Mark Tapscott’s excellent blog is moving under the Examiner.com umbrella. Starting tomorrow, you can find his new digshere.

Bill Roggio is in Fallujah and sends word of a new project he has taken on:

I’ve moved through Kuwait and Baghdad, and am now at Fallujah. I’ll spend about a week here with Regimental Combat Team – 5 (Marines). In Fallujah I’ll embed with a Police Transition Team (PTT) and also meet with the Civil Affairs Group. The next stop will be in Ramadi with the 1/6 Marine Infantry and Civil Affairs Group, and hopefully with the 54th Engineers as well.

The trip- from my front door to Fallujah – took 3 ½ days total (accounting for the 8 hour time shift). That is remarkable considering Iraq is a war zone. I spent all of 2 hours in the Green Zone getting my ID badge and waiting for a flight out. My hat goes off to the Public Affairs teams and the Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad.

I’ve taken on an additional project while here in Iraq. Jim Hake of Spirit of America requested I follow up on some of their projects while in theater, and I gladly accepted. This was unplanned, I didn’t receive the email while in Dubai. You have to be flexible out here.

Spirit of America does wonderful humanitarian work in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa by providing needed supplies to local communities and organizations, and promoting democracy. Spirit of America works with the military. Our troops are on the front lines and know where the aid can make the greatest impact.

I will meet with the military personnel who are managing these projects, and providing an update at Spirit of America’s Blog. This work will be done in addition to my planned coverage. Several of the projects they asked me to look into are run from Ramadi and Fallujah.

I am very excited about this opportunity, as I greatly respect Spirit of America, its staff and the work it does in the Middle East.

Spirit of America Website
Spirit of America Blog

Lots of folks liveblogging the Venezuelan elections (hat tip: Monica):

Daniel
Miguel – photoblogging
Alek reporting from Caracas and elsewhere
George - He’s got the vote live from the Orange Bowl in Miami where 17,000 Venezuela expats are voting, 98% against Chavez.
Venezuela Today
Mora at Babalu Blog had a dream.

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