This blog by an independent reporter has tremendous and devastating to read reporting from Iraq as they prepare for the vote.
http://dahrjamailiraq.com/weblog/
Reading it and reading how we are really forcing the vote at the expense of freedom and at the expense of everyday Iraqis because it is obviously too dangerous, is almost sickening.
The bewilderment of the people interviewed reflects how they are at the mercy of a war they did not ask for.
He also has an account I hadn't read before of rumors that napalm or something like it was used in Fallujah.
http://dahrjamailiraq.com/weblog/archives//000173.php#more
I fear what we are creating in Iraq. Reading the devastation we have wrought is almost unbearable.
Another audio/visual web diary on the innocence lost in war that is a must see is on Newsweek's site. Well-reported and devastating to watch.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6871482/
While all honor is due to those with the courage to deal with life in Iraq, I feel a deep sadness for our country's folly.