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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 01:55 AM
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Iraq war enters 4th year, more deaths.... STOP THE MADDNESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq - As the Iraq war entered its fourth year, nearly 1,500 U.S. and Iraqi soldiers on Sunday sought to root out insurgents from farming villages an hour's drive north of the capital, and at least 35 people died in insurgent and sectarian violence nationwide.

Iraqi politicians still had not formed a government more than three months after landmark elections for the country's first permanent post-invasion parliament, but they announced an agreement on naming a Security Council to deal with key matters while negotiations proceed.

The 133,000 American troops on the ground inside Iraq was nearly a third more than took part in the campaign to oust Saddam Hussein that began in the early hours of March 20, 2003.

At least 2,314 U.S. military personnel have died in the war, which is estimated to have cost $200 billion to $250 billion so far. President

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060320/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
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DianaForRussFeingold Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 02:04 AM
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1. U.S. soldier sees personal mission fade in Iraq 3 years later
U.S. soldier sees personal mission fade in Iraq
A father who set out to avenge his son's death yearns to go home..http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11880691/
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 02:55 AM
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3. howdy Pittsburgh girl
what took you so long to get here? :hi:
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 02:06 AM
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2. This is what happens when extreme POWER is at the Hands of the
EXTREME INEPTNESS who also happens to be EXTREMELY ARROGANT and DEVIOUS
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 10:38 AM
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4. thats for sure
I wish something would happen we can't continue like this
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