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I’ve called attention before to Jane Stillwater, a talented writer and one of the world’s most intrepid bloggers. On her own initiative, she obtained press credentials and went to Afghanistan and Iraq (twice) on a shoestring budget. During first visit to Baghdad’s Green Zone in April 2007, Jane outdid CNN, putting Senator John […]

Unbelievably intrepid blogger Jane Stillwater is with the Marines at FOB Hit (pronounced “HEAT”), Al Anbar Province, Iraq. You can read the full account of her trip to Iraq on Jane Stillwater’s Web Log. Here are some excerpts:

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“Ms. Stillwater, you will be riding in the Seven-Ton,” said the platoon gunner as our convoy […]

Yep, my favorite blogger and intrepid war correspondent Jane Stillwater has made it to her embed with the U.S. Marines in Al-Anbar Province in Iraq. Here are some excerpts about the journey so far, from Kuwait to Baghdad’s Green Zone and on to “the middle of nowhere” (I Googled for a couple of pictures […]

After many months of bureaucratic wrangling, my favorite blogger Jane Stillwater has gotten approval to embed with the U.S. Marines in Al Asad and Fallujah. Her first-hand accounts of what’s going on in Iraq are much more truthful than the self-censored corporate media. Let’s wish her a safe journey.
Berkeley blogger off to war […]

According to L.A. Times reporter T. Christian Miller, private contractors working for the U.S. in Iraq now outnumber American troops. A conservative estimate is that 21,000 Americans, 43,000 foreigners and 118,000 Iraqis have replaced soldiers in various jobs ranging from armed security guards to construction and food service. That’s 182,000 contractors compared to […]

Without explanation, US military spokesmen in Iraq have taken to referring to all anti-occupation forces in Iraq as “Al Qaeda.” Most reporters have not asked whether this is propaganda coming from the Bush administration for reasons of domestic politics.
Blogger Jane Stillwater, embedded in the Green Zone last April, may have been the […]

While the formidable Jane Stillwater is waiting to get approval for a second embed in Iraq a next month, she is blogging about her trip to Afghanistan a year ago. Oh, and she’s writing a book. Jane’s unpretentious, no-bull style of writing really stands out. Other (mostly right-wing) bloggers have gone to […]

Jane Stillwater is blogging her way back home from the Green Zone. As mentioned previously, Jane is a blogger from Berkeley, California who managed to get press credentials and paid her own way to Baghdad.
What has she learned from a hectic two weeks of press briefings and interviews?
On the one hand…Americans…are conscientiously […]

What with yesterday’s Chris Cannon blogconference, there has been some talk about bloggers looking for chances to do some first-hand reporting.
What do you know, a blogger from Berkeley, California is leading the way. Take a look at Jane Stillwater’s Web Log. Jane is a 64-year-old grandmother who got herself accredited with […]