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And who was it that was behind it and for what reason

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What was his theory?

By EDWARD HARRIS, Associated Press Writer FALLUJAH, Iraq - U.S. troops, on the verge of gaining control of the city, fought pockets of resistance in this former militant stronghold Wednesday and uncovered what the Iraqi commander said were "hostage slaughterhouses" in which foreign captives had been killed. Insurgents sought to open a second front, mounting attacks outside Fallujah. They also kidnapped three relatives of Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and reportedly threatened further revenge against the leader. Militants also claimed to have abducted 20 Iraqi National Guard troops in Fallujah. Throughout the day, Americans hit the militants with artillery and mortars, and warplanes fired on the city's main street and market as well as Jolan, one of several neighborhoods where troops were skirmishing with militants. On Thursday morning, loud explosions still rocked the city as sounds of gunfire reverberated across town. Smoke rose above Fallujah as helicopters hovered overhead. Marines were seen perched on rooftops. Airstrikes resumed as U.S. forces continued to pound the southern part of Fallujah with artillery, hitting mortar positions and sniper nests of insurgents who were firing on Marines outside the city. In what could be a sign of progress, the Marines began turning over Jolan to Iraqi forces, signaling that Marines consider the area relatively secure. Jolan was considered one of the strongest positions held by militants inside Fallujah. Even so, an Associated Press reporter embedded with them witnessed continued clashes in Jolan and smoke billowing from the heart of the neighborhood late Wednesday. Fireballs and tracer fire lit up the night sky over Fallujah and the sounds of artillery echoed in the streets. In one of the most dramatic clashes of the day, snipers fired on U.S. and Iraqi troops from the minarets of the Khulafah Al Rashid mosque, the military said. Marines said the insurgents waved a white flag at one stage but then opened fire, BBC's embedded correspondent Paul Wood reported. The troops called in four precision airstrikes that destroyed the minarets but left the mosque standing. Pool footage showed U.S. forces battling insurgents in a neighborhood surrounding the mosque. Troops were pinned down by gunfire on a rooftop, forced to hit the deck and lay on their stomachs. "We're taking fire from the mosque," one of the Americans said. Forces returned fire, blasting the mosque — a large domed building flanked by two minarets — and sending up clouds of debris. "When they're using a mosque to do command and control for insurgents and kill my fellow Marines and soldiers and airmen that are out here — no holds barred, the gloves are off," said Marine Staff Sgt. Sam Mortimer. Tank gunners also opened fire on insurgents in a nearby five-story apartment building, and flames shot from several windows. The top U.S. commander in Iraq (news - web sites), Gen. George Casey, told President Bush (news - web sites) on Wednesday that his troops were "making very good progress" securing Iraq. "He said that things are going well in Fallujah," Bush said, adding that his Iraq commanders had not asked for more troops. The U.S. military has sent up to 15,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops into the battle, backed by tanks, artillery and attack aircraft. Lt. Gen. John F. Sattler, the commanding general of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said insurgents had been reduced to "small pockets, blind, moving throughout the city. And we will continue to hunt them down and destroy them." "When they attempted to flee from one zone to another they were killed," Sattler said. "We feel very comfortable that none of them moved back toward the north or escaped on the flanks." In Fallujah, at least 71 militants have been killed by early Wednesday, the third day of intense urban combat, the military said. As of Tuesday night, 10 U.S. troops and two members of the Iraqi security forces had been killed. Marine reports Wednesday said 25 American troops and 16 Iraqi soldiers were wounded. There was no new report Wednesday on U.S. military deaths. Al-Jazeera television reported 32 people were killed and about 50 injured in politically motivated violence Wednesday throughout Iraq, but it was unclear if the figures included deaths and injuries in Fallujah. Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, is the centerpiece of the Sunni Muslim insurgency that has stymied U.S. efforts to secure Iraq and prepare for national elections that are scheduled for January. On Thursday, a car bomb exploded near the headquarters of a leading Kurdish political party in the northern city of Kirkuk, killing one bystander and injuring four others. The blast detonated some 100 yards from where the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, or PUK, is housed, said Maj. Gen. Anwar Mohammed Amin, head of the Iraqi National Guard in the city. It was not immediately clear what the target was. The violence killed at least 28 people across the country Wednesday — including 10 who died when a car bomb targeted a police patrol in the capital after sunset. U.S. troops clashed with insurgents in Baghdad and the cities of Ramadi, Mosul and Latifiyah. "As we put the clamp on Fallujah, we expect stepped-up attacks elsewhere in the country," said Capt. P.J. Batty, of the 3rd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment. "But then we can stop their command and control," said the 33-year captain from Park City, Utah. "Once we see where their fires are coming from, no problem, we just call in air support or artillery." One Marine officer estimated U.S. and Iraqi forces controlled about 70 percent of the city, but the commander of the Iraqi force said he believed the figure was closer to 50 percent. U.S. troops were also skirmishing with insurgents late Wednesday in the Wihdah and Muhandiseen neighborhoods, according to Iraqi journalist Abdul Qader Saadi, who said he saw some damaged and burnt armored vehicles and tanks. Saadi and other witnesses reported bodies on the streets, with dogs hovering around them. Residents said they were running out of food in a city that had its electricity cut two days ago. Some wounded Iraqis bled to death, and a family was buried under the ruins of their house after it was bombed by a U.S. jet, Saadi said. Most of Fallujah's 200,000 to 300,000 residents are believed to have fled the city before the U.S. assault. Civilian casualties in the attack are not known, though U.S. commanders say they believe the numbers are low. Fighters charged from the southern parts of the city to back up other insurgents heading to the Jumhuriya district, where there were fierce clashes, he said. Wihdah, Jumhuriya and Muhandiseen are on the north side of the road that bisects the city. The U.S. military and the interim Iraqi government are eager to put an Iraqi face on the Fallujah offensive. Iraqi forces joined U.S. troops in seizing Fallujah's city hall compound before dawn after a gunbattle with insurgents who hit U.S. tanks with anti-armor rockets. Iraqi soldiers swept into a police station in the compound and raised an Iraqi flag above it. The Iraqi commander, Maj. Gen. Abdul Qader Mohammed Jassem Mohan, announced the seizure of the abandoned houses in northern Fallujah that he said contained hostages' documents, CDs showing captives being killed, and black clothing worn by militants in videos. It appeared troops did not find any of the at least nine foreigners still in kidnappers' hands — including two Americans. "We have found hostage slaughterhouses in Fallujah that were used by these people," he said. But in a reminder of the relative inexperience of the Iraqi contingent, Al-Jazeera television broadcast a videotape Wednesday with a militant group claiming to have captured 20 Iraqi soldiers. Men wearing Iraqi uniforms were shown with their backs to the camera. Gunmen also kidnapped three of Allawi's relatives from their Baghdad home — his cousin, Ghazi Allawi, the cousin's wife and their daughter-in-law, Allawi's spokesman said. A militant group calling itself Ansar al-Jihad threatened to behead them in 48 hours unless the Fallujah siege is lifted. The claim's authenticity could not be verified.

