Iraq Briefing

"A round-up of other interesting news reports on Iraq.

“The army is very good at what they do,” a lieutenant colonel in Mahmudiya said. “They just have a problem with sleeping in.” [time.com]

An Iraqi legislative panel is working on a bill that would ban the import of some guns to Iraq. Of course the bill would apply only to toy guns. [Associated Press, via nytimes.com]

Marines in Anbar said that the Iraqi divisions they’re training will perform better than the Iraqis in Basra. [latimes.com]

Iraqi Christians are fearful of more violence because several priests have been targeted recently. [washingtonpost.com]

The Center for Strategic and International Studies has a report on the Iraqi prime minister’s power struggle with the cleric Moktada al-Sadr.
Sandstorms are a frequent occurrence in Iraq this time of year. [timesonline.com]

Iraq the Model blogs that Al Qaeda is determined, but losing. [iraqthemodel.blogspot.com]"
Baghdad Bereau

Apparently, aggregating news and blogs from Iraq is getting so popular, everybody and their cousin is getting in on the action...Apparently!