"Life is full of these little ironies."

The Iraqi government is planning to investigate rumors of white phosphorus use at Fallujah. In what seems an incredibly ironic coincidence of timing, CNN's American Morning reported that a Marine reservist who helped to rebuild Fallujah has been hired to coordinate the rebuilding of part of New Orleans.

[CNN Reporter Alina] CHO: Lieutenant Coronel Dave Dysart is the man the Parish has hired as its director of recovery. He's done this type of job before on the other side of the world. Dysart, a U.S. Marine reservist, helped rebuild Fallujah, the Iraqi city that also suffered a flood. That experience got him this job.

When you first walked around this parish and you saw the devastation, did you immediately think Fallujah?

DYSART: Oh, ma'am, I had chills going up and down my spine. The streets were under water. I was actually riding in my vehicle and I reached for my weapon and it wasn't there! ...

DYSART: [In Fallujah] We actually went in and cleared out every single home and put markings on the buildings and those indicated that the Marines had gone into that house and assured that there was no weapons or insurgents in the house. Now these [homes in New Orleans] are marked to make sure that there was no one dead found inside the building.

Another example of such coincidences: last night's "Alias" (featuring Fantasy Football diva Jennifer Garner) and Wednesday's "Lost" both involved the use of torture. Both shows were created by J.J. Abrams. It's not the first time that either show has dealt with torture, but I felt a little uncomfortable watching something that was supposedly "entertaining" using torture as a plot device. You could say it hit a little too close to home, given that torture has been in the news a great deal lately.