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To: jlallen who wrote (18677)	8/9/2005 10:24:58 AM
From: Bucky Katt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Funny that a little sand storm derailed a days worth of meetings... Everyone else managed to show up for work, like our Marines... BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A blinding sandstorm in Baghdad Monday forced the postponement of marathon negotiations between Iraqi political leaders working to overcome obstacles blocking agreement on a new constitution, with only a week before a deadline to complete it. ________________ In other developments Monday in Mess O Potamia: -An employee of the Trade Ministry, another from the Environment Ministry and a translator were killed in three separate shootings in Baghdad. -Two civilians and a former Baath Party official were gunned down in separate ambushes in the capital. -Two bodies of handcuffed men who had been shot in the head were discovered in Numaniya, 110 miles southeast of the capital, police Col. Qassem Hamza said.