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Hillary Clinton for President!

iPhone Web Designers — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:40:00 +0000

We people of Tennessee have done our part in securing Hillary's position as the next president of the United States of America and now we can only ask that you beautiful people in Texas, Ohio,Rhode Island and beyond do your part!

The way I see it is very clear. We have 3 choices, Hillary, John & Obama. It is absolutely 100% a FACT that if Hillary were a man with the same qualifications, she would be the absolute front runner!

I am a white, male from South Carolina (originally) and I think, if I can see it so clearly, then it should be pretty easy for the rest of the country to see that Hillary Clinton is the most qualified for the job, not to mention the "2-fer" deal.

Our economy is in need of someone with proven success to help it rebound and the Clinton's are the ONLY ones with a successful tract record!

Now, I know many people share my opinion and many do not and I welcome ALL of your comments and responses as long as you keep them self moderated!

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iPhone Web Designers — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:33:00 +0000

Story by CNN
Prince Harry was welcomed home by his father and brother Saturday, a day after he was quickly withdrawn from serving with the British army in Afghanistan because of the media's disclosure of his deployment there.
His father -- Prince Charles -- and his brother -- Prince William -- were waiting for Harry at the Royal Air Force's Brize Norton base near Oxford, England.
Prince Harry walked off an RAF transport plane, along with several dozen other British soldiers, at 11:45 a.m. Saturday.

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AFP: 2007 deadliest year for US troops in Iraq

iPhone Web Designers — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:41:00 +0000

Despite a drop in US casualties in the past six months, 2007 has proved the deadliest year for American forces in Iraq since the invasion, with at least 896 soldiers killed, according to an AFP tally based on Pentagon figures.
The previous most lethal year for the American military since the US-led invasion of March 2003 was in 2004, when 846 soldiers died.
Since May, when 126 soldiers were killed, casualty figures have been falling month by month with the December toll set to be the lowest since February 2004, when 20 soldiers died in the least deadly month of the war.
The December toll stands at 21, according to an AFP tally based on Pentagon figures, but the number could rise as the US military sometimes takes days to report deaths pending notification of next of kin.
The military reported that a soldier died of non-combat related injuries on Sunday, bringing the total number of American soldiers killed since the invasion to 3,901.
US commanders attribute the high casualty rate in May to the influx of an extra 28,500 troops on the ground as part of a "surge" ordered in February by US President George W. Bush.
Since then, they say, the strategy has paid off with the number of attacks across Iraq falling by 60 percent after peaking in June to levels not seen since before February 2006, when a wave of sectarian violence was unleashed by the bombing of a Shiite shrine in the city of Samarra.
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American Soldier Deaths back on the rise in Baghdad

iPhone Web Designers — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:26:00 +0000

Mortars Strike Baghdad Iraqi PrisonBy ROBERT H. REID
BAGHDAD (AP) — Mortar shells crashed into an Iraqi prison at a major government complex Monday, landing in a cellblock and killing at least five inmates. Elsewhere, an explosive fire erupted in a storage tank at Baghdad's only oil refinery, sending smoke and flames high above the capital.
The U.S. military said an "industrial accident" caused the fire at the Dora refinery in Baghdad. But the chief Iraqi military spokesman, Brig. Qassim al-Moussawi, told The Associated Press that a rocket struck a storage tank, triggering the blaze.
The attack on the prison was part of an increase in violent incidents throughout the city over the past few days, which have included mortar or rocket fire on the U.S.-controlled Green Zone.
Also Monday, a suicide car bomber killed one U.S. soldier and wounded two others in Salahuddin province, a mostly Sunni area north of Baghdad, the military said.
The recent attacks are nowhere near the level or intensity of those earlier this year. Still, they show why the U.S. military is concerned about the fragility of the relative calm which took hold in Baghdad over the last two months.
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Kurds become pawn for gas

iPhone Web Designers — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 12:02:00 +0000

By STEPHEN FARRELLPublished: December 9, 2007KIRKUK, Iraq — Even by the skewed standards of a country where millions are homeless or in exile, the squalor of the Kirkuk soccer stadium is a startling sight.
Michael Kamber for The New York TimesThe Kurdish authorities ordered people born in Kirkuk to move back there for a referendum on the city’s future. More than 2,000 of the displaced Kurds moved into the city’s soccer stadium.
A Kurdish woman and a girl bake bread at their makeshift home, a stadium in Kirkuk, Iraq. VideoMore Video » On the outskirts of a city adjoining some of Iraq’s most lucrative oil reserves, a rivulet of urine flows past the entrance to the barren playing field.
There are no spectators, only 2,200 Kurdish squatters who have converted the dugouts, stands and parking lot into a refugee city of cinder-block hovels covered in Kurdish political graffiti, some for President Jalal Talabani’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
These homeless Kurds are here not ....more from NY Times

