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How Iran Is Killing U.S. Troops in Iraq
How Iran Is Killing U.S. Troops in Iraq by Bob Owens Some of the explosives used against U.S. forces are so sophisticated that they must have originated in Iran.
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The White Man’s Burden Chronicles
http://commentsfromleftfield.com/ 2008/ 05/ the-white-mans-burden-chroniclesMichael Totten reviews Michael Yon’s new book, Moment of Truth in Iraq. I think this paragraph is my favorite: “The American soldier is the most dangerous man in the world,” Yon writes, “and the Iraqis had to learn that before they would trust or respect us.
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Bin Laden Releases Audio
http://www.shadowscope.com/ archives/ 2008/ 05/ bin_laden_releases_audio.phpI just recently mentioned that there was a banner ad running that stated Osama Bin Laden would be releasing a new message and sure enough Al Qaeda release an audio message purporting to be from Bin Laden earlier today. The portion of the message in the Youtube Video below is about ten minutes.
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http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ 2008_05_01_archive.html#301624488422196953
The media has a tendency to cast the military in Iraq as either villains or victims, but they are rarely viewed as humorous. At a checkpoint, this Marine shows both levity and bravado in a situation that can quickly turn from droll to dire.
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New Plea for British Hostages
http://noburqua.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ new-plea-for-british-hostages.htmlFormer Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey made a direct appeal to the kidnappers of 5 British men abducted a year ago in Baghdad and believed to be held in Iran. Via Times Online: The former Archbishop of Canterbury has broken a year-long government news blackout to appeal directly to the group holding five “forgotten” British hostages who were abducted in Baghdad last May.
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Capitol Hill Update VI
http://threewisemen.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ capitol-hill-update-vi.htmlIn the House, Speaker Pelosi split the next war supplemental into separate votes; funding for the war actually failed 141-149 and a new Dec. 31st, 2009 troop withdrawal deadline passed. the House also backed a 13-week extension in unemployment benefits, as well as a $52-billion expansion of veteran education benefits, paid for by a "patriot tax" on wealthy individuals.
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Iraq to increase grain imports due to drop in local produce
http://gorillasguides.com/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ iraq-to-increase-grain-imports-due-to-d…Iraq to increase grain imports due to drop in local produce 17th May 2008, 01:47 am This year’s severe drought is forecast to lower wheat and barely yields in Iraq by up to 35 percent, the Ministry of Planning said. The ministry, in a statement, added that Iraq has been subjected to one of its worst droughts in recent history this year.
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"Completely divorced from reality"
http://WWW.samefacts.com/ archives/ the_war_in_iraq_/ 2008/ 05/ completely_divor…Phil Carter, who unlike John McCain has spent time in Iraq not devoted to Potemkin-village photo-ops, thinks McCain's "vision" of Iraq in 2013 would be better described as an hallucination. When McCain peers into his crystal ball and sees that "Iraq is a functioning democracy," Carter wonders what
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Mustafa’s Great News!
http://www.ruthgroup.org/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ mustafas-great-news/Mustafa’s Great News! No More Victims and Mustafa’s Great News! The “No More Victims” project has made incredible progress since we began in November of 2007. Mustafa will be coming to the Bay Area for his surgery and rehabilitation! He still needs your support.
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Quotes Of The Day
http://multi-medium.net/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ quotes-of-the-day-5Quotes Of The Day Just some things that made me smile today. Hans von Spakovsky: Dear President Bush: It is with great regret that I write to request that you withdraw my nomination to be a Commissioner on the Federal Election Commission. My nomination has been pending for almost two and one half
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Irany Alert
http://www.julescrittenden.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ irany-alert/Iran is concerned about foreign support for terrorism in Iraq. Tehran Times:
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