Naturally, the use of WP rounds in the fire mission was not a subject of the disciplinary action, as the issue there is whether the fire mission's use of WP was a legitimate exercise of masking fire, or illumination, or not. If not, it was the use of WP against a civilian population, and therefore a war crime. Look at the photo above. Legitimate use (fusing sufficient to provide smoke and light only) or not?
What about this one? Same elevation, same fire mission, same munitions. Notice any difference in fusing? This is what Gaza Division Commander Brig. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg and Givati Brigade Commander Col. Ilan Malka have been disciplined for, jeopardized the lives of others when using 155mm tubes to deliver WP at the ground level as an area denial fire mission ... targeting a densely inhabited area which included this UN school.
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A few months ago I came across Victoria Stroud's Doesn't Fall Off His Horse while browsing for stories for Sam. The phrase "dosen't fall off her horse" just jumped into my head this morning. Chellie is doing something specific about Haiti, which I'm not at liberty to disclose, but it has something to do with keeping the Haitian Internet functional, blogged about oddly enough, here at Wampum (and on NANOG). But in addition to this incredibly altruistic effort which I personally know is very, very time consuming, she's also not fallen off her horse.
This is a second call for suggestions about what we recognize, about what we value. My own thoughts are that Series and Writing are wicked important, as blogging is about sequences of writings, as are Expert and Single Issue, as this is more than just uninformed "news" and lack of focus.
After the diesel replenishment there is replenishment of one of dozens of orphenages, this one simply because MB's ConLaw prof has 4 year old twins, girls, waiting for the adoption paperwork to clear. The latest information we have is the orphanage lost some resources to looters about 20 hours ago. A member of staff needs to be buried, a child needs an IV, and potable water, food, formula, charcoal, and above all, cash -- not "money" but the folding green stuff, in a world without banks or ATMs or anything except a cash-only economy of dire necessity. 
Rounds impacted the windshield and a rear window, suggesting two firing points, a head-and-tail ambush, or a single firing point able to engage the target uninterrupted for 15 seconds or longer, proximal to the path of the vehicle targeted. This was in Tehran, the former Presidential candidate (1st round) and Speaker of the 6th Majlis, was not harmed, according to his son Hossein.
