Iraq
Japan Today: Mutilated body of blond woman found in Fallujah
Initial fears that the body was of Margaret Hassam, the CARE worker kidnapped last month, seem unfounded: Hassan has chestnut colored hair
Clashes Across Iraq
While troops are in Falluja heavy clashes broke out in other cities and insurgents attacked the country's oil network
Nine Killed in Fierce Baqouba Fighting
the latest in a wave of clashes that has swept Iraq
Saboteurs bomb oil pipeline, northern wells ablaze
a string of bombings blew up a section of an oil pipeline in Kirkuk and set ablaze four oil wells
Iran
Iran agrees on enrichment suspension
pending long-term accord with EU
Election woes
Dan Rather syndrome
Rumors abound that the news media is in a 'lock-down' . Between the fear of ridicule and the fear of retaliation from Bushies, silence is golden for MSM (mainstream Media)
How come the "Kerry's winning" poll is wrong yet the same poll is considered flawlessly accurate on "values"? asks Keith Olbermann
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Election woes
I swear: I'm on vacation (Keith Olbermann)
Consipracy theorists are wrong about his dissapearance..
War tales
Unseen Wounds Cut Deep A mental health crisis is emerging, with one in six returning soldiers afflicted, experts say
Grenade marked `4 my buddy' Sgt. Charles Thornton, 23, a team leader from Norristown, Pa.. had been fighting since Thursday night. A good friend in another platoon was killed storming a house on Saturday... Grief he pushed off. Rage he kept.
As his team slept, he used a marker to write "This is 4 my buddy" on a 40 mm grenade for his M203 launcher.
Weapons of Revenge? Soldiers handwritten messages to OBL, rebels on bombs make the bombing personal