Nah, It aint gonna be a part of the rawmvp thing, He posted a couple of days ago

Looking over McGahee's stats the past two weeks, 30 for 102 3.4 ypc 2 TD's & 37 for 132 for 3.5y pc 1 TD for a total of 67 for 234 for 3.4 ypc and 3 TD's, it doesn't seem very impressive, considering how well Henry carried the load for the team the last two years. So thats the question, do you go with McGahee, who has 234 yards the past two games (albeit with a very average 3.4 ypc), or Travis Henry, who is already 4th on the clubs all time rushing list.

THE HAGUE (AFP) - An explosion near a Dutch Islamic school was caused by a bomb, a city hall statement revealed. "On Monday morning around 3:30 am (0230 GMT), a bomb exploded near the Tarieq Ibnoe Ziyad Islamic school" at Eindhoven, the statement said Monday. No one was hurt in the attack but the blast caused major damage. Police will not speculate about who was behind the explosion, or what prompted the attack, the statement added. The attack came less than a week after the brutal murder of a controversial filmmaker by a suspected radical Islamist. Eindhoven mayor Alexander Sakkers said earlier that Muslim houses of worship and Islamic schools had been under surveillance since the murder Tuesday of film-maker Theo van Gogh but police patrols would be stepped up. ANP reported Sunday that three Dutch mosques had been targeted in failed arson attempts at the weekend. credit: Yahoo.com

not that it matters, but this was far worse than the original poem. you should've just gone for the straight-up satire and not tried to put in any new ideas. I was originally just gonna go with the first verse, but than I was bored so I kept on going

A poem I wrote that was inspired by a poem wrote about the storming of Fallujah I smell it in the air I see it in the stars But that poem about Fallujah Looks worse than what comes out of my arse Look at all the liberal hippies That declare that war is hell Why we should have let Hitler run through Europe Im sure that would have been swell What many people fail to see Is that war is a neccesity To ensure that people all around the world Are granted the same freedoms as you and me That's all i can be bothered dong now

I reckon Banders is a gimmick, but he should be kept around untill his threats and posts lose the 'edge' he has. It is quite funny to see him say how he 'wiped the floor with people', or saying 'let's fucking go faggot' Why the fuck would you do that?

