Eyes In Iraq

Well another pair of eyes to be exact, as last night was my first visit to Patrick Lasswell's site, Moderate Risk, some impressive independant photo-journalism if you ask this Goat. I love reading posts from folks like this that actually risk something to get out a story with out putting a target on their back either, to an extent. I don't look to the MSM for stories like those told by independant 'real' journalists living with the Iraqi's and Iraqi bloggers themselves. Its the least I can do for these folks like Patrick, Michael Totten, and Mike Yon that have spent years abroad absorbing the culture of their surroundings, to spread their stories. Their reporting is as important if not better than that from the MSM. Visit their sites and contribute if you are able, they rely on private funding not the MSM so their story won't get filtered and distorted.
Michelle Malkin and her "Hotair" project is also an awesome source of info, as anybody that would come to the Barnyard should already know.