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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 01:15 PM
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Police chief in Iraqi town assassinated - police
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAR963177.htm

RAMADI, Iraq, April 9 (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead the newly appointed police chief in the Iraqi town of Haditha as he left a meeting with U.S. troops on Saturday, Iraqi police said.

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Panda1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 01:35 PM
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1. I guess that extends our "stay" in Iraq
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/09/iraq.main/
Iraqi protesters: 'No, no to America'
Saturday, April 9, 2005 Posted: 1:47 PM EDT (1747 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Several thousand protesters gathered Saturday in Baghdad to urge the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq as well as to call for national unity and denounce terrorism.
....
"Our troops will come home when Iraqis are capable of defending themselves," President Bush said at a news conference last month.

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said there could be a temporary increase in U.S. forces at the end of the year, when elections are slated to be held again, but the numbers won't reach the high mark of 152,000.

On March 20, Rumsfeld said that U.S. troop levels would be drawn down to 135,000 to 140,000 "over the coming weeks," similar to numbers before the January 30 election
...


FLIP-FLOP?
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-10-05 02:38 AM
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4. "Freedom is on the March" thanks to U.S. Taxpayer paid MERCENARIES.
Looks like they couldn't "PROTECT" this Quisling.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-09-05 03:03 PM
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2. But, but, but...Prince Charles is getting married again...
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Panda1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-10-05 01:06 AM
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3. Yes, and Cahmiller had her teeth capped.
AND whitened!
Now THAT'S gnus!

You would think that somewhere they could slip in the fact that 1,546 US Troops (that we know of) are now DEAD.
But no....we've got the Duckass of Cornhole.
The Tampon finally married his receptacle.

http://icasualties.org/oif/
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