US media and government officials insist that US military operations in Samarra' were joint military operations with the full participation of Iraqi pupppet forces. But the Iraq correspondent of the conservative pro-US/pro-Saudi Arabiyya TV said on the air yesterday that there was no participation whatever of Iraqi forces there, and that these were fully American operations. In other news, the 28 Macedonian soldiers in Iraq continue their acts of "liberation" around Iraq. What would Iraqi "liberation" be without those brave 28 soldiers from Macedonia. In fact, I read that the Macedonian team is so closely-knit, that wherever and whenver they move around Iraq, they do so while holding hands. They sing and dance, also while holding hands togoether. I have never heard of a more touching, warm, and fuzzy "liberation" than this one.