62_day's_iraq_self_rule_after_us_led_war 28 August 2004 01 + 61_day's_Iraq_self_rule_after_US_led_war 040828 ... . * a_wrong_war_in_21k * Invasion & Occupation in Iraq from 20 Mar 2003 to "actual" and "Physical" date of Cut_and_run ( TBD ) * a_point_in_time * 040828 ... Moment_of_truth * The_graces_from_Heaven * * 27 August 2004 - Death_Toll * 974 Americans i.e. 26 to 1000_'full_sized_commemorative_coffins' 040828 ... Yahoo! Search Latest headlines: · War-Weary Iraqis Begin Inspecting Damage AP - 12 minutes ago · U.S. Battles Militants in Baghdad Slum AP - 58 minutes ago · GOP Wants Bush to Draw Attention Off Iraq AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago 040828 ... jpg A US soldier stands in front of destroyed buildings in the Old City of Najaf near the Imam Ali shrine http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040828/lthumb.sge.epa16.280804032215.photo02.default-365x279.jpg 040828 ... jpg U.S. Marines watch over the cemetery near Najaf's Imam Ali mosque August 27, 2004. http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040827/s/r1485809588.jpg 040828 ... . A US armored vehicle stands guard next to destroyed buildings just outside the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf. http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040827/lthumb.sge.elg39.270804153327.photo01.default-384x248.jpg 040828 ... jpg The bodies of four killed militiamen of rebel Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr lie in the street near the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf. http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040827/lthumb.sge.eld74.270804152331.photo01.default-384x282.jpg 040828 ... DaVis Life Magazine: "Never has American prestige in Europe been lower" New York Times: "Mutual Resentment of Troops" -- November 11 "Americans Hated" -- December 2 "Mounting Bitterness Over Our Occupation Practices" -- December 11 These are headlines from . . . World War II. (!) American Deaths numbered in the thousands. For example, in only three days, from November 8-11, 1942, FRENCH troops killed 526 Americans. Why were we fighting Germans when they hadn't attacked us...yet...and didn't have the atomic bomb....yet? Why were we fighting French, for whom we were dying to liberate their county?!? Sure glad Americans weren't so selfish back then. Glad they had morals and a spine, and understood the dangers of appeasement. Are we so ignorant today? I fear we are. 040828 ... Moment_of_truth Why_do_islamic_extremists_hate_the_United_States 040828 ... . and the_Graces_from_Heaven... 040828 ... Yahoo! Search Latest headlines: · Five killed, 32 wounded in US airstrikes in Fallujah AFP - 9 minutes ago · Chirac to Meet Iraqi President for Talks AP - 11 minutes ago · New Wave of Violence in Iraq Kills Five AP - 14 minutes ago 040828 ... . · Rebel Cleric May Have Emerged the Winner Los Angeles Times - 9 minutes ago 040828 ... An "amazing" newslink The pact brokered by Sistani makes Najaf and Kufa, like Fallouja, in effect a no-go zone for U.S. troops. 040828 ... DaVis It's not like any different behavior would help us. Note that other countries are hated, too. According to press reports last year, the admirable Norwegians are "puzzled" to learn that their sincerity, good works, and progressive attitudes don't buy them protection from Islamo-fascists. Norwegians, proud of their role as a global peacemaker, were puzzled and concerned Wednesday that a leading Al Qaeda member singled out their country in a terrorist threat. The Arab television station Al-Jazeera aired an audio tape purportedly by Ayman al-Zawahri, the top lieutenant of Usama bin Laden, urging renewed attacks on the United States, Britain and Australia, which participated in the war against Iraq. But the inclusion of the Scandinavian nation in his warning drew questions. Norway didn't support the war in Iraq but sent troops and fighter planes to help oust Al Qaeda and the Taliban forces from Afghanistan. "We were surprised," Norwegian Foreign Ministry spokesman Karsten Klepsvik said, adding that experts were racing to try to figure out why Al Qaeda would want to threaten Norway. Changing conditions require changing tactics. 040828 ... An "amazing" newslink In Western Iraq, Fundamentalists Hold U.S. at Bay By JOHN F. BURNS and ERIK ECKHOLM Published: August 29, 2004 Both of the cities, Falluja and Ramadi, and much of Anbar Province, are now controlled by fundamentalist militias, 040828 ... 13th day Or :- In Western Iraq, Fundamentalists Hold U.S. at Bay... 040828 what's it to you? who go blather from