From Abu Muqawama's flatmate:

From Sam Dagher at the CSM:

On a visit Thursday to the Imam Ali Hospital in the heart of Sadr City, almost a dozen children sought treatment as their parents and family members waited anxiously nearby. Some of the young patients had been hit by shrapnel, others by stray bullets as they played inside their homes or went outside during a lull in the battles.

From Richard Seymour's The Sadrist Revolt in Monthly Review:

From Karen Parker, president of the Association of Humanitarian Lawyers, and policy analyst Bill Rau, for the organization ConsumersforPeace.org:

From Robert Fox at the Guardian:

The new American corps commander, Lt General Lloyd J Austin III, who took command of US ground forces in Iraq last February, is reported to have lost patience with the British.

From Jeff Huber at Pen and Sword:

From CNN:

In northeastern Baghdad, a U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle spotted people with rocket-propelled grenade launchers and a mortar tube on Thursday night, the U.S. military said. The craft shot a Hellfire missile and killed six people the military described as "heavily armed criminals."

Defending your home against invaders is not a crime. Fred Kagan is wagging the dog.

From Abu's COIN Bookclub, No.1:

Today's book club selection is one of the three "bare bones essentials" we picked out: David Galula's Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice.

This slim volume has probably had more effect on the way in which Abu Muqawama views counterinsurgency warfare than any other book or article...

Here are just a few of the nuggets of wisdom you'll find in this book:...

From Muqtada al-Sadr, quoted in Reuters:

"You (infidels) will always be an enemy and you will remain so until the last drop of my blood," Sadr said in the statement, issued in response to comments the previous day from U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Gates had said Sadr would not be treated as a foe by the United States as long as he played a peaceful role in politics.

From Abu Muqawama on war criminal and whack job Doug Feith:

There is simply not enough booze in Abu Muqawama's apartment to get him through this interview on the Diane Rehm Show with Doug Feith. Compounding your blogger's misery is that fact that this guy's book is now #130 on Amazon.com...