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To: longnshort who wrote (598983)8/3/2004 2:00:52 PM
From: sea_biscuit  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
The terrorists will be overjoyed if the elections are postponed or cancelled. They would love to have Dumbya as their Chief Recruiting Agent forever, not for just four more years...



To: longnshort who wrote (598983)8/3/2004 2:07:24 PM
From: sea_biscuit  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769670
 
Thanks to the "peace President", there is peace all over Iraq!

08/03/04 AP: National Guard solders doing well after attack
Two weeks after their motor pool was attacked in Iraq, Company B soldiers from the 153rd Engineer Battalion are doing well, a family member said.

08/03/04 AFP: Four Iraqis working for French aid group killed
Four Iraqis working for a French aid group in the southern city of Samawa were killed by "militiamen" in the area of Najaf further north in a case of mistaken identity, their employer said Tuesday.

08/03/04 CENTCOM: Marine Dies of Non-Hostile Gunshot Wound
A Marine assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit died today as a result of a non-hostile gunshot wound.

08/03/04 AFP: Several Danish Soldiers Suspected Of Abusing Iraqi Prisoners
Several Danish soldiers stationed in Iraq are being investigated for suspected abuse and possibly torture of prisoners, a Danish military spokesman said on Tuesday.

08/03/04 UPI: Jordan hostages in Iraq rise to seven
The Jordanian daily al-Rai said businessman Abdel Abdullah was seized Sunday by an unidentified Iraqi group who had earlier killed his Iraqi partner.

08/03/04 DailyPress.com: Active, reserve sailors to mesh
In January, more than 500 Navy reservists from the Williamsburg-based Expeditionary Logistics Support Force were called to active duty, sent to Fort Eustis for training, then shipped to the Middle East.

08/03/04 AP: N.J. soldier killed in Iraq, just like close friend
A southern New Jersey soldier whose best Army buddy was killed in March by a roadside bomb in Iraq died in a similar attack over the weekend. Army Spc. Anthony J. Dixon, 20, of Lindenwold, was killed Sunday by a bomb that exploded ... in Samarra.

08/03/04 AP: Bomb Kills at Least Four Iraq Guardsmen
A car bomb exploded Tuesday at an Iraqi National Guard checkpoint outside the city of Baqouba, killing at least four guardsmen and wounding six others, Iraqi authorities said.

08/03/04 SignOnSanDiego: Pendleton Marine is killed, six wounded
A Marine was killed and six others were wounded yesterday in two attacks by insurgents outside [Fallujah]. All of the casualties belong to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment from Camp Pendleton.

08/03/04 CENTCOM: 2nd Marine Dies of Wounds
An additional Marine assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force died of wounds received in action Aug. 2 in the Al Anbar Province while conducting security and stability operations. This brings the total to two.

08/03/04 AP: Former Lebanese hostage says kidnappers wanted $5 million
A former Lebanese hostage said that his kidnappers held a sword to his neck, demanded a USD 5 million ransom and told him to close his business in Iraq, before Iraqi government forces rescued him in a raid on a militants' hideout near Baghdad.

08/03/04 Xinhuanet: Bomb attack halts oil exports through Iraq's northern pipeline
A major bomb attack happened Tuesdayon the main northern pipeline from the oil fields of Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan stopped oil exports in northern Iraq, Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV reported

08/03/04 Centcom: Marine Killed in Anbar Province Confirmed
One Marine assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force died of wounds received in action today in the Al Anbar Province while conducting security and stability operations.

08/03/04 Centcom: Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Baghdad Bomb Attack
Two Task Force Baghdad Soldiers were killed and two were wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated around 11 p.m. Aug. 2

08/03/04 Xinhuanet: US Marine killed in western Iraq
A US Marine died of his wounds sustained in action in the restive al-Anbar province in western Iraq on Tuesday, the US military said.

08/03/04 AFP: Iraqi police chief killed in Baghdad roadside bombing
A Baghdad police chief was killed and two policemen wounded Tuesday when their car hit a roadside bomb in the capital, said police and hospital sources

08/03/04 Times of Oman: 7 hostages in ‘good condition’
India yesterday said an Iraqi mediator trying to secure the release of seven men, including three Indians, held captive in Iraq, has said the hostages were in “good condition”.

08/03/04 GEO.tv: Turkey Confirms Hostage Killing
Turkey on Monday said it identified the victim of a shooting shown on a web-posted video as Murat Yuce, a cleaner working for the Bilintur catering company ... A third driver, Tevfik Alkan, is also missing ...