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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jagfan who wrote (27211)	1/20/2005 10:31:08 AM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

The amazing thing was that he showed up to vote at all. ;-)

To: Jagfan who wrote (27211)	1/20/2005 11:36:13 AM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 90947

More "wonderful" news from Dumbya's "valley of peace" : 01/20/05 BBC: MoD confirms Iraq base 'incident' An "incident" has taken place at a British base near Basra in southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence says. An unconfirmed report on national Danish radio said there had been a car bomb with three Britons injured. 01/20/05 Aljazeera: Iraqi soldiers killed, Brazilian missing Four of the soldiers were killed and four wounded on Thursday by a roadside bomb in Samarra. Also on Thursday, an Iraqi soldier was killed and another wounded in a mortar attack on a military position in Siniya, west of the troubled city of Baiji. 01/20/05 CJTF7: MNF Patrol Defends Against Attack MNF from 1st Brigade, 25th Inf. Div. engaged insurgents when their convoy was attacked in northern Iraq Jan. 19. Soldiers of the 3rd Bat., 21st Inf. Reg. was also attacked by anti-Iraqi insurgents. 01/20/05 Reuters: Iraqi militants say killed Briton and Swede Iraqi militant group Army of Ansar al-Sunna says it abducted and killed a Briton and a Swede in the central Iraqi city of Beiji, according to an Internet statement 01/20/05 Infinity Broadcasting Corp: Connecticut Soldier Dies In Iraq Army Staff Sgt. Thomas E. Vitagliano died Monday in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when a bomb in a vehicle detonated near his position, the Defense Department said. 01/20/05 Aljazeera: Baquba clashes Aljazeera learned that a number of Iraqi and US soldiers were injured during clashes between soldiers and fighters in al-Maqdadiya area northeast of Baquba on Wednesday night. One Iraqi and two American vehicles were damaged in the clashes. 01/20/05 CNN: Iraq police fear string of attacks Intelligence sources estimate 150 car bombings and 250 suicide attacks are planned ahead of Iraq elections at the end of the month. 01/20/05 LATimes: U.S. Contractor Slain in Iraq Had Alleged Graft An American contractor gunned down last month in Iraq had accused Iraqi Defense Ministry officials of corruption days before his death, according to documents and U.S. officials 01/20/05 AP: US troops launch more raids in northern Iraq US troops launched fresh raids on Thursday around the northern city of Mosul to rein in guerillas who have threatened to disrupt the upcoming election.