Author: DXO
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Shiite Coalition Takes a Big Lead in Early Vote Count in Iraq
By JOHN F. BURNS and DEXTER FILKINS Published: February 4, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 3 – Preliminary election returns released Thursday by Iraqi authorities showed that 72 percent of the 1.6 million votes counted so far from Sunday’s election went to an alliance of Shiite parties dominated by religious groups with strong links to Iran.…
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Annunciation Catholic Parish on Pittsburgh’s North Side
So anyway my father died last week. Wake, funeral, etc. His death was not unexpected, and he was pretty old and somewhat sickly & suffering, so the services were more on the “celebration of life” type rather than the “holy crap someone just died” variety. Here’s more on him. I have a large family, and…
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Shiite Coalition Takes a Big Lead in the Iraq Vote
By JOHN F. BURNS and DEXTER FILKINS Published: February 3, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 3 – Preliminary election returns released Thursday by Iraqi authorities showed that 72 percent of the 1.6 million votes counted so far from Sunday’s election had gone to an alliance of Shiite parties dominated by religious groups with strong links to…
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U.S. Shouldn’t Cut Force Soon, Iraqi Leaders Say
By JOHN F. BURNS Published: February 2, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 1 – Iraqi officials awaiting election results began Tuesday to grapple with the issue of how long American troops should remain in the country.
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U.S. Starts New Offensive Against Rebels – Complete Text
The New York Times February 21, 2005 U.S. Starts New Offensive Against Rebels By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 20 – Three months after American forces recaptured the insurgent stronghold of Falluja in the biggest operation of the war, the Marine division that led the assault said Sunday that it had started a new…