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Christmas, 2008
A Christmas where we're still at war.  And the incoming President is going to continue that war.  Iraq is cooling down, and on good trends all 'round, casualty-wise.  Afghanistan is heating up, and we face the specter of possible direct military confrontation between two ...
Iraqi Christian MP: We Will Go to Church This Christmas Without Fear
Iraqi Christian MP: We Will Go to Church This Christmas Without Fear
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com — Iraqi Christians celebrate Christmas. Worshippers attend a mass on Christmas Eve at a Syrian Catholic church in... Hamdaniya town, east of Mosul, 390 km (240miles) northwest of Baghdad, December 24, 2008. ( REUTERS /Stringer) AKI reported:  ... (more) Iraqi Christian MP: We Will Go to Church This Christmas ...
 Iraq Declares Christmas an Official Holiday for First Year - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
Iraq Declares Christmas an Official Holiday for First Year - International News | News of the ...
foxnews.com — Thursday, December 25, 2008 BAGHDAD — Iraq's Christians, a small minority in the overwhelmingly Muslim country, quietly... celebrated Christmas on Thursday with a present from the government, which declared it an official holiday for the first time. But ... (more) Iraq Declares Christmas an Official Holiday for First ...
 Our Twelve Days of Christmas in Iraq.......... (video)
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Our Twelve Days of Christmas in Iraq.......... (video)
metacafe.com — 1st Battallion 4th Marines, Bravo Company 3rd Platoon. Out of ECP1 in Fallujah, Iraq. We would like... to thank everyone who has supported us through the first ... (more) Our Twelve Days of Christmas in Iraq.......... (video)
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Making a list, checking it twice - round 2
No Runny Eggs — I have far too many people to wish a blessed Christmas, but that won’t stop me from trying like last year. First, we need some music… Click here to view the embedded video. I’ll likely be updating this a couple times during the day. The initial list is good as of sometime Christmas Eve. - Shoebox, my co-blogger - Robert of American and Proud - John of Argghhh! - Patrick Dorwin of Badger Blogger - Paul Socha of Berry Laker - Dan Kenitz of ...

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