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To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (505894)	12/8/2003 11:45:34 AM
From: jackhach	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

U.S. soldier killed in Northern Iraq Dec. 8, 2003 \| BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A U.S. soldier was killed Monday outside a gas station in an apparent drive-by shooting in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said. The attack on the soldier from the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division occurred in the northern city of Mosul, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said at a news briefing in Baghdad. It came one day after another soldier from the same division was killed and two others were injured when insurgents detonated a roadside bomb in Mosul. A total of 445 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion on March 20. Of those, 308 have died as a result of hostile action. Witnesses in Mosul, about 250 miles north of Baghdad, said dozens of U.S. soldiers cordoned off the city's central neighborhood of al-Muthana during a raid Monday, inspecting cars and searching people walking in the streets. At least three helicopters flew overhead at low altitude. "We are looking for bad guys," a soldier said without elaborating. On Sunday, U.S. troops north of Baghdad seized $1.9 million in cash and false identification documents in a raid targeting the suspected financier of insurgents. U.S. troops in Samarra seized the cash and arrested one person in the operation, said Maj. Josslyn Aberle, spokeswoman for the 4th Infantry Division. "They didn't catch the original target but they detained one of his relatives and seized the money," Aberle said. Samarra, some 70 miles north of Baghdad, was the site of heavy fighting Nov. 30 between Iraqi guerrillas and U.S. soldiers who were delivering new Iraqi currency to local banks. Near Kirkuk, another northern city, Iraqi police on Monday said they discovered a cache of 100 mortar rounds and other ammunition in a garbage dump after a tip from garbage collectors. American troops later arrived and took away the weapons. Also Monday, Iraq's Governing Council chose a dentist to replace Aquila al-Hashimi, a Shiite Muslim member of the 25-seat group who was assassinated in September, a council statement said. Salama al-Khufaji, a Shiite professor of dentistry at Baghdad University, replaced al-Hashimi, who was mortally wounded Sept. 20. Al-Hashimi was the highest Iraqi official killed by suspected loyalists of Saddam Hussein. The council statement said al-Khufaji, one of three women on the council, comes from the southern Shiite holy city of Karbala. Overseen by the U.S.-led coalition, the Governing Council was installed on July 13 and acts as an interim government. It is divided proportionally between Iraq's different sects and ethnic groups: 13 Shiite Arabs, five Kurds, five Sunni Arabs, one Christian and one ethnic Turk. The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, warned of a surge in attacks against coalition forces before a July 1 deadline to transfer authority to Iraqis, and cautioned that strikes might not end even if troops kill or capture Saddam Hussein. Sanchez said Sunday attacks could increase ahead of a July 1 deadline for a transfer of authority from the U.S.-led coalition to a transitional Iraqi government. "The killing or capturing of Saddam Hussein will have an impact on the level of violence, but it will not end it," he said. "It won't be the end-all solution."

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (505894)	12/8/2003 11:57:46 AM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

So, the racist, hatemongering, soul-less Johannes Pilch takes the time to post a message to a Jew. How magnanimous of you! You wrote:<font color=blue>"Likely because, unlike unborn kids, you now pose a threat to human life."<font color=black> You are a cold blooded, uncaring and poor excuse for a human being. What separates humans, somewhat, from the lower forms of animal life, is the ability to reason, in which you are lacking, and the ability to feel compassion. You easily and thoughtlessly ignore millions of children starving to death, because, as you call it, it is all part of the sick concept you have for nature. But, if one unborn, and unwanted, worthless fetus is threatened, you lose control of your temper and probably your bladder. You have a twisted and dark view of humanity. There are many species of the lower forms of animal life that have far more value than you do.