Author: DXO
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My Father’s Books
jj_books_3 Originally uploaded by juggernautco. My father passed away earlier this year. I took these photos of the bookshelf in his office. Here’s a larger resolution of this one, which includes such selections as Gardner’s Art through the Ages and In Search of Certainty. Here’s two more high-res including The Road Less Traveled…
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Iraqi Forces Rescue Australian Hostage on a Bloody Day
BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 15 – Iraqi troops raiding a house in Baghdad rescued a 64-year-old Australian hostage, Douglas Wood, from nearly seven weeks of insurgent captivity today, and an Australian official said he was ‘resting comfortably’ and ‘as well as you could expect him to be’ in an American military hospital here. The raid, which…
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Lost Egg
Lost Egg Originally uploaded by juggernautco. Here’s a stray egg nestled in hard mud.
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Iraqi Court Releases Video of a Much Subdued Hussein
BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 13 – The Iraqi court trying Saddam Hussein and his top aides released a videotape on Monday showing a subdued, contemplative and seemingly compliant Mr. Hussein being questioned Sunday about mass executions ordered after he had survived an assassination attempt in 1982. The Iraqi special tribunal questioned Saddam Hussein about the killings…
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Jay Garner Wore Khakis With Open Collared Shirts
After getting married Originally uploaded by juggernautco. Jay Garner was the Director of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in Iraq for about a month before he was replaced by L. Paul Bremer, who was variously described as "admininstrator", "overseer", or "CEO". I was always intrigued by the fact that Jay Garner never wore a suit in…