Author: DXO
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Some Iraqis Optimistic About Sovereignty
By JOHN F. BURNS and EDWARD WONGPublished: June 29, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 28 – When Shaker Assal was approached in his butcher’s shop on Tuesday and asked what he thought about life in Iraq a year after it resumed formal sovereignty, he responded with a blast of invective as heated as the sunbaked sidewalks…
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Wide Right Turn Got FlickrBlogged.
Some people think that the central glory of Flickr is the Superstar Image. I like that stuff, too. But I love the obsessive nature of image-making that Flickr nurtures. Last night Heather of the FlickrBlog posted about a goofball set of truck images that is 127 photos strong. She also linked to a set that…
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Tigger and Piglet Are Dead
Usually obituary-related items end up over here at /obits/, (can’t say GoogObits anymore), but this one is pretty odd and needs to be here filed under "Um". I’ve long been fascinated by the concept of who dies on the same day. Today we have a doozy. The obituaries of Paul Winchell, 82, TV Host and…
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Four Car Bombs Explode in Central Baghdad, Killing 17
By JOHN F. BURNS and JAMES GLANZ Published: June 24, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 23 – Four car bombs exploded in a central Baghdad commercial district early Thursday morning, spewing shattered glass and bits of human skin over the streets while killing at least 17 people. The bombings raised the toll in the capital to…
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Attack in Falluja Kills at Least 2 Marines and Wounds 13
By JOHN F. BURNS and JAMES GLANZ Published: June 24, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 24 – Two marines were killed and 13 were wounded when a suicide car bomber plowed into their vehicle in Falluja, west of Baghdad, the military said today. Three marines and a sailor who are believed to have been in the…