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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (24515)	6/23/2008 10:12:48 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

A guy goes to the butchers to buy a chicken... "How much for a chicken?" "$4 each" says the butcher. "But they are only $1 at the supermarket" "Why not go to the supermarket then?" "Because they are sold out" "Sir, when I am out of stock, my chickens are also $1 each". === India and China account for fully 80% of the non-OPEC rise in demand.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (24515)	6/23/2008 11:53:36 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

Let me add one more reason why we need to get American soldiers out of Iraq.........crazy Iraqi politicians carrying AK-47s. Officials: Iraqi councilman kills U.S. soldiers BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An Iraqi city council member opened fire on U.S. forces outside Baghdad on Monday, killing two soldiers, U.S. officials said. Iraqi soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint Monday in Amara, where an offensive is under way against militants. Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a small arms fire attack near Salman Pak early Monday afternoon, the U.S. military said in a statement. Three others soldiers and an interpreter were wounded, the statement said, which added that soldiers killed the gunman. The attack happened as the soldiers were leaving the Salman Pak Nahia Council building, the military said. An Iraqi Interior Ministry official said the incident happened after U.S. soldiers and local officials had attended a ceremony to open a park in al-Madaen, also known as Salman Pak. After the soldiers entered al-Madaen's city council building, a city council member opened fire on the soldiers with an AK-47, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. The U.S. forces returned fire, killing the city council member, according to two Interior Ministry officials. "The attacker came out of his car with an AK-47 rifle in his hand and started firing on the American soldiers until he was killed by the return fire," said Hussein al-Dulaimi, 37, who owns an agricultural machine shop across the street, according to The Associated Press. Al-Madaen is located about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Baghdad's city center. In other violence, a mortar attack killed at least 10 people Sunday evening in northern Iraq, according to a military operations command in Diyala province. Three mortars hit an office and checkpoint of the U.S.-allied predominantly Sunni fighters, known as the Awakening Councils or Sons of Iraq. The attack happened in al-Adhaim in Diyala, 31 miles (about 50 kilometers) north of Baquba, the province's command said Monday. The 10 slain were all members of Awakening Councils. Twenty-four members of the group also were wounded. Awakening Councils, also called "Concerned Local Citizen" groups, are comprised of mostly Sunni fighters who have turned on al Qaeda in Iraq. The mortar attack comes on the verge of a U.S. report that will say violence in Iraq declined in the early part of 2008, according to officials familiar with the report. The Pentagon's upcoming report to Congress, which could be released as early as Monday, will cover events in Iraq from mid-February to mid-May. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Monday that Iraqi forces will continue "victorious security operations" against al Qaeda in Iraq and other suspected Sunni targets, including "gangs of the former regime," in Diyala and the northern city of Mosul, according to a statement from al-Maliki's office. He spoke during a visit to the southern city of Amara, the capital of Maysan province, where Iraqi security forces are staging a major offensive against Shiite militants. He met with tribal leaders from Maysan in Amara and vowed to "strike with an iron fist anyone who disobeys the law." Iraqi security forces started the push against militants last week in Maysan, a region that borders Iran. There has been speculation that weaponry destined for Shiite militias has come through Maysan from Iran. cnn.com