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To: lurqer who wrote (40501)	3/26/2004 3:54:21 PM
From: lurqer	Respond to of 89467

The bell still tolls. 4 More US Soldiers Among 11 Killed In Iraq Violence Baghdad, Mar. 26 (NNN) : Four more American soldiers were among 11 more people killed in continuing violence in Iraq. Two soldiers and a Marine were killed as bombs and gun fire hit the US army convoys outside Baghdad. A main oil well in northern Iraq was set ablaze by an explosion, even as four Iraqis, including a two-year-old child, were killed during a US military operation west of the capital. Apparent sabotage started a fire at a main oil well in the north that feeds exports through Turkey, director general of the state-run Northern Iraqi Company (NOC), Adel Qazzaz, said. An explosive charge was triggered by unknown individuals at 3:30 pm inside the well, some 75 kilometres west of the main northern oil centre of Kirkuk, inflicting massive damage, he said. "Fire fighters are having a hard time extinguishing it because the explosion occurred inside the well and not in the pipelines," Qazzaz said, adding that it would take at least two days to extinguish the blaze. Officials said one US Marine was killed and two wounded when their convoy came under a combined home-made bomb, rocket-propelled grenade and small arms attack near Fallujah. Earlier, a US soldier was killed and two injured when the line of vehicles they were travelling in was hit by a roadside bomb in the central town of Baquba. Also, a roadside bomb struck a military convoy north of Taji followed by small arms fire, killing one US soldier and wounding another, US Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt told a news conference on Thursday. He said that US troops retaliated and killed three attackers. Meanwhile, a UN team is due to arrive in Baghdad to advise on who should lead the country after transition. A technical team from the world body is due to arrive in Baghdad this week to work with the US-picked Governing Council and the coalition from Saturday. A second delegation headed by UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is scheduled to arrive a few days later, said council member Muwaffaq al-Rubaie. indolink.com lurqer

To: lurqer who wrote (40501)	3/26/2004 5:09:12 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 89467

Dear MoveOn member, President Bush has frozen funding for student aid. And now he's hitting young people up for a massive loan. His new budget will increase the national debt by a half-trillion dollars this year alone. Of course, young people are the ones who will have to pay down Bush's debt through higher taxes and cuts to vital services. Students, send this message to Bush: LOAN DENIED! A new site we've helped launch provides a funny and productive way to say no to the Bush loan. Click the link below to reject Bush's credit -- and when you do, MoveOn Voter Fund will earn $1 in matching funds. clickbackamerica.org President Bush has asked all Americans to go into further debt, not for priorities such as education but for tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and our war with Iraq. Bush, in his most recent budget, has asked all of us for a $4,500 loan against our future earnings. This is in addition to the $13,000 each of us already owes for the national debt, now totaling more than $7 trillion. The campaign to reject George Bush’s credit is part of a new effort the MoveOn.org Voter Fund is co-sponsoring called the “College Click Drive,” together with a group called Click Back America. Click Back America is a great way for college students to get active. And for every student that takes action, the MoveOn Voter Fund gets a $1 contribution for our efforts to expose Bush Administration policies. We’ll be tracking how students around the country do, and the school with the most matching contributions will win a big prize. To participate visit: clickbackamerica.org Thanks, - Wes Boyd MoveOn.org Voter Fund March 24, 2004