Dean's World

Welcome to the Carnival of the Liberated, a sampler of some of the best posts from Iraqi and Afghani bloggers. This week Khalid is free, a girl changes into a dog, reactions to the latest London bombing, and much, much more.

Afghan Lord is still trying to get some action out of the BBC. You may recall that someone using the Beeb's Internet connection made death threats to him some time ago. If you have any ideas about the appropriate contacts for the BBC, I'm sure Afghan Lord would appreciate some help.

Afghan Warrior expresses his appreciation for the U. S. forces there.

Iraqi blogger Khalid Jarrar has been freed! Khalid himself hasn't posted much yet. His mother and brother are, if anything, even more anti-American after this experience.

Sunshine of Days of My Life has a pair of interesting posts. First, she prepares for a house inspection by American forces. Then, she watches Oprah.

There's a new Iraqi blogger: War on Terror (hat tip: Free Iraq). Go on over and offer him some encouragement.

Ali of Free Iraqi writes about the terrorist attack in Egypt:

I believe the latest barbaric attacks in London and Egypt have confirmed many things for us who support the war on terror but at the same time should in my mind make those in charge reconsider their approach to the problem or at least make some adjustments.

One of the things that these attacks confirmed is that no one is safe and that destruction of the whole human civilization represented by its best current model; the west is the ultimate target of these sick fanatics. It doesn't matter to them who their victims are, how old they are, what's their job or what are they doing in a "Muslim land", while on the "War land" the question is more irrelevant.

Popular Iraqi gossip or supermarket tabloid? Girl changed to dog! or scorpion! From Friends of Democracy.

Hammorabi weighs in on the most recent London attacks. So does Omar of Iraq the Model:

Let's not forget that we're not living in isolated islands anymore, we all share the globe and our interests are connected in a way that makes it almost impossible to stay away from the effects of what's happening in other parts of this world.

Okay, suppose that the UK decided to leave Iraq, what's next?

Egyptians leave Cairo, Londoners leave London, or I leave Baghdad??

Apparently, we're facing the terrorists' version of globalization where every democracy is heresy and every man or woman smoking, playing soccer or not wearing hijab or a beard is infidel. They want their dark culture to dominate the world and they know that the only they can do that is by destroying every other culture they don't agree with.

Alaa of The Mesopotamian thinks that all of Baghdad should be as tightly controlled as the Green Zone.

Dave Schuler posts regularly to his own weblog, The Glittering Eye. The Carnival was originally conceived by Ryan Boots.