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Lt. Col. Nathan Blood

Lt. Col. Nathan Blood, brigade effects coordinator for 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Multi-National Division - Baghdad, says “Hello” to his 16-month-old daughter, Mackenzie, during a web camera communication.
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to [...]

At least the WSJ is reporting some of the good news out of Iraq:

Good news out of Iraq is becoming almost a daily event: In just the past week, we learned that U.S.

I'd heard about the largest re-enlistment ceremony in the history of the U.S. military that was conducted in Baghdad on July 4, now I've seen it with my own eyes thanks to blogging soldier Bob Krumm, who has put video of it on YouTube. Krumm's comments are on his blog.

Local boy doing us proud!

From the article.....

The top al Qaeda cell leader in the western Baghdad area of Ghazaliyah was brought to justice July 15.

The IOC has announced a ban on Iraqi athletes in the Beijing Olympics. Why punish athletes who have worked so hard to qualify for the Olympics? Iraq participation in the Olympics could be a source of national pride and and unity for a country that could really use it.

AP:

Check out the VIDEO of Obama meeting with US military and embassy workers in Baghdad.
Meanwhile, only one reporter showed up to cover McCain’s arrival in NH.
heh…

I ran into an old friend yesterday at the doctor’s office. I know, that’s where we go to socialize. Shut up.

Anyway, I haven’t seen him in about 2 1/2 years and he said he was visiting. I asked where he was these days.

“Baghdad,” he replied.

Where are all those liberal Tennessee bloggers who gave me hell in February of 2007 for my article on the amount of yellowcake being stored in Iraq?  I didn’t see any posts jumping on the AP.   Where are you folks? I’m waiting.  And the AP doesn’t even mention the UF4 (green salt), the same green salt that has drawn the attention of the IAEA in Iran’s program.

They buy it.

BAGHDAD - It is a politician's dream: Handing out cold, hard cash to people on the street as they plead for help. Iraq's prime minister has been doing just that in recent weeks, doling out Iraqi dinars as an aide trails behind, keeping a tally.

As we have seen, the Iraqis will not agree to US bases in their country and they want us out. Things have been going well in Iraq lately but just as we get optimistic...