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21 hours ago ago from The Common Ills
Jeff Schogol ( Stars and Stripes ) covers Gen Ray Odierno's decision to kill the order Gen Tony Cucolo put in place criminalizing pregnancy. There was a planned topic for tonight but e-mails seem to indicate we need to go another direction. E-mails to the public account include a number from people agitated by my comments for Odierno in today's snapshot . No community members wrote about that and that's probably because we've covered this ...
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18 hours ago ago from Thomas Friedman is a Great Man
That's an illustration my kids did and if I were a better mother, I wouldn't need an e-mail from Ann to remind me of that. But I did need an e-mail. I have had so much fun. We decorated the tree (at my parent's house) and my kids got to play with all their cousins and I got to see my sisters. My brother's supposed to be here tomorrow. So I'm really excitd about that. In the kitchen, my mom got the kids to make carmel popcorn balls and ...
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19 hours ago ago from Free Thought Manifesto
by Nicola Nasser December 18, 2009 Courtesy Of Global Research Nowhere it is more obvious than in Iraq that the existence of an election law, elections themselves and the constitution they are based on are not indicators of democracy or legitimacy, because these mechanisms are merely symbols of the antithesis of the mechanisms of democracy as practiced back home by the U.S. occupying power. An editorial of The Washington Post ...
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1 hour, 0 minutes ago ago from The Common Ills
Like the illegal war, the violence continues Bushra Juhi ( AP ) reports that Bartela was placed under curfew after a conflict between Iraqi Christians and Shi'ite Muslims over decorations. I'm not minimizing that, I am dealing with what is known other than speculated. A conflict is known. Over public decorations. In Bartela. And on the known issue, a few e-mails this week came in asking about the protests against Iran in scattered parts ...
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8 hours ago ago from Britannia Radio
Iraq inquiry reveals chaos that led Britain to war Evidence details ignorance, hasty plans and a one-sided relationship with the US Patrick Wintour , political editor guardian.co.uk , Wednesday 23 December 2009 22.26 GMT Article history Tony Blair addresses British troops in Basra,.southern Iraq in 2003. Photograph: Reuters Some will always believe that Tony Blair took the country to war in Iraq on a lie, but the ...
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Pregnant soldiers in war zone won't be punished
9 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Pregnant soldiers in war zone won't be punished WASHINGTON (AP) -- A controversial policy that put pregnant soldiers in war zones at risk of discipline will be rescinded under an order from the top U.S. commander in Iraq. Gen. Raymond Odierno has drafted a broad new policy for the U.S. forces in Iraq that will take effect Jan. 1, and that order will not include a pregnancy provision that one of his subordinate commanders enacted last month, ...
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