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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/10/27

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Dying for nothing

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

11/03/11

Yesterday I attended a funeral for a friend s mother at Arlington National Cemetery. During the service, my eyes focused on three nearby gravestones - a Lt. Colonel, a 1st Lieutenant, and a captain. The inscriptions on the gravestones stated that all three had served in Iraq and Afghanistan and that all three had died in 2011. I noticed that the captain died at the age of 30...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2011-11-03.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Iraqi cleric: US seeking to 'occupy' Mideast

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said he is not satisfied with President Barack Obama s pledge to pull all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year, calling it a partial withdrawal because of the thousands of diplomats and security guards who will stay behind.

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/11/04/1863593/iraqi-cleric-blasts-us-policy.html


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mideast
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=al-Sadr
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+C.+Koehler
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jacob+G.+Hornberger
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