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Saudi Network Supports Iraq Insurgency
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Saudi Network Supports Iraq Insurgency
By Donna Abu-Nasr / Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A few weeks after his son Ahmed disappeared, Abdullah al-Shayea got a call from an Iraqi official saying the 19-year-old was an intended suicide bomber who barely survived blowing up a fuel tanker in a deadly Christmas Day attack in Baghdad.
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February 24th, 2005 9:39 pm
Secret Media Penetrates Saudi Arabia
Associated Press
News of a Saudi militant's death in Iraq spreads quickly at home, according to Mohsen al-Awajy, a lawyer familiar with the thinking of extremists.
"There is a secret media penetrating Saudi society," he said. "They never announce who goes to Iraq, but they immediately announce who dies."
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Peace Movement Gears Up for Global Protests on War Anniversary
By Katherine Stapp / Inter Press Service
At Fort Bragg, the largest U.S. army installation in the world and home to the famed 82nd Airborne Division, the mood is not exactly buoyant.
NEW YORK, Feb 24 - ''There are people here who are being deployed for the third time,'' said Lou Plummer, a veteran with a son on active duty. ''At least 50 people from the base have been killed in Iraq.''
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Death of a Responsible Man
By Theo Rigby
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Sherwood Baker was a father, a husband, a brother, a son, and a moral, loving person. He was not supposed to be fighting a war in Baghdad. Back home, Sherwood’s family sat and watched months of explosions on television. A chill went through the house when reports of dead U.S. soldiers surfaced. They saw talking heads of gray-haired men saying ‘we are deeply sorry’, and an occasional image of a sobbing mother flashed by. The thought of ‘it can’t possibly happen to Sherwood’ persisted. Death was an abstraction.
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Bush and McClellan Hire James Gannon/Guckert for the White House Softball Team!
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Oil Holds Strong Above $51 a Barrel
By Jonathan Leff / Reuters
SINGAPORE - Oil held strong above $51 a barrel on Friday as OPEC appeared increasingly at ease with higher prices, although the United States, the world's biggest consumer, expressed dismay at rising costs.
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