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Date Sent: 2007-07-11
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Wednesday, July 11, 2007 |
McCain's campaign manager, chief strategist out -- Sheehan Challenges Pelosi
Time is running out for attacking Iran -- Euro reaches new all-time high -- Officials worry of summer terror attack -- US keeps killing same terrorist -- Germany ponders assassination -- Blackwater manager blamed for massacre in Fallujah -- Time for truth about the Liberty -- Entebbe: an Israeli false-flag op -- Seeing Al Qaeda Around Every Corner -- COURIC 'SLAPPED' STAFFER -- Military Industrial Complex's new scam -- US king of burger flipper jobs -- Army misses recruiting goal ... again -- US backed no-confidence vote against Maliki -- No Reason to Legalize Marijuana -- INSANE TED KENNEDY -- Rumors of Syria-Israel War -- Will Japan destroy yen to save dollar? -- Barrage of mortars strike green zone -- 2 of 3 Americans disapprove of Bush -- WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BLACKWATER -- Hitachi Introduces Mind Control Device -- OSHA Reg Threatens Firearm and Ammunition Industry -- The NRA Disgraces Itself ... Again -- Praying for a terrorist strike: The GOP's new strategy -- Bible belt Senator's number on escort service list -- Gonzales knew of FBI violations and lied to Congress
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News Link • Israel
Israeli General warns time is running out for Iran strike
7-11-2007
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Jerusalem Post
Predicting sanctions will ultimately fail to stop Teheran's nuclear program, Brig.-Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser, former head of Military Intelligence's Research Division, said the time to launch an effective military strike against Iran's nucle
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Euro reaches new all-time high above 1.37 dollars
7-11-2007
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AFP
The euro hit a record high of 1.3740 dollars amid worries about the US economy, underscoring a debate among European leaders about how much control should be maintained over the single currency. The British pound also hit a 26-year high of 2.0275 dol
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Lawn chair pilot flies with 105 balloons
7-11-2007
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AP
Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks -- and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons. Destination: Idaho.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Officials worry of summer terror attack
7-11-2007
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USA Today
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he had a "gut feeling" about a new period of increased risk.
He based his assessment on earlier patterns of terrorists in Europe and intelligence he would not disclose.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
US keeps killing same terrorist over and over and over
7-11-2007
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Cunning Realist
The U.S. command in Baghdad this week ballyhooed the killing of a key al Qaeda leader but later admitted that the military had declared him dead a year ago.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Germany ponders assassination
7-11-2007
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AFP
German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble drew flak for considering a security policy that would allow the indefinite detention and "targeted killing" of terror suspects.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Blackwater manager blamed for 2004 massacre in Fallujah
7-11-2007
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News & Observer
Congress and the families of the murdered private security contractors have been demanding answers: Why did the lightly armed and undermanned team go through the heart of one of Iraq's most hostile cities? Why did the two teams sent out that day
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Israel
Time for the truth about the Liberty
7-11-2007
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San Diego Union
Forty years ago this week, I was asked to investigate the heaviest attack on an American ship since World War II. As senior legal counsel to the Navy Court of Inquiry, it was my job to help uncover the truth regarding Israel's June 8, 1967, bombi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Iraq outposts plan may be flawed
7-11-2007
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LA Times
Neighborhood outposts the U.S. military launched with great fanfare in Baghdad this year were supposed to put more American patrols on the streets and make residents feel safer. Soldiers stationed at the posts and Iraqis who live nearby say they are
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Israel
The myth of Entebbe and the history of Israeli false-flag operations
7-11-2007
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by Justin Raimondo (AntiWar)
The effect of Entebbe on world opinion, especially within the U.S. and Britain, was to increase sympathy for the Israelis and paint a portrait of the Palestinians as violent brutes. That may have been the motive behind the operation, according to sec
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Seeing Al Qaeda Around Every Corner
7-11-2007
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NY Times
AS domestic support for the war in Iraq continues to melt away, President Bush and the United States military in Baghdad are increasingly pointing to a single villain on the battlefield: Al Qaeda.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Media: Television
STRESSED COURIC 'SLAPPED' STAFFER
7-11-2007
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NY Magazine
"During the tuberculosis story in June, [CBS News' Katie] Couric got angry with news editor Jerry Cipriano for using a word she detestedâ€" 'sputum' â€"and the staff grew tense when she began slapping him 'over and over and over agai
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Military Industrial Complex with new scam for your wallet
7-11-2007
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Reuters
The United States could deploy a system to protect an area ranging from Washington to Boston from sea-based cruise-missile attacks within 14 months at a cost of "several billion dollars," a top Lockheed Martin Corp. executive said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US doing great with burger flipper jobs
7-11-2007
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Christian Science Monitor
The US economy is now being powered by educators, healthcare workers, front-desk clerks at hotels, and anyone who can ask, "May I help you?"
