Hell Freezes Over; Media Yawns; Film At 11

Chrenkoff reports that there is quite a bit of good news coming out from Iraq these days (if you've been reading my site, and his, you'd already know this).

He notes:

As al-Dhari wrote, "We peacefully reject the occupation and object to terrorism in all forms, whether by an enemy of a friend, especially when this terrorism is aiming at the innocent, institutions, security and cultural establishments and the leaders of thought."

The reference to security is quite momentous, as it represents the first condemnation by the Sunni religious establishment of violence against Iraqi army and police.

How is it that an obscure blogger cuts to the heart of the matter in Iraq and the New York Times barely registers these kinds of events and statements?

Oh, and he reports that more mass graves have been uncovered in Iraq. Expect to see lots of stories about that on the evening news.

Elsewhere, Jheka reports that Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister has resigned again. Must be something related to the hundreds of thousands who continue to agitate against Syria's continued occupation of Lebanon. Can't really tell since the story doesn't quite make it above the fold in most papers.

In politics, it's business as usual, as the Tom Delay story is much ado about nothing when you consider that most everyone in politics has someone on the payroll who is a family member or close warm personal friend of the politican. It doesn't mean that Delay is correct, just that he isn't alone and those casting aspersions on Delay ought to think twice about throwing rocks. A boulder may come crashing back their way.

Meanwhile, the New York Times finally gets around to noticing that things aren't going too well in China. Riots are breaking out all over the place there. Too bad that Publiuspundit has been commenting on the issue for months, and even notes that the riots have been ongoing for the last six months due to the worsening conditions under the Communist government.

Then, there's the curious case of Giuliana Sgrena (she was the journalist who was shot at during an incident at a US checkpoint after she was freed from terrorists by Italian agents who paid a ransom). After a joint US-Italian investigation into the incident, the US military was cleared of any wrongdoing. Apparently, even though Sgrena had a version for every day of the week, no version could comport with the facts and ballistics (or the US witnesses). However, guess which version will continue to get airplay.