iraq_overshadows_us_memorial_day kx21 "Iraq overshadows US Memorial Day" 31 May, 2004, 18:21 GMT 19:21 UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3764589.stm 040531 ... iMay312004 50 minutes ago A year ago at this time, more than 160 American soldiers had been killed in Iraq. The total since has risen to more than 800, and last week the Pentagon reported that the number wounded in action is approaching 4,700 Bush:- "Because of their fierce courage, America is safer, two terror regimes are gone forever and more than 50 million souls now live in freedom," Kerry:- Bush "didn't learn the lessons of our generation in Vietnam." "I believe I can lead us out of Iraq effectively by accomplishing goals we need to accomplish, but without putting our troops at greater risk," http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040601/ap_on_go_pr_wh/memorial_day&cid=544&ncid=716 040531 ... kx21 * iLink:- Death_Toll & Injury_Toll * 040531 ... iMay312004 The Moment_of_truth:- "1hr_37min_ago_the_war_in_iraq_is_swelling_al_qaida" May252004:- 1hr_37min_ago_the_war_in_Iraq_is_swelling_al_Qaida_Ranks 1 hour, 37 minutes ago LONDON - Far from being crippled by the U.S.-led war on terror, al-Qaida has more than 18,000 potential terrorists scattered around the world and the war in Iraq is swelling its ranks,... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=6&u=/ap/20040525/ap_on_re_eu/al_qaida_6 040531 ... kx21 iLink:- The_tip_of_the_iceberg 040531 ... kx21 The_real_fog_of_world_war_III:- George W Bush:- "The best way to protect America is to stay on the offensive" 2 June, 2004, 18:52 GMT 19:52 UK 040602 what's it to you? who go blather from