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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JakeStraw who wrote (8106)	8/10/2006 12:56:56 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

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To: JakeStraw who wrote (8106)	8/10/2006 12:57:02 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

35 killed, 122 injured in suicide bombing near major Shiite shrine in Iraq AP ^ \| August 10 2006 \| Qais Al-Bashir A suicide bomber detonated a belt of explosives Thursday near a highly revered Shiite shrine in southern Iraq, killing at least 35 people and injuring 122, an official said. The bomber blew himself up while being patted down by police near the Imam Ali mosque in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, said Dr. Munthir al-Ithari, the head of the city's health directorate. Shiite religious leaders in Najaf accused Sunni loyalists of former dictator Saddam Hussein of carrying out the attack. “We hold Takfiris (Sunni extremists) and Saddamists directly responsible for this horrible crime ... at the same time we hold those who embrace terrorism in Iraq and the countries supporting it as responsible,” the statement said. The Iraqi army said the death toll was 35, with 122 injured. Prime Minister Nouri al-Mailiki, a Shiite, denounced the bombing as a “barbaric massacre conducted by Takfiris (Sunni extremists) and Saddamists who are seeking to inflame sectarian” passions. A statement by the collective Shiite leadership also issued a similar condemnation. signonsandiego.com

To: JakeStraw who wrote (8106)	8/10/2006 2:14:52 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Study: Immigrants Not Hurting U.S. Jobs AP ^ \| August 10, 2006 \| STEPHEN OHLEMACHER newsday.com Big increases in immigration since 1990 have not hurt employment prospects for American workers, says a study released Thursday. The report comes as Congress and much of the nation are debating immigration policy, a big issue in this fall's midterm congressional elections. The Pew Hispanic Center found no evidence that increases in immigration led to higher unemployment among Americans, said Rakesh Kochhar, who authored the study. Kochhar said other factors, such as economic growth, played a larger role than immigration in setting the job market for Americans. The study, however, did not look at whether wages were affected by immigration. Advocates for tighter immigration policies argue that immigrant workers depress wages for American workers, especially those with few skills and little education. Immigration supporters argue that foreign workers often take jobs that Americans don't want and won't take. The Pew Hispanic Center is a nonpartisan research organization that does not advocate policy positions. The center studied census data on the increase in immigrants from 1990 to 2000, and from 2000 to 2004, for each state. It matched those figures with state employment rates, unemployment rates and participation in the labor force among native-born Americans. The U.S. had 28 million immigrants -- legal and illegal -- age 16 and older in 2000, an increase of 61 percent from 1990. By 2004, there were 32 million.