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mudvillegazette.com - 2/15/2009

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In Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood this Valentine's Day, shop windows were crowded with giant red teddy bears and stuffed hearts reading "Forever in Love." Okay, to the men of Iraq, from one participant in Operation Iraqi Freedom: Dude, I'm totally sorry. Greyhawk Heh - just kidding, Mrs ...

correntewire.com - 2/21/2009

The Pentagon *Hearts* Guantanamo

— correntewire.com — I hope that everyone realizes that the Pentagonian Establishment is very much in the midst , and... not at the start of, trying to push back at Obama's promise to close Gitmo, and the left's push for this thing to close sense we've known of its ... (more) The Pentagon *Hearts* Guantanamo

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mudvillegazette.com - 2/11/2009

We Have Met the Enemy

— mudvillegazette.com — ...and he is ours. Or us. NPR interviews an Iraqi Insurgent, and the Mrs asks if stories... such as these are really necessary, or "did NPR just give a platform for this anti-American insurgent to spew his propaganda?" She says "I'm just a military wife whose husband could have been in ... (more) We Have Met the Enemy

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rawstory.com - 2/17/2009

Missing Iraq billions could be 'greatest fraud in US history'

— rawstory.com — The US Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), the Army's criminal Investigation Command and the Justice... Department are investigating US soldiers and officials in the alleged misuse of a portion of the $125 billion initially sent ... (more) Missing Iraq billions could be 'greatest fraud in US ...

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