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Soldier from Minnesota Dies in Iraq

iPhone Web Designers — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:00:00 +0000

Minnesota Soldier Dies in Iraq
by Sea Stachura
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Day to Day, December 7, 2007 · The family and friends of U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class John Tobiason are in mourning this week.
Tobiason died Nov. 28 in Baghdad of injuries from an incident that is under investigation. A 14-year veteran of the military, he was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq.
The 42-year-old had built a life in the small town of Hayfield, Minn., where he decorated his home with American flags and was an active member of the American Legion. Friends said he was kind-hearted and very patriotic.
Tobiason was buried on Thursday.
Sea Stachura reports for Minnesota Public Radio in Saint Paul, Minn.

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Photojournalism - Images of the Year 2007

iPhone Web Designers — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:41:00 +0000

WINNER: Kamber's photo of a wounded soldier being evacuated in Latifiyah, Iraq, 2007. Click photo for more images from the competition.

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VEHICLE EXPLOSION KILLS U.S. SOLDIER IN BAGHDAD

iPhone Web Designers — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:05:00 +0000

BAGHDAD: A U.S. soldier was killed in a vehicle explosion during a recovery operation west of Baghdad, the military said Tuesday.
The soldier died of injuries sustained in the blast Monday during a vehicle recovery operation in Anbar province, a former insurgent stronghold that has seen a recent drop in violence, according to a statement.
Two other service members were wounded and transported to a U.S. military medical facility for treatment, it said.
The brief statement gave no further details, saying the incident was under investigation.
The death raised to at least 3,883 members of the U.S. military who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

American Soldier AWOL in Canada

iPhone Web Designers — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:47:00 +0000

American finds hope in NDP MP Libby Davies' lobbying efforts
Andy Ivens, The ProvincePublished: Monday, December 03, 2007
Uncle Sam wants Brad McCall.
The U.S. Army wants the AWOL private from Kentucky to go to Iraq to fight George W. Bush's "war on terror," but McCall's conscience won't allow it.
He applied to be a conscientious objector, but as his date to ship out approached, McCall realized that, like many other "COs," he'd be in the war zone before a decision came down.

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Army’s program designed to honor Soldiers and give them opportunities to thank the Americans

iPhone Web Designers — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:45:00 +0000

Every day, Soldiers fighting the Global War on Terrorism risk their lives in operations that help secure the freedom of all American people. Whether they are veterans of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars, there is only one operation that matters when they return home: Operation Tribute to Freedom (OTF) – the Army’s program designed to honor Soldiers and give them opportunities to thank the American people for their support.
Just as Soldiers vow to never leave a fallen comrade, Operation Tribute to Freedom refuses to leave a Soldier’s story untold. By working with Army Public Affairs Officers (PAOs) around the country, OTF identifies ongoing media, speaking, and recognition opportunities to ensure that homecomings last longer than one day and that American Soldiers stay connected with the American public.
The OTF Homecoming Support Service, Soldier News Service, and Speaker and Recognition Services provide resources and opportunities that enable PAOs and event coordinators to help Soldiers tell their stories. No audience is too big or too small. Your support of Operation Tribute to Freedom will help the American people better understand the Global War on Terrorism -- one Soldier’s story at a time.

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Should we torture our enemy to save the life of an American Soldier?

iPhone Web Designers — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:20:00 +0000

My son recently returned from his second tour of duty in Iraq. He is fine. Thank God! This week, I asked myself the following question: If through some divine revelation I found out that an American soldier had tortured an enemy combatant and extracted information that had saved my son's life or kept him from being wounded, what would be my reaction? The answer is that I would find the soldier that had inflicted the torture and thank him or her from the bottom of my heart.

I have already outlived my first child and do not want to outlive another!

My son spent all of 2005 in Iraq. In January, he was already there. By February, I realized that every man and woman in uniform was my son or daughter! I agonize each time one is wounded or killed. Ever since World War II, the U.S. has been obsessed with being politically correct. The American people and the American politicians should realize you cannot fight a politically-correct war and win. When you go to war it means that all the talk, threats, diplomacy and sanctions have failed. The civilized rules are out of the window. You cannot kill someone nicely.
The only "Rules of Engagement" should be to win - win as soon as possible, in the shortest time possible, with the fewest injuries and deaths of American soldiers. We owe that to our troops. They are our sons and daughters.

