Iraq - Attacks on newspapers

and what it means.

Ubaydi may be one of the gents who objected to having his picture published in the newspapers. Accounts from the Iraqi bloggers together with reports from Multinational Forces-Iraq give us a glimpse into the relatively low-intensity fights that have -- for now -- succeeded the big battles like Fallujah, which featured fixed air, artillery, tanks and multi-battalion US forces. I wouldn't want to make too much of these newsstand incidents, but it strikes me as a defensive move by people who are fundamentally eager to avoid capture and who see imminent danger in the publication of their photos in the newspapers; that is to say not the hunter but the hare.

And in related news...

The Iraqi security forces arrested 115 suspected terrorists over the past 24 hours, the Interior ministry said Thursday.

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