Damn, It got banned, just as I was about to post this in LSD "So one day I was out taking my nightly walk, when all of a suddan I saw the most beautiful creature on good's greem earth. She was short, frumpy, had greyish hair with a body to die for (Well thats another story for another time), and I was compelld to speak to het. But I was struck with fear in my hart, as I was unsure how to approache her, and so I thoguht of manny numerous ways to do it. I eventually came up with an ingenious plan, but to my suprise, she approached mee. We talcked for a wile, and we realized that we were perfect matches to eah other, and we decided to go back to her place for a wild sex roomp. So we get their, and we start making love, when her fater gets home, and I dind out that he is actually connected to the KGB and wants to me to leave his daughter, Natasha. Well sireee, I had my juices flowing and I riped into him, telling him that he coudl silence me, but he couldn't silence the revoulution, and that even though little Jimmy was sitting in a corner reading a book thT I didn't care, that I was going to mak such a loud noice and ruskus that would disturb him from reading his book. Her ex-SS father was obviously taken aback by this, so I capitalized by throwing some sour creem that was in my pocket right in his face, and I ran out back and jumped into their pool, and hid out while he searched for me. He had caled and informed the Kaiser of what had happened to me, but I eventually got back into the house, only to discvoer Natashas sister had been sitting in her room, putting cat hair and blood on her cooch, so her dog would attack it. I was repulsed by this when she suggested I licked it off, and told her to fisnish her self of for her self. By this time, the crusaders had arrived aat Natashas place ready to find me, but I found Natshas and we eloped. I held numerous jobs while on the run from her father, but by the time he had fund me, he was a ewithered old man and he couldn't stand up to me fight and i Easly layed that dragon. But Natahsa was angry at me for killeing her father (I have no idea why?). But for a minutew i wiuld like to pause and read a passage that I think is especially pertinant Fidel Valdez Ramos, byname Eddie Ramos was a military leader and politician who was president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He was generally regarded as one of the most effective presidents in that nation's history. Ramos was educated at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and at the University of Illinois, U.S. He then entered the Philippine army, serving in Korea and Vietnam. In 1972 President Ferdinand Marcos (who was Ramos' second cousin) appointed him chief of the Philippine Constabulary, and when Marcos imposed martial law later that year Ramos was responsible for enforcing it; the Constabulary arrested thousands of political dissidents. In 1981 Ramos became deputy chief of staff of the armed forces. After the presidential elections of 1986, in which Marcos claimed victory despite allegations of large-scale electoral fraud, Ramos and defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile supported Marcos' opponent, Corazon Aquino. Their defection sparked the civilian “People Power” movement that forced Marcos into exile. During Aquino's presidency Ramos served as military chief of staff (1986–88) and secretary of national defense (1988–91), and he suppressed several military coup attempts against her government. Ramos was elected to succeed Aquino in May 1992. As president he purged the national police force of corrupt officers; encouraged family-planning practices to curb the growth of the country's population; and liberalized the Philippines' heavily protected economy in order to spur economic growth. Ramos' governing coalition won a decisive victory in congressional elections held in 1995, midway through his six-year term as president. His administration reached peace agreements with two long-active guerrilla insurgencies, the communist New People's Army and the Muslim separatists of the Moro National Liberation Front. He meanwhile continued his efforts to deregulate major industries that were dominated by a handful of large companies and to improve the government's inefficient tax-collection system. These reforms helped revitalize the Philippines' economy, which emerged from years of stagnation to grow at a rapid rate in 1994–97. The country was thus able to weather a severe business downturn that crippled national economies across Southeast Asia in 1998. Ramos was constitutionally restricted to one term as president, which ended in June 1998. I think that is the true story, that Fidel ramos did not surreneder, and he was msost effective, even though restriced by one term. So ladies and gentleman, do not let a limit stop your effectivnedd, and even though the father of the girl you love may be connected to the KGB, Nazis, The Kaiser and the Crusaders, do not stop fighting for her."

That certainly is an interesting idea, but it seems also a bit too far-fetched, with way too many variables that could go wrong. As for chick names, Alex's or Amanda's normally seem to be quite hot

What exactly is an exit poll?

The Atlanta Felchers

So why doesn't he just concede?

How much more ballots are left to count in Ohio

So if someone came up to you and punched you in the face, you would wanna sit down and talk right? What the fuck does that mean. If they had no reason, you wouldn't have a problem with them attacking America Sure Mikey, you got that tin foil hat on tight. Im sure it was so stupid getting rid of Saddam Hussein, how pointless is that. People are quick to demonize the U.S for problem in Iraq now, but forget that in the past 20 odd years, Saddam did much worse Again, what the fuck do you mean. Do you read what you are typing? why yes, Im sure they will open their arms wide open for Al-Qeada, because you know they haven't killed any civillians in Iraq with their bombings. What brings in more ratings, news about the good being done in Afghanistan, or the pictures of coffins coming home from Iraq? They have had their elections, but how much of it was reported on the news? Remember the old phrase "Bad news is good news" Than WWI & WWII was just the Allies commiting giant acts of terrorism Just double check that tin foil hat.