Demand for workers in the service sector is hard to sate. Online job postings are full of ads lo
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Army misses recruiting goal again
7-11-2007
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Reuters
The U.S. Army, strained by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, missed its recruiting goal for the second straight month in June, indicating a trend that some defense officials called worrying.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Avondale, Arizona Red Light Cameras Fail to Reduce Accidents
07-10-2007
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The Newspaper
Red light cameras installed in Avondale, Arizona failed to yield any accident reduction after the end of a one-year trial period. Police Chief Kotsur provided an update last month that showed accidents had actually increased fifty percent.
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Plans for US backed no-confidence vote against PM Maliki
7-11-2007
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AFP
Senior Iraqi politicians, with possible tacit backing from US Vice President Richard Cheney, are planning to ask soon for a no-confidence parliamentary vote against Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki as a step toward bringing him down, CBS News reported.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Rudy Giuliani: No Reason to Legalize Marijuana
07-10-2007
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NewsMax.com Staff
"I believe the effort to try and make marijuana available for medical uses is really a way to legalize it. There's no reason for it," the former New York mayor said during a town hall-style meeting at New Hampshire Technical Institute.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Cindy Sheehan Launches Pelosi Challenge
07-10-2007
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NewsMax.com
Sheehan, a Californian, officially announced that she intends to run as an independent against Pelosi in 2008 if the San Francisco congresswoman doesn't move to impeach Bush by July 23, the day she expects to reach Washington.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Military
Pentagon bomb squad: Half contractor
07-10-2007
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Wired Blog
After the recent revelations about all those military contractors working in Iraq and inside the CIA, maybe it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to learn that Pentagon's office for beating improvised bombs is packed with outsiders-for-hire
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Analysis: Rumors of Syria-Israel War
07-10-2007
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UPI
Well-informed sources in Washington fear a confrontation between Syria and Israel may happen this summer. The sources say that Syrian intelligence is abuzz with activity reports of an imminent Israeli attack across the Golan Heights
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Economy - International
Will Japan destroy the yen to save the dollar?
07-10-2007
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Free Market News
As the Japanese government continues holding short-term interest rates near zero while printing yen like it is going out of style, getting out of the yen has now replaced pachinko as the national pastime for rank and file Japanese.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Barrage of mortars strike green zone
07-10-2007
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Iraq Slogger
A number of mortar rounds struck the Green Zone on Tuesday, with estimate ranging from 10 to more than 30. Eyewitnesses reported smoke rising near the US embassy compound. A US spokesman initially reported no fatalities
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Eugenics
First ever Presidential Gay Debate
07-10-2007
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365Gay.com
For the first time the leading candidates for the presidency will hold a televised debate devoted solely to LGBT issues. The one-hour event will be held on August 9 and broadcast on gay network LOGO at 9:00 pm ET and through live streaming video
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Eugenics
McCain's campaign manager, chief strategist are out
7-10-2007
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USA Today
Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign manager and a longtime strategist resigned Tuesday â€" the latest and most dramatic staff shake-up in his struggling bid for the White House.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Presidential Long Shot Popular In Oklahoma (News Video)
07-10-2007
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KOTV TV6 Oklahoma
Hillary, Obama, Giuliani, McCain, they may be the media darlings, but some of the first political signs to spring up in Tulsa don't belong to any of them. The man who seems to be winning the grassroots race so far is Republican long-shot Ron Paul
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul on Scarborough MSNBC
7-10-2007
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Liberty Papers
Paul does well, as is typical. And Scarborough makes a comment about Paul surprising everyone in New Hampshire and refers to him as the next President of the United States. I wouldn’t rule out Paul doing better than anyone expects in New Hampshire, l
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
I really want a Microsoft Surface Computer
07-10-2007
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www.sarcasticgamer.com
Computers go big. 'Sarcastic Gamer' Video making fun of the Microsoft "Surface" computer.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Hitachi Introduces Mind Control Device
07-10-2007
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www.technewsworld.com
A key advantage to Hitachi's technology is that sensors don't have to physically enter the brain.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Proposed OSHA Regulation Threatens
Firearm and Ammunition Industry
07-10-2007
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National Shooting Sports Foundation
The proposed rule would force the closure of nearly all ammunition manufacturers and force the cost of small arms ammunition to skyrocket beyond what the market could bearâ€"essentially collapsing the industry.
