
My Old Friend Food Poisoning
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James Gafney wrote 1 week ago: The last time I had food poisoning was when I got take out at a restraunt I hadn’t eaten at in … more →
War: The Other Front
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James Gafney wrote 1 week ago: There are two fronts to this war: The Middle Eastern front and the Home front. Sometimes … more →
Open Letter to a Thief
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James Gafney wrote 2 weeks ago: Dear Thief, Could you please bring my mini-van back? She is a beautiful, black, 2005 Honda Odyssey … more →
fiction // a friend
bwchic wrote 2 weeks ago: Bombshells illuminate the distant horizon dimly through the dense forest; shrapnel slices the air. T … more →
Not like the movies
evant19d wrote 2 weeks ago: <<<<Disclaimer, why I’m writing this: Invariable, when I’m home I get asked … more →
Levels of influence
darryltewes wrote 3 weeks ago: In one of our big department gatherings at a former employer, a senior manager under whom our organi … more →
The Specialist creed
evant19d wrote 3 weeks ago: No one gets away with more than I. I am a non Non-Commissioned Officer, a beast of burden. As a juni … more →
drinks with - gasp - a competitor?!
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treetree wrote 3 weeks ago: This was the reaction I got from a couple of folks yesterday who inquired about my day. My day went … more →
Father's Day
Ann Canas wrote 3 weeks ago: My Dad looked a lot like Barack Obama when he was young. And like Barack, he saw the world the way … more →
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