Doug Daniel Lafayette

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So called "Church Members" attempt to spread Hate of Amerian Soldiers

iPhone Web Designers — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:40:00 +0000

By CHRIS INGALLS / KING 5 News
Westboro Church members try to preach their hatred of gays and the military at a memorial service for Sgt. First Class Johnny Walls. PORT ORCHARD, Wash. – Members from a controversial Kansas church were in Western Washington Friday. They tried to disrupt a memorial service for a Bremerton soldier who was killed in combat. But counter-protestors kept them at bay.
A war of words erupted on a Port Orchard street Friday afternoon as five members of the Westboro Church preached their hatred of gays and the U.S. military. They shouted insults and carried signs.
A couple hundred counter protestors shouted down the church members – including one child – who were escorted by sheriff's deputies.
The church members say God is killing soldiers in retaliation for America's tolerance of homosexuality. They have appeared at military funerals across the country, and Friday, they were a block away from a memorial service for Sgt. First Class Johnny Walls.

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Republican audience booing 43-year military veteran becayse he is GAY

iPhone Web Designers — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:05:00 +0000

Can't we all play nice? I mean come on guys and girls! Here is is 2007, almost 2008 in the Christmas Season and all our Republicans can do is sit and plant people to boo a man that has spent 43 years of his life serving you, me and all of our country????? That's not nice, looks like you will be gettin' coal in your stocking!!! (Hope Santa doesn't have a gay helper when he gets to your place)!

Here's the full story which I found on Daily KOS:

CNN’s Anderson Cooper asked Gen. Kerr, who was in the audience for the event, whether he was satisfied with the responses. Not surprisingly, he wasn’t.

“With all due respect, I did not get an answer from the candidates,” Kerr said, adding, “We’re talking about doctors, nurses, pilots, and the surgeon who sews somebody up when they’re taken from the battlefield.”
At which point, the Republican audience began booing the 43-year military veteran. It was an interesting contrast — at Democratic debates, veterans get standing ovations. At Republican debates, veterans get booed if they’re gay.

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Anderson Cooper acknowledged Kerr & Clinton connection

iPhone Web Designers — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:57:00 +0000

As reported by RAW , during the Republican Debate with Anderson Cooper, a question asked by Kerr seemed to have been planted by the Clinton Party.

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Anderson Cooper acknowledged the Clinton connection and said the network was unaware of it before airing his question.
"Certainly, had we had that information, we would have acknowledged that in using his question, if we had used it at all," Cooper told viewers.
Thursday, CNN acknowledged questions about Kerr and interviewed him about his ties to Clinton.
"I have not done any work (for Clinton), several friends asked me if I would allow my name to be listed, and I agreed," Kerr said referring to his position on the steering committee.
Kerr said is a registered independent and has not donated money to Clinton or any other 2008 candidates, and he stressed that no one put him up to asking the question. A search of OpenSecrets,a campaign finance database confirms Kerr has made no donations.
"This was a private initiative on my own," Kerr told CNN host John King. This video is from CNN's American Morning, broadcast on November 29, 2007.

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Wall Street Journal Reports "Hollywood Bombs"

iPhone Web Designers — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:23:00 +0000

Wall Street Journal is reporting today that "Hollywood Bombs" with new war movie. Maybe they did and maybe the didn't since this blogger has yet to see the film however, having to pay WSJ just to read the full report as they see it, I think not!
So bloggers, this is all the "free" story you get from WSJ:

What if they held a war movie, and no one came? That's the tale of woe at this year's fall box office, where Tinseltown's bleak vision of Iraq has many movie-goers taking a pass. Films from Brian De Palma's low-budget screed "Redacted" to Robert Redford's star-studded "Lions for Lambs" are playing to empty seats.

