This just in: good news from Iraq

[mburbank]

Well, all of that is certainy good and factors into the... other news out of Iraq.

At a press conferene yesterday Abasid (?) said there is currently one Iraqi combat unit ready to fight independant of us control. A year ago at this time there were three. At least so the same man claimed.

My point is, I find the 'news' of iraqi flight squadrons and economic prospects.... suspect at best. Where is this info coming from? What are the vested interetsts? How is the info being vetted?

The most solid news in any of this is voter registration, which I thnk is in and off itself very, very impresive, and very good news. But valiant as it may be, it sheds no light at all on what Iraqis so deperately want to vote for. Sharia Law? Shiite dominance? Kurdish separatism? Time will tell.

I suspect your point in posting this is that the press rarely reports any progress in Iraq. Perhaps they feel burned by the mountains of lies they were spoon fed and dutifully reported in the lead up and early days of the invasion. The scientists point to buried WMD caches. The toppling of Saddams statue. The beautfully lit cathedral in New Orleans. Oh, sorry, difffernt good news.