A Baghdad Thanksgiving's Lingering Aftertaste

PatGund

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Fri Dec-12-03 03:38 PM
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A Baghdad Thanksgiving's Lingering Aftertaste

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A57870-2003Dec11?language=printer

"Stars and Stripes, the Pentagon-authorized newspaper of the U.S. military, is bucking for a court-martial."

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"With the Pentagon just recovering from that, Stars and Stripes is blowing the whistle on President Bush's Thanksgiving visit to Baghdad, saying the cheering soldiers who met him were pre-screened and others showing up for a turkey dinner were turned away."

There's also a line in the article about " The 1st Armored Division officials told Stars and Stripes that all soldiers had the opportunity to get a proper Thanksgiving meal -- possibly more than the newspaper's editors will get in Guantanamo next year. '

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xchrom

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Fri Dec-12-03 03:52 PM
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1. surprised?

not me -- sounds status quo these days.
and we're far from how bad it could get.

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joeybee12

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Fri Dec-12-03 04:01 PM
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2. How much worse can it get?

It's incredible the depths this fraudulent adminsitration will sink.

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catzies

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Fri Dec-12-03 04:01 PM
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3. Dupe from down the page, but welcome to DU!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=266542

:hi:

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PatGund

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Fri Dec-12-03 04:02 PM
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4. Oops!

Looked, didn't find it. Sorry!

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Fri Dec-12-03 04:32 PM
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5. Dupe. Please continue here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=265707

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