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For the second straight day, U.S. troops fatally fire on vehicles in Iraq.

iPhone Web Designers — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:21:00 +0000

By LEILA FADEL
McClatchy Newspapers
BAGHDAD For the second day in a row, American troops Tuesday killed Iraqi civilians when they fired on a vehicle that they thought was a threat, the U.S. military said.
Two people died and four were injured when a U.S. soldier fired at a minibus transporting workers to a bank operated by the Iraqi Finance Ministry, the military said. Iraqi police and employees at the bank said four people were killed, including three women, and two were injured.
The U.S. military also reported that two soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Salah ad Din province. Two soldiers were wounded.
The military gave no further details.
The minibus was driving near a U.S. military outpost in the al-Shaab neighborhood of northern Baghdad when it ended up on a road where only car traffic is permitted, the military said. American soldiers signaled the minibus to stop, and when it did not, one of them fired a warning shot.
On Monday, a child and two men were killed when their vehicle rushed through a U.S. military roadblock while the military was conducting an operation in Bayji, north of Baghdad. U.S. soldiers opened fire on the vehicle.

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Ten-hut! Here's how to ship mail to soldiers

iPhone Web Designers — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:41:00 +0000

It sounds like a nice idea, but before you add "Any Wounded Soldier" to your Christmas card list, keep in mind that your well wishes will likely wind up in the trash.In-boxes are flooded this time of year with mass e-mails urging us to remember our military men and women when we mail our holiday greetings. One note says to direct cards and packages to "A Recovering American Soldier" at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. But Walter Reed says not so fast.Citing Defense Department policy, the hospital says it can't accept mail that isn't addressed to a specific patient. Officials said the decision is intended to protect patients and staff.

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Suicide attack kills 3 US soldiers, 3 Iraqi children

iPhone Web Designers — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:37:00 +0000

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives as American soldiers were handing out toys to children northeast of Baghdad yesterday, killing at least three children and three of the troops, US and Iraqi authorities said.
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Seven children were wounded in the attack near Baqubah, where US soldiers wrested control from Al Qaeda in Iraq last summer. The attack, along with a series of other blasts in the capital and to the north, underlined the uncertainty of security in Iraq even as the US military said violence is down sharply across Iraq.
Rear Admiral Gregory Smith, a US military spokesman, said yesterday that terrorist attacks in Iraq are at their lowest levels since January 2006. He said overall violence has dropped 55 percent since a US troop buildup began this year.
Police said the bomb attack occurred as US soldiers were handing out toys, sports equipment, and treats in a playground near Baqubah, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. Few details were available, but the US military said it was a "suicide vest attack" and that three American soldiers were killed ... Get Full Story

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SHOULD YOU BE AFRAID OF BEING DRAFTED TO FIGHT IN IRAQ WAR?

iPhone Web Designers — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:31:00 +0000

I stumbled across this article written by Wilkes Barre, Times Leader and I was pretty amazed at what he had to say. Some of the point she made in the article, I simply didn't know and to be honest were a bit scary.

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LIKE BEING WAR CRITIC? THANK A SOLDIER

Nobody owes a greater debt of gratitude to the United States soldiers currently serving in Iraq than the people who oppose the war itself.
Nobody.
Since the founding of this country, major wars have meant major drafts. The state militias conscripted soldiers in the Revolutionary War, although draftees could escape service by paying a fee or paying a substitute to go for them.
In the Civil War, both sides relied heavily on the draft, and in New York bloody riots broke out because of it.
We maintain a vision of men rushing off gladly to fight the Kaiser during World War I, but 72 percent of those who did were drafted.
Likewise the ``Greatest Generation'' of World War II. Of the 16 million American men who served, about 10 million didn't call Uncle Sam, they waited for Uncle Sam to call them. Ditto Korea and Vietnam, until the last Americans were drafted on Jan. 27, 1973.
The only two major wars fought in the history of the United States, and possibly the history of the world, without conscription, are Desert Storm in 1991 and Operation Iraqi Freedom right now.
That means that everyone who opposes the military on general principles is at home. That means that everybody who deplores the use of violence, in all cases, to solve problems, is at home. And, for the most part, it means that people who oppose the war in Iraq, and their children and their husbands, are at home.
Everyone here volunteered, in general, to follow the orders of the president and his generals, and to be used as the government saw fit. Pretty much no one is going to have to run to Canada to avoid service.
There have been and will be a few people seeking conscientious objector status, but whether they get it or not, they are in a pickle of their own devising. Those who find these kinds of situations abhorrent are, for the first time in history, able to be feel that way safely in the comfort of their own den, without the threat of jail, loss of citizenship or even loss of prestige.

