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links for 2007-01-12

January 11th, 2007 · No Comments · del.icio.us

Bangladesh Declares State Of Emergency, Weeks Of Violent Protests Prompt Leader To React, Cast Doubt On Upcoming Election - CBS News
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The Vermont Country Store - affordable wide calf dress boots
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Step up Comfor Plus-calf Leather Boot at Lane Bryant
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President Big Hat No Cattle Talks Tough

January 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses, Radio

NPR : U.S. Detains 6 Iranians in Irbil Raid
Bush's new strategy, however, ignores key recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, which in December called for a new diplomatic offensive and an outreach to Syria and Iran. Instead, the president accused both countries of aiding terrorists and insurgents in Iraq.
"We will disrupt the attacks on [...]

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Somalia Timeline from NPR

January 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Mini-Posts, Radio, Uncategorical Weirdness

NPR : Somalia Raids Were Long in the Making

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But…isn’t this an act of war?

January 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses, Mini-Posts, Uncategorical Weirdness

NPR : U.S. Raids Iranian Consulate in Iraq
U.S.-led forces raided Iran's consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on Thursday and detained five staff members.
Let's see: Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Iran (symbolically) and by extension our staunch allies in Iraqi Kurdistan. Any Muslim countries we're NOT going to attack? This is a foreign policy?
 

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