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Ernest Hancock
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Opinion • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Why Ron Paul
07-11-2007
Howard Blitz
Many individuals wonder why they even bother to vote. There never seems to be anyone to vote for. One constantly hears about voting for the lesser of two evils. However, even when one votes for the lesser of two evils the country still winds up wi
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News Link • Philosophy: Anarchism
Who Needs City Government?
07-10-2007
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L. Neil Smith
"...dealing with these subcreatures has caused me to consider whether there's any real need for city government at all, or if it's just another deep, flowing trough where otherwise unemployable hogs can gorge themselves at our expense.**
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
The NRA Disgraces Itself -- Again
07-10-2007
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L. Neil Smith for JPFO.org
The National Rifle Association, in its usual, typical, dimwitted, bumbling eagerness to ingratiate itself with the police state's architects, has just made the police state immeasurably worse.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Praying for a terrorist strike: The GOP's new strategy
07-10-2007
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Freedom in Our Time
(I think Mr. Grigg would exclude Ron Paul from this) Former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum made the grand crusade against "Islamic fascism" the central focus of his unsuccessful 2006 re-election effort. On numerous occasions the preening Ke
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Casting a ballot with a certain cast of mind
07-10-2007
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Opinion Journal
William F. Buckley Jr. once said that he would rather be governed by the first 100 names in the Boston phone directory than by the entire faculty of Harvard University. Bryan Caplan must think that Mr. Buckley is a boob. "The Myth of the Ratio
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
Dictatorships and growth standards
07-10-2007
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TCS Daily
From a moral point of view, the relative prosperity that a dictatorship can trigger is a double-edged sword -- it brings relief to people who are otherwise oppressed by also serves as an argument for the indefinte postponement of political and civil
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Debating the surge at AEI
07-10-2007
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Mother Jones Blog
Before a packed house including Vice Presidential daughter Liz Cheney and former VP aide Mary Matalin, Iraq surge godfathers Frederick Kagan and Gen. Jack Keane faced off against a proponent of a phased withdrawal from Iraq at a discussion
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News Link • Bush Administration
What is executive privilege?
07-10-2007
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MSNBC
As the batlle between the White House and Congress intensifies over the firings of federal prosecutors, President Bush has now employed a new weapon. On Monday, he invoked executive privilege in refusing to allow two former aides to testify.
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Senator's number on escort service list
07-10-2007
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AP
Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, whose telephone number was disclosed by the so-called "DC Madam" accused of running a prostitution ring, says he is sorry for a "serious sin" and that he has already made peace with his wife.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US growth, easing inflation to follow Fed 'script'
07-10-2007
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Bloomberg
The US economy will keep growing without prompting faster inflation, giving the Federal Reserve no reason to change interest rates into 2008, this month's Bloomberg News survey showed. Economic growth will setlle into a 2.5 percent to 3 percent
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News Link • Bush Administration
Report: Gonzales knew of FBI violations
07-10-2007
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AP
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales received reports detailing legal or procedural violations by FBI agents in the months before he told senators that no such abuses had occurred, The Washington post reported Tuesday. In April 2005,
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News Link • Military
Soldier To Sue Military After 5th Army Deployment
7-9-2007
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Local 6
A Florida soldier who enlisted after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks plans to sue the military, fighting his fifth order to combat. He did a tour in Afghanistan and three in Iraq, but he said enough is enough. Botta plans to file suit this week, asking f
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Canada Tightens Grip On Disputed Arctic
7-9-2007
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AP
Canada announced plans to increase its Arctic military presence in an effort to assert sovereignty over the Northwest Passage _ a potentially oil-rich region the United States claims is international territory. Eight patrol ships will guard Canadian
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