The MEMRI Baghdad Dispatch Series.
The Middle East Media Research Institute has begun to publish a series of dispatches from its brand-new Baghdad bureau. These are samplers of the new post-Saddam press in Iraq.

Dispatch One shows that the Iraqi media are complaining about the American occupation, both in principle ("How can they celebrate Independence Day while still occupying other nations?") and in practice (the equivalent of "Where's the beef?"). The editorials also discuss the motives of the Shi'a population (they really did hate the regime even worse than the USA did) and Saddam himself (they don't appreciate him and want him and the American "occupiers" gone).

Dispatch Two expresses dissatisfaction with the new Iraq Governing Council. One editorial comes from the organ of the Iraqi Communist Party. The editorials also complain bitterly about the occupation, about "Jewish conspirators"--and also about the old regime. Apparently a lawyer initiated a lawsuit against Uday Hussein--he must not have heard that coalition forces killed him and his brother while trying to capture him (see my post below).::Submitted for your war and rumor of war [Matthew 24:6] files.