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To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (9103)	4/9/2004 1:32:24 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 173976

The house is a mere 10,000 square feet, complete with indoor pool for the bush twins who "demanded" it. I'm sure Laura doesn't lift a finger around the house.

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (9103)	4/9/2004 1:37:21 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 173976

Here's an instance where Bush has proved to be a uniter and not a divider: Signs That Shiites and Sunnis Are Joining to Fight Americans By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Published: April 9, 2004 AGHDAD, Iraq, April 8 — When the United States invaded Iraq a year ago, one of its chief concerns was preventing a civil war between Shiite Muslims, who make up a majority in the country, and Sunni Muslims, who held all the power under Saddam Hussein. Now the fear is that the growing uprising against the occupation is forging a new and previously unheard of level of cooperation between the two groups — and the common cause is killing Americans. "We have orders from our leader to fight as one and to help the Sunnis," said Nimaa Fakir, a 27-year-old teacher and foot soldier in the Mahdi Army, a Shiite militia. "We want to increase the fighting, increase the killing and drive the Americans out. To do this, we must combine forces." This new Shiite-Sunni partnership was flourishing in Baghdad on Thursday. Convoys of pickup trucks with signature black Shiite flags flapping from their bumpers hauled sacks of grain, flour, sugar and rice into Sunni mosques. The food donations were coming from Shiite families, in many cases from people with little to spare. And they were headed to the besieged residents of Falluja, a city that has now become the icon of the resistance, especially after the bombing on Wednesday of a mosque compound there. "Sunni, Shia, that doesn't matter anymore," said Sabah Saddam, a 32-year-old government clerk who took the day off to drive one of the supply trucks. "These were artificial distinctions. The people in Falluja are starving. They are Iraqis and they need our help." But it is not just relief aid that is flowing into the city. According to several militia members, many Shiite fighters are streaming into Falluja to help Sunni insurgents repel a punishing assault by United States marines. Groups of young men with guns are taking buses from Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad to the outskirts of Falluja, and then slipping past checkpoints to join the action. "It's not easy to get in, but we have our ways," said Ahmed Jumar, a 25-year-old professional soccer player who also belongs to a Shiite militia. "Our different battles have turned into one fight, the fight against the Americans." American leaders had been concerned that the rival sectarian groups would not find a common cause. Now, it seems, they have found a common enemy. "The danger is we believe there is a linkage that may be occurring at the very lowest levels between the Sunni and the Shia," Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of the occupation forces, said on Thursday. "We have to work very hard to ensure that it remains at the tactical level." He also said the call for unity is "clearly an attempt to take advantage of the situation." Brig. Gen. Mark Hertling, an assistant commander of the First Armored Division, said military intelligence indicated that there might be some loose coordination between the renegade Shia movement of Moktada al-Sadr and a Sunni extremist group called Mohammed's Army in the western portions of Baghdad. He said troops from the First Armored and the First Cavalry Divisions were conducting reconnaissance and offensive operations against fighters from both groups, who have converged on the road to Falluja. The city, 35 miles west of Baghdad, has become the rallying cry of the resistance. It is in its fifth day of siege. Marines are trying to root out insurgents after four American security guards were ambushed there last week and their bodies were mutilated by a mob. American troops have been fighting house to house and mosque to mosque against a determined group of guerrillas. According to people inside Falluja, the situation is grim and getting grimmer. "It's a disaster," said Sheik Ghazi Al Abid, a wealthy tribal leader, who was reached by telephone. "There's no food, no water, no electricity." The sheik said it was so dangerous that bodies have been left on the streets because people are terrified to venture outside to collect them. nytimes.com

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (9103)	4/9/2004 3:16:17 AM
From: zonkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

<That family estate in Crawford cracks me up> When junior bought his pig farm there was a house already on the property. I think it was about 60 years old and $60,000 was spent fixing it up. Then he proceeded to build a new house. That is the 10,000 sq ft house. I have seen the old house on TV several times. You can find pictures of it on the internet. Whenever junior allows his picture to be taken around a house at the pig farm it is at the old house. Karl must have decided it is better for junior's image to be associated with the old fixed up house than the big new one. If someone can find a picture of the new house on the internet I would like to see it. I would especially like to see a picture of junior sitting beside the indoor pool at the new house while the country is in a crisis in Iraq.