So, how about those Iraqi Elections

What a delightful piece of garbage. Howard Zinn is quick to point out problems, yet he cannot seem to give one feasible solution. Saying the U.S should re-examine its Middle East policy, or else they will live in fear is a bunch of crap. Why should the most powerful nation in the world be held to ransom by a bunch of terrorists? This is just passiveness (Is that a word?) at its worst, and the sooner the world is rid of people who don’t want to stamp out terrorists and the people who harbor them, the better the world will be.

It's easy to see what kids want to learn. Look at the statistics, look at teachers records over time. Private schools are constantly high performers when it comes to VCE. How am I elitist if I believe that the overwhelming majority at schools like Thornbury Darrebing and knuckle draggers. Those are words used by one of my teachers who taught at that school, to describe the students their that obviously could give two shits about their education. It's not the same standard of education. The education I receive at SKC is far greater than that of Samaritan. My English teacher has been teaching English for 35 years. My Buisness Management teacher has always produced top results in the years he has been teaching. In a cohort of 30 students last year, over half recieved a study score of 40 for Buis Man. And Im not sure how many times I am going to say this, but my school WAS NOT going to be affected by the cuts. I am saying however, that why should many other schools like mine have their funding cut or frozen.

When did I say I wanted more funding? I said that the fundng shouldn't be cut We should waste money on people who don't want to learn? That makes no sense, I believe that funding SHOULD go to kids who want to learn. What do you define as struggling. How about having my father unable to work because he is on WorkCover and being suicidel. How about having to have my mother work two jobs to support our family.How about living in shoebox of a house, which is falling apart and not having a car from 1994-1997. Bceuase that was the situation I was in. Up untill the end of Year 9 I was at Samaritan, where I lost count of the amount of times the police rocked up the front of our school. I also lost count the amount of machettes I saw at school. I only got out of that situation after my fathers compensation claim was finished. Don't call me elitist when you have no idea what you are talking about. Whose money do you think our sports centre is getting built with. The Parents who make donations. Countless times in newletters were notices about giving money towards that. Our school theatre was paid for by the generous donations of parents. I won't be there for the completion of the Sports centre, but I damn sure persuaded my parents to donate money towards it, because I know that those facilities help.

I love it when stupid people use big words to sound smart. Big, broad dumb statements as well. You tell me one country that has had IMMEDIATE stability straight after a war. Germany had no direction after the First war almost right untill Hitler took over. In WWII France had resistance groups fighting the Germans after it was taken by Hitler. And Kudos for using a word that has commonly been tied to Vietnam when you are discussing Iraq. I agree with Mike here, I though Suddam had nothig realted to WMD's whatsoever, No siree bob

You are an idiot. Why should my parents tax dollars go to knuckle draggers at Thornbury Darrebing high, who could give 2 shits on how they do education wise, instead of going towards my education. There is a reason why Private school students do so well, and you are dreaming if you think the price has nothing to do with it. Sports programs, camps, pastoral care programs and top rate facilites & teachers are not cheap. You take the funding away and all the fees rise to accomodate for those things, or you lose them. Why should a school lose all of that to help schools whose students don't give a shit, who are at those schools just to pass time. Those things I describe go a long way to help form the person you become. Countless OBs are back at the school from time to time, but schools should lose that because Latham has a hatred of rich people?. And remember, this coming from somebody whose school wouldn't be affected by the cuts. Andrew Bolt spoke to us about the importance of doing good rather than seeming good, and this is a perfect example of it. It seems good to take money from richer schools to give money to the poorer schools, but in the end, all he is doing is just taking money from people who deserve it just as much, which is not good a all

There is a fairly big jump in fees. I think there is about 7 grand between us and Hailebrury(sp?), Scotch and a couple of others I think also cost a fair bit more than us. Who does have the smalest grounds?

The reason why SKC & Xavs weren't included in the policy was because their fees were just under the cut-off point. In comparison to the rest of the APS and AGS schools, SKC is fairly small though. I think we may be the smallest in all of the APS. And I think people using the grounds size as a reason were missing the point. The grounds are not just for luxury, the grounds are an integral part of the school. If we didn't have them, we would be constanly having to rent out space for carnivals and APS sports. I am also finding it funny to hear the ALP saying that the Government ran a "Scare" campaign. I seem to remember ads saying how scary it would be if Costello became PM when Howard retires