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Please reforward if you like — I haven’t added many names from earlier contacts and suggestions. For previous Katrina postings, see: www.truthtalkziraq.blogspot.com This weekend I’ve accompanied a small group of medical relief professionals on what is called an “explo mission” … Continue reading →

I have a lot more to post, but no time right now. Iwill explain later: 1) Juan Cole has a thought-provoking set ofcomparisons between New Orleans and Baghdad today (howcompelling for some…): www.juancole.com 2) Here’s one perspective on Katrina, from … Continue reading →

1) Nagin articulates what we all feel: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/nagin.transcript/index.html 2) A satellite photo: http://hosted.ap.org/specials/neworleanssatellite/index.html 3) http://www.nola.com/weblogs/nola/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_nolaview/archives/2005_09.html#076355The Positive Stories Must Get OutName:Robert LeBlancHome: 9858769172Email: rlrenrec@aol.comSubject: My Hurricane Story — The Positive StoriesMust Get OutStory: Please help me to get this story out. … Continue reading →

Before I spew, I’d like to know how Chris Emmer, Ed Harold and family, Raphaelle O’Brien, Cherie Fontenot, Mary Beth Black, and several others are doing. Also, here’s a really valuable digital satellite image of New Orleans on 31 August … Continue reading →

I am not intentionally ignoring the nearly 800 pilgrims who just died in Baghdad while doing their pilgrimage. However, I’ve been obsessed with Katrina in New Orleans (hell, that’s MY house, after all), and I’ve been distracted from Iraq temporarily. … Continue reading →

Here’s yet another posting on Katrina’s aftermath. Minimal editorializing on my part this time, but I have a lot of interesting accounts to post below: 1) This is an eyewitness account of Katrina’s aftermath by an anonymous friend who stayed … Continue reading →

This is another entire posting devoted to Katrina’s after effects. It’s getting uglier and uglier, and New Orleans appears to be finished for now. While one mustn’t ignore the nearly 800 Iraqis who died today in the bridge stampede, that … Continue reading →

1) Another posting in response to the one I just sent out: I want to let you know that all members of my family evacuated and are safe. Don’t know what will happen next. Several members of my extended family … Continue reading →

Today the entire posting is devoted to what appears to be the demise of my beloved home town, New Orleans. There are some Middle East relevant postings waiting, and they’ll probably come tomorrow. For those New Orleanians on this list, … Continue reading →

1) I discovered last time that I can’t get Arabic text to transmit correctly on Yahoo. However, it did come out OK on the blog. The attachment to this message is another Arabic text that came through my inbox as … Continue reading →