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Happy Birthday Reé!

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2936721.stm

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We tell the Iraqi people: Rejoice after Saddam Hussein is gone, despite the fact that we know very well, and they know as well, that from now on they will be under a US wing that is ever in the ascendant.

El Khabar (news) - Algeria

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Okay, so that scene of the statue of Hussein being pulled down amid a cheering throng was all staged. That massive crowd of people was less than two hundered, and most of them were probably handpicked.

And the flag that was draped over Hussein's face was reportedly the one that was flying over the Pentagon on September 11th. Obviously, a lot of people believe that he had something to do with the attacks. A lot of Marines do, apparently. But that's not really surprising. One of the big concerns of military leadership is morale. The soldiers have to believe that what they are doing is right. They have to believe that it is to the benefit of their country and their countrymen.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2842.htm
(thanks to kricker)