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Al-Alousi Stands Alone

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I’d like to pick a wee bone with Tom Fried­man. Well, actu­ally not him speci­fi­cially, but really the Amer­i­can ten­dency to empha­size the actions of indi­vid­u­als over larger, coun­ter­vail­ing forces in pol­i­tics. Exhibit A: Friedman’s opin­ion that the action of a brave Iraqi in Par­lia­ment is a good rea­son to keep at it in Iraq
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Another Day in Ramadi

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Signs warn­ing “Com­pla­cency kills” dot the bases of the 1st Bat­tal­ion, 5th Marine Reg­i­ment in Ramadi. The Marines sta­tioned in this provin­cial cap­i­tal in the treach­er­ous Sunni tri­an­gle are bored. Bored of patrols, tired of man­ning out­posts and frus­trated by an enemy they can’t meet face-to-face. The signs attest to the tedium of their days.
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