Iraq

Kevin on February 2nd, 2006

Michael Yon is embroiled in an increasingly bitter battle with the US Army over one of his most gripping combat photos. Here is the backstory, Boston Herald: Blogger battles Army Michael Yon, a former soldier and an embedded blogger journalist in Iraq, took what some consider one of the more famous photos of the war […]

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Kevin on January 31st, 2006

Jay Tea over at Wizbang has the story of how the Army is trying to screw Michael Yon over one of his most powerful combat photos. What is the Army thinking? Nobody has done more to spread the truth about Iraq more than Michael Yon. In Jay Tea’s post, he links to a Boston Herald […]

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Kevin on January 30th, 2006

A well deserved profile of Michael Yon this weekend by the Associated Press Blogger Gains Following With Iraq Reports After getting himself embedded as a freelance journalist with troops last year, he used his Internet blog to report on the car bombs, firefights and dead soldiers. But he also wrote descriptively about acts of compassion […]

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Kevin on January 24th, 2006

The left is beyond parody at this point. Warriors and wusses Column by Joel Stein I DON’T SUPPORT our troops. This is a particularly difficult opinion to have, especially if you are the kind of person who likes to put bumper stickers on his car. Supporting the troops is a position that even Calvin is […]

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Kevin on January 23rd, 2006

The one and only Michael Yon has a completely redesigned blog and it looks great, go check it out, and adjust your bookmarks accordingly.

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Kevin on January 7th, 2006

I don’t make many promises, but, in this case I will. If you are sick and tired of the Domestic Insurgents in the Democratic Party, watch this clip. Michelle Malkin said that “You will be jumping out of your seat and cheering by the end of the clip.” Here is another one. 100% satisfaction guaranteed.

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Blackfive points us to this amazing story in the London Telegraph, Gazing through the telescopic sight of his M24 rifle, Staff Sgt Jim Gilliland, leader of Shadow sniper team, fixed his eye on the Iraqi insurgent who had just killed an American soldier. His quarry stood nonchalantly in the fourth-floor bay window of a hospital […]

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