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Bellevue soldier dies on Thanksgiving

iPhone Web Designers — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:27:00 +0000

Friday November 23 2007, 6:34am
BELLEVUE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jon Martin of Bellevue lost his battle to live on Thanksgiving Day.
Martin, 33, was injured when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb Nov. 9 while serving his third tour in Iraq. He suffered critical injuries from the blast that left him in a medically-induced coma in a German hospital while surgeons attempted to repair the damage.
Martin, a platoon leader for the 101st Airborne Division based in Fort Campbell, Ky., worked in air assault. He returned for his third tour in Iraq, despite getting wounded while serving his second tour. He received a Purple Heart after a roadside bomb injured the tendons in one arm.

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Dolly Parton Leads Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

iPhone Web Designers — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:09:00 +0000

Dolly Parton will take her new single "Better Get to Livin'" to the streets of New York City when she kicks off the 2007 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, November. 22.Dolly will be on the lead float to perform the song live and on television during the morning parade. "Better Get to Livin'" is the first single from Backwoods Barbie, her first mainstream country album in more than 17 years due out February 5. She wrote nine of the songs for the album and produced the CD with bandleader and guitarist Kent Wells."I've always dreamed of doing the Macy's parade," Dolly said. "I guess I don't get to watch it this year though...I'll have to tape it!"Dolly plans to tour in the U.S. starting in February, then hitting Europe in the summer before returning to the U.S. for dates expected into December 2008.In other news, Dolly's stage version of the 1980 film 9 to 5, will have its world premiere September 21, 2008, at the Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.

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CBS shows terrorism suspect allegedly building bomb materials

iPhone Web Designers — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:54:00 +0000

Footage casts Khadr in sinister light
Twelve-minute video broadcast on CBS shows terrorism suspect allegedly building bomb materials
COLIN FREEZE
November 19, 2007
CBS News has broadcast shocking new footage of a Canadian terrorism suspect allegedly building bomb timers and planting land mines while he was a 15-year-old militant hoping to take on American soldiers in Afghanistan.
The footage, some of it shot on a night-vision camera by alleged al-Qaeda fighters before it was seized by U.S. forces after a deadly raid, leaves a more sinister impression of Omar Khadr than the widely circulated photo of him as a boy benignly smiling at the camera.
That teenaged terrorism suspect's image has been reproduced the world over since he was arrested in Afghanistan in 2002 and sent to the Guantanamo Bay prison experiment on allegations of killing an American soldier.
The military has long been planning to show the seized videotape during trial, but proceedings have repeatedly stalled before the evidence could be aired.
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Bombs Strike Children, US Troops in Iraq

iPhone Web Designers — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:07:00 +0000

BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosives as American soldiers were handing out toys to children northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least three children and three of the troopers, U.S. and Iraqi authorities said.
Seven children were wounded in the attack in Baqouba, where U.S. soldiers wrested control from al-Qaida in Iraq last summer.
The attack, along with a series of other blasts in the capital and to the north, underlined the uncertainty of security in Iraq even as the American military said overall violence is down 55 percent since a troop buildup began this year.
Police said the attack occurred as U.S. soldiers were handing out toys, sports equipment and other treats in a playground near Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.
Few details were available, but the U.S. military said it was a "suicide vest attack" and that three American soldiers were killed.
Rasoul Issam, 16, said he and his friends were playing soccer when the U.S. soldiers called to them from their vehicles to come get gifts.

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Who's the bad guy here?

iPhone Web Designers — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:56:00 +0000

VENTURING FORTH A man and boy warily go outside to assess the damage to their neighborhood in Samara. The boy’s white flag does not deflect the barrel of a soldier’s gun.

This photo, courtesy of New York Times, really caught my eye, so much so that I had to share it with my bloggers. The very first feeling I got from this was absolute horror to see a gun pointed at these innocent people. Then immediately after thinking that I had second thoughts telling me that this kid and old man probably have a bomb strapped to their side. Is that wrong to feel that way? Seriously, how are we supposed to feel this? How do our men and women in the armed forces handle this without absolutely loosing their mind?
Anyway, I thought the New York Times had a very interesting set of photos in their slide show, so if you would like to check it out, here is the link: New York Times Slide Shows!

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US Military in Iraq Searches for Militants Believed Linked to Soldiers' Kidnapping

iPhone Web Designers — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:06:00 +0000

U.S. soldiers dig during a search for the bodies of two soldiers in the town of Awesat, south of Baghdad, 16 Nov 2007The U.S. military says it launched pre-dawn raids south of Baghdad Friday to hunt for militants believed to be linked to the kidnapping of two American soldiers.
The military says helicopters dropped 600 soldiers into the villages of Owesap and Betra, while warplanes dropped two bombs to block possible escape routes. Some 150 Iraqi soldiers also took part in the operation.

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