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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (961)	12/23/2004 12:17:13 AM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 224807

4 stages of life:- 1. You believe in Santa 2. You don't believe in Santa 3. You are Santa 4. You look like Santa I am now at stage 3. At which stage are you? Most probably #1!

To: jlallen who wrote (961)	12/23/2004 12:24:54 AM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 224807

US Soldiers sent flying in giant mess hall BASE MAREZ (IRAQ) - IT WAS a brilliant, sunny day with blue skies and warmer- than-usual weather in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Hundreds of US soldiers had just sat down for lunch in their giant chow hall tent when explosions knocked them off their feet and out of their seats. A fireball enveloped the top of the tent, and shrapnel sprayed on the men. Amid the screaming and thick smoke that followed, quick-thinking soldiers turned their lunch tables upside down, placed the wounded on them and gently carried them into the parking lot. 'Medic! Medic!' soldiers shouted. Medics rushed into the tent and hustled the rest of the wounded out on stretchers. Scores of troops crammed into concrete bomb shelters outside. Others wobbled around the tent and collapsed, dazed by the blast. 'I can't hear! I can't hear!', one female soldier cried as a friend hugged her. The explosions blew out a huge hole in the roof of the tent. Puddles of bright red blood, lunch trays and overturned tables and chairs covered the floor. At least 15 US soldiers died in the attack. Grim-faced soldiers growled about the attack as they stomped away. 'Mother (expletive)!' one mumbled. Insurgents have fired mortars at the chow hall more than 30 times this year. One round killed a female soldier with the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, in the summer as she scrambled for cover in one of the bomb shelters. Lieutenant Dawn Wheeler, a member of the 276th, was waiting in line for chicken tenders when a round hit the other side of a wall from her. 'We all have angels on us,' she said as she pulled away in a Humvee. -- ASSOCIATED PRESS

To: jlallen who wrote (961)	12/23/2004 12:29:09 AM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 224807

US Soldiers sent flying in giant mess hall BASE MAREZ (IRAQ) - IT WAS a brilliant, sunny day with blue skies and warmer- than-usual weather in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Hundreds of US soldiers had just sat down for lunch in their giant chow hall tent when explosions knocked them off their feet and out of their seats. A fireball enveloped the top of the tent, and shrapnel sprayed on the men. Amid the screaming and thick smoke that followed, quick-thinking soldiers turned their lunch tables upside down, placed the wounded on them and gently carried them into the parking lot. 'Medic! Medic!' soldiers shouted. Medics rushed into the tent and hustled the rest of the wounded out on stretchers. Scores of troops crammed into concrete bomb shelters outside. Others wobbled around the tent and collapsed, dazed by the blast. 'I can't hear! I can't hear!', one female soldier cried as a friend hugged her. The explosions blew out a huge hole in the roof of the tent. Puddles of bright red blood, lunch trays and overturned tables and chairs covered the floor. At least 15 US soldiers died in the attack. Grim-faced soldiers growled about the attack as they stomped away. 'Mother (expletive)!' one mumbled. Insurgents have fired mortars at the chow hall more than 30 times this year. One round killed a female soldier with the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, in the summer as she scrambled for cover in one of the bomb shelters. Lieutenant Dawn Wheeler, a member of the 276th, was waiting in line for chicken tenders when a round hit the other side of a wall from her. 'We all have angels on us,' she said as she pulled away in a Humvee. -- ASSOCIATED PRESS