check this out: Larisa mentioned

[whometense]

in the Sunday London Times!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1669292_2,00.html

June 26, 2005

How the leaked documents questioning war emerged from 'Britain's Deep Throat'
It started with a phone call and has now swept across America: Michael Smith tells the tale of his ‘Downing Street memo’ scoop

...Last week one US blogger, Larisa Alexandrovna of RawStory.com, unearthed more unsettling evidence. It was an overlooked interview with Lieutenant-General T Michael Moseley, the allied air commander in Iraq, in which he appears to admit that the “spikes of activity” were part of a covert air war.

From June 2002 until March 20, when the ground war began, the allies flew 21,736 sorties over southern Iraq, attacking 349 carefully selected targets. The attacks, Moseley said, “laid the foundations” for the invasion, allowing allied commanders to begin the ground war.

The bloggers may have found their own smoking gun.[/div

[TayTay]

1. LaLaWaWA also got some positives in DKos

Where they claim her as "their own." (Chuckles all around for those who remember Larissa fleeing to DU and then getting a star from someone in this group.) It's nice to see DKos people latching on to a rising star.

Deepest congrats to LaLaWaWa. However, I object to the Times listing her as a blogger. Larissa is a legitimate and hard-working reporter. She didn't just stumble on this stuff, she worked her butt off for it. (And she is doing all this while battling against a very serious disease.) I pray for Larissa all the time and I am very happy to see her getting some recognition for her efforts.

Good for her. I hope this is a harbinger for more good things to come.

[whometense]

2. I agree.

She certainly is a reporter, and a professional.

It's great to see her get some hard-earned recogition, though.

[lala_rawraw]

3. thank you:)

as always:)

[politicasista]

5. Thanks Larisa

:hi:

[TayTay]

6. No problem kiddo

We love ya and you most definitely freakin rock, my dear.

Anything we can ever do for you, you have but to ask.

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: <-- for Larissa

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4. They'll get used to the idea that some bloggers are REAL journalists.

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