Happy Sixth Anniversary of the War in Iraq! Sort of! The war began on March 20, 2003, Baghdad time, so we're totally not late. Let's look back at the lies!

"The nude portrait was a gift from Iceland's first lady, who tells Bloomberg News she has 'yet to meet someone who does not want a naked picture of their loved ones with text about themselves.'" [Gothamist via Fleshbot]

"Coverage of the war in Afghanistan has increased slightly this year, with 46 minutes of total coverage year-to-date compared with 83 minutes for all of 2007. NBC has spent 25 minutes covering Afghanistan, partly because the anchor Brian Williams visited the country earlier in the month. Through Wednesday, when an…

In the raging war on basic human decency, another family has been drafted to the front line. Dina Lohan, mother of ruined actress Lindsay and future corpse in a sad hotel room Ali, says that the family has "no choice" but to do their upcoming E! reality series about Ali rapping on the door of stardom while Dina stands…

Even battle-hardened, still-occupied, America-hating Iraqis are embracing this brave new media landscape of ours. According to newswire AFP, our wacky post-colonial subjects are posting some hilarious YouTube material lampooning us, our little war, and even themselves! Sort of. Mostly us, though.

Today the Army Times runs the conclusion of Kelly Kennedy's 4-part, more than 14,000-word story on the 15-month tour of duty of a single Army company. In August, 2006, Task Force 1-26, with 823 soldiers, was deployed to Baghdad. According to the Army, they reduced murders from "ten a day to less than two a day" in…

Rupert Murdoch addressed his newest peons at the Wall Street Journal today; the speech marked the occasion of the official shareholder approval of News Corp.'s purchase of Dow Jones & Co. That's Les Hinton, the new Dow Jones CEO, on the left and Robert Thomson, new WSJ publisher. [Photo: AP/Mark Lennihan]

"British Prime Minister Gordon Brown talks to troops, during a surprise visit to soldiers stationed at Basra Air Station in Iraq, Sunday Dec. 9, 2007. Brown announced that control of the Basra province is to be handed over to Iraqi forces within two weeks. (AP Photo / Stefan Rousseau, Pool)"

Miss California USA, Raquel Beezley, left, receives her crown and her sash from reigning Miss California USA Meagan Tandy at a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. Blaming an accounting mix-up, Miss California USA organizers have handed this year's title from Miss Los Angeles Christina…

"Recipient of a Kennedy Center Honors Award for 2007, singer Diana Ross, arrives at the White House for the Kennedy Center Gala reception honoring the awardees, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)"

Top: "Anabel, one of the cheerleaders of the Washington Redskins US football team, removes her helmet to adjust her hair, after landing by helicopter at Patrol Base Dragon, some 20 kilometers (about 12.4 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, where the cheerleaders were to stage a performance for US…

1. "Afghan security police prepare confiscated drugs and alcohol to set it afire, as observers look on, on the outskirts of the city in Herat, south west of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Nov, 11, 2007. The production of opium is known to have increased over the last year. (AP Photo/Fraidoon Pooyaa)" 2. "**ADVANCE FOR…

1. "Afghan investigators check the site after a suicide attack in Baghlan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. A bomb attack targeted a group of lawmakers in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 28 people, including five parliamentarians, officials said. Death tolls varied…

"President Bush, right, smiles after presenting author Harper Lee, left, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony for the 2007 Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in the East Room at the White House in Washington (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)"

Top: "University students, holding up signs against the government, block a highway during a protest in Caracas, Friday, Nov. 2, 2007. Students protest constitutional reforms that would permit Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely. (AP Photo/Howard Yanes)" Bottom: "Opposition members…

1. "In this image released by the U.S. Army, [soldiers] pass a burning vehicle in Hussein Hamadi village, Diyala Province, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007. during Operation Ultra Magnus. The joint operation was designed to clear the village, a former terrorist stronghold, of al-Qaeda operatives. (AP Photo/SSG Russell…

1. "Workers walk through the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. Rising global oil prices may dent Indonesia's economic growth and boost inflation next year, a central bank official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)" 2. "Huaorani Indigenous protest outside the Energy and Oil…

Top: "Afghan policemen pass by a huge hole, right, which was caused by a roadside bomb in Qarghayi district of Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007. A roadside blast targeted the intelligence chief of Qarghayi district in Laghman province as he was traveling in his car, said…

Top: Sandi Garcia and her Golden Retriever Holly play at Commons Park in Denver, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007. Just before dinner on Garcia's first holiday with Holly, the Golden Retriever threw up an entire turkey dinner that Garcia had given the dog minutes before, in front of Garcia's dinner guests. (AP Photo/Jack…

Left: "A young boy plays with a toy rocket-propelled grenade launcher in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)" Right: "Britney Spears arrives at court for a hearing to work out custody arrangements with her ex-husband Kevin Federline for their two young sons…