Following many months of assuring the public she would not be, like, trying to get into any war zones or anything bombastic and un-mommyish like that, Katie Couric is headed to Iraq tonight presumably to ponder the enduring mystery of Why They Hate Us while simultaneously deflecting attention away from the equally-urgent dilemma of Why America Hates Katie Couric also oh yeah ratings. See, Christiane Amanpour's multi-part documentary series 'God's Warriors' just got unexpectedly good ones, which taught network executives the important lesson that non-geriatrics will watch news about the war if there is some attractive brunette cougar-like public figure is presenting it to them.

Also, Angelina was just there so maybe Katie will talk to her about the sitch OMG I SMELL A LIVEBLOG! Anyway, it's pretty brutal there right now and a sadder piece of information is gleaned from this story is that another translator working with American network television was abducted and found dead the other day. [Wash Post]

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