In the rain muddy carpark,
Black cockatoos ripping Douglas pine cones
showering the cars beneath with shattered remnants.
Somehow cheering to see such marvelous natives
taking to those imports.

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02-07-3 12:16PM
Bush said: 'God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them.'"

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BAGHDAD, July 1 (IslamOnline.net .. Few hours after an American helicopter gunship reportedly bombed a mosque in Fallujah..six U.S. soldiers were killed and four others injured..
.. 0600 GMT..rocket-propelled grenade on a U.S. Humvee....in the al-Mustansiriya neighborhood,(AFP)


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Fallujah follies

FALLUJAH ..Fox News & (AP)..death toll .. ten people.
A U.S. helicopter had pounded Al-Hassan mosque in Fallujah..on Monday night.
..wounded including the Imam, Sheikh Laith, whose leg was amputated.
(other reports say Sheikh Laith has died)

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Wildly varying body-counts

Aus TV last night said 4 more Coalit deaths, This am the NYT didnt mention
but then this:

NYT July 1
"In Baghdad today, three soldiers were injured by an "improvised explosive device," according to Sgt. Patrick Compton, a military spokesman"
"Since Mr. Bush declared an end to major combat operations two months ago, at least 728 members of coalition forces in Iraq have been wounded, Sergeant Compton said. At least 154 of them have died in hostile actions and 75 have died in non-hostile actions"

Just last week the NYT was saying 17 dead, now its 154

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27Jun03
(Reuters).. U.N. terrorism committee ..
"Nothing has come to our notice that would indicate links between Iraq and al Qaeda," said Michael Chandler
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