Band of Brothers - Brief Tributes

"Band of Brothers" HBO Series Directed by Tom Hanks

A brief Tribute to the Movie and the men of "Easy Company"

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Iraq's Sadr Overhauls His Tactics

By Sudarsan Raghavan

Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, May 20, 2007; Page A01

NAJAF, Iraq -- The movement of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has embarked on one of its most dramatic tactical shifts since the beginning of the war.

The 33-year-old populist is reaching out to a broad array of Sunni leaders, from politicians to insurgents, and purging extremist members of his Mahdi Army militia who target Sunnis. Sadr's political followers are distancing themselves from the fragile Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, which is widely criticized as corrupt, inefficient and biased in favor of Iraq's majority Shiites. And moderates are taking up key roles in Sadr's movement, professing to be less anti-American and more nationalist as they seek to improve Sadr's image and position him in the middle of Iraq's ideological spectrum.

"We want to aim the guns against the occupation and al-Qaeda, not between Iraqis," Ahmed Shaibani, 37, a cleric who leads Sadr's newly formed reconciliation committee, said as he sat inside Sadr's heavily guarded compound here.

Sadr controls the second-biggest armed force in Iraq, after the U.S. military, and 30 parliamentary seats -- enough power to influence political decision-making and dash U.S. hopes for stability. The cleric withdrew his six ministers from Iraq's cabinet last month, leaving the movement more free to challenge the government.

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15 minutes of fame into 15 minutes of shame

If we can turn the radicals 15 minutes of fame into 15 minutes of shame we can turn the tide of this war against terrorists.

Send me your ideas and info about great role models of today and in history.

I am currently working on bringing some more news on progress in Iraq and the world. One of the things to bring into the light is the need to talk about and honor good moderate heroes of Muslims. The news focuses on our differences not all the similarities. It also gives the terrorists free publicity. But we can change that. There have been many moderate Muslims who have fought (weather it be with weapons or with words) to bring peace and keep their ethnic, religious, and freedoms intact. Some have had to fight with weapons against evil forces, others have helped bring understanding and knowledge that helped change and protect their people. It is important today to give people hope and good role models.

Also If anyone knows of any good iraq or afghan militay you tube videos I would like to add them after I review them. Also the videos / shorts in recent posts are not made by me. you can click to get to the poster of the videos. I am working on making some maybe this weekend. But mine will focus on good only. cya soon - Ian Bach