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ThinkProgress blog banned from the U.S. military network in Baghdad

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, North America, Iraq, U.S.A., Freedom of Speech, War & Conflict

The liberal ThinkProgress [1] blog has been banned from the U.S. military network in Baghdad. “The ban began sometime shortly after Aug. 22, when Ret. Maj. Gen. John Batiste was our guest blogger on ThinkProgress [2]. He posted an op-ed that was strongly critical of the President’s policies and advocated a “responsible and deliberate redeployment from Iraq.” ThinkProgress said.