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[Today in Iraq] DAILY WAR NEWS FOR MONDAY, February 20, 2006 ... : Dryly written audit reports describe the Coalition Provisional Authority's offices in the south-central city of Hillah being awash in bricks of $100 bills taken from a central vault without documentation.It describes one agent who kept almost $700,000 in cash in an unlocked footlocker and mentions a U.S. soldier who gambled away as much as $60,000 in reconstruction funds in the Philippines. "Tens of millions of dollars in cash had gone in and out of the South-Central Region vault without any tracking of who deposited or withdrew the money, and why it was taken out," says a report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, which is in the midst of a series of audits for the Pentagon and State Department.
Touchy Subjects by Mokie Joe: Mokie Joe, You put a lot into your response so I will try to answer part of it now as I have herniated a disc in my back and am trying to stay down as much as possible. I didn't want you to think that I had abandoned you and this topic.
[The Baltimore Reporter] the Protest now turns deadly: from Haider Ajina Greetings, I have started reading news of violent protesting in Lebanon. (regarding Danish Mohamed cartoons) It appears the violence from Syrian protesting has spilled over to Lebanon.
[Whale Oil Beef Hooked | If you get it, you get it. If you don't, too bad.] Orewa 4 - Full speech text: In lieu of Mr Farrar’s usual service while he recovers from his big night out last night, below is the text of Don Brashes Orewa speech made last night (click read more for expanded post):Embargoed until 1800 hours31 January 2006 LABOUR’S LEGACY:A FALTERING ECONOMY An address to the Orewa Rotary Clubby Don BrashLeader of the National Party31
[Today in Iraq] DAILY WAR NEWS FOR SATURDAY JANUARY 14, 2006 ... : These official signals have also been picked up by various establishment-serving pundits and analysts, culminating in an article by Roger Cohen in the New York Times that makes a point of distinguishing the “resistance” from the “insurgency.” “The resistance,” he says, is “the great mass of Sunni Arabs for whom the American invasion turned life on its head” and who have, in turn, “granted insurgents safe passage, turned a blind eye to myriad acts of sabotage, taken small payments for small services, and generally wished America ill.” This resistance, he says, is “composed for the most part of people who want jobs and a stake in the new Iraq and may start to think differently should those be provided.” Now, it’s the establishment using the term “resistance.”
[Religionnewsblog.com] Witchcraft :: DR Congo: Children Increasingly Accused of Sorcery ...: According to a Roman Catholic priest working with street children in Kinshasa, many pastors who perform these ceremonies are most concerned with the wishes of the adults who bring the child in for deliverance. If they appear not to want the child to return, then the pastor may advise the parent or guardian not to take the child back, or may suggest the boy or girl may need to return to the church for further consultations.130 A prophet who “delivers” children in Kinshasa, confirmed that one challenge was reunifying children with their families after performing a ceremony.
[Intelligence-summit.blogspot.com] The Intelligence Summit Blog: Intelligence News and Information: Others claim that U.S. soldiers illegally sell military property and help move it off the base, saying they need the money to pay bills back home.
[Sokwanele.com] This is Zimbabwe: were entitled to, and a Ministry of Health that once opted to make the realization of children’s growth potential the aim of its under-fives policy, have proven, when gauged by their own yardstick, not only their utter inability to deliver, but even their deliberate intent to sacrifice the well-being of their youngest citizens.” This is surely as damning an indictment of the regime’s track record in the medical field as one could ever expect from a professional employed in that field.
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