Abu Risha, he dead.

[substitute]

This is a fascinating al-Jazeera news story about the new "U.S.-Friendly" Sunni alliance in Anbar, the now-dead sheikh supposed to have been in charge of the alliance, and the inevitable money and power game behind that show.

Part I riffs on Apocalypse Now in a very heavy-handed way, appropriately so.

Friday, and we're still in Amman...

Comments

[mcfnord.livejournal.com]

wow. very informative.

[threepunchstuff.livejournal.com]

"He smoked profusely and drank endless glasses of sweet tea."

Must've been his heart.