take a guess on when iran gets hit?

it's too late for 06/06/06, but i'll bet it'll be in june sometime.

first, haditha, then ishaqi

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - A U.S. military probe has exonerated U.S. troops in the deaths of Iraqi civilians in the town of Ishaqi in March, finding American forces followed standard procedures and committed no misconduct, defense officials said on Friday.
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Police in Ishaqi, 60 miles (100 km) north of Baghdad, have said six adults and five children were shot dead in a U.S. military raid on a home on March 15.

The U.S. military maintains there were four dead in the incident, including a guerrilla, two women and a child, and said they died after troops were fired upon from the house as they arrived to arrest an al Qaeda suspect.

The defense officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said an investigation found no wrongdoing by U.S. forces.

--source

more on ishaqi here

anybody who disagrees that our troops are causing bad feelings

of the iraqis only needs to hear this:

The U.S.'s top commander in Iraq has ordered all troops to do "core warrior values" training, which USAT says will include handy "slides that depict professional military values and the importance of disciplined conduct in combat."

the above steps are being taken because of what happened in haditha. what happened in balad is another story being untold in any corner other than the BBC:

The BBC is airing video that seems to support Iraqi charges, and contradict the Pentagon's account, of a different incident in which 11 Iraqis were killed by GIs near Balad. Knight Ridder had an in-depth report on the charges in March—and nobody much noticed, including TP.

anybody who disagrees that our troops are causing bad feelings

of the iraqis only needs to hear this:

The U.S.'s top commander in Iraq has ordered all troops to do "core warrior values" training, which USAT says will include handy "slides that depict professional military values and the importance of disciplined conduct in combat."

the above steps are being taken because of what happened in haditha. what happened in balad is another story being untold in any corner other than the BBC:

The BBC is airing video that seems to support Iraqi charges, and contradict the Pentagon's account, of a different incident in which 11 Iraqis were killed by GIs near Balad. Knight Ridder had an in-depth report on the charges in March—and nobody much noticed, including TP.

FARPOINT.FACTOID

when did a coup d'etat happen in America?

in 1898, in wilmington, NC. the only one recorded in American history.

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American sentiment

the anti-bush sentiment is growing exponentially because when someone turns on the very people who laid out their trust for them and only to get shit upon, then that really makes it hurt more, hurt more = more upset = more anti-bush sentiment. actually, since there's a totally republican government, there's really not a whole lotta other people to take the heat off. no, they wanted the whole pie, let'em get sick eating it to the last crumb.

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Headline of the Day

Gay boycott could hurt Cox in primary

my resume from 1986

actually, i found two ... aren't YOU lucky.

HERE
and HERE

FARPOINT.FACTOID

THE NUMBER OF DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA: 1577

Letter Of The Day

it's been a while, but here's today's winner:

One recent evening I stood outside the Village Inn in Ankeny as people parked and got out of their cars and came out of the restaurant to view a full rainbow in the eastern sky — from horizon to horizon it spread its beauty. I hadn’t seen a rainbow like that for more than 15 years; it is a memorable experience, a community experience, a human experience that thrills me every time it happens.

As I looked around, I saw that no one was checking for citizenship papers; we were standing talking excitedly stranger to stranger, stranger to friend and friend to friend about this natural phenomenon we were experiencing.

We were men and women, people of color and Caucasians; we were challenged physically, emotionally and mentally and we were not; Republican and Democrat and folks who didn’t vote the two-party system. We were gay and straight, rich and poor, child and adult, tall and short, those who had broken laws and spent time in prison and those who had not, Protestant, Jew and Muslim. We did not all weigh the same. We had not all read “The DaVinci Code.” We spoke English, and we did not. We were American citizens and we were not.

There were no armed personnel telling us who could and who could not enjoy the rainbow; it was life at its finest in an American community.

I am begging this nation to begin responding from the heart with love and compassion, not fear and hatred, when it comes to any so-called problem we make up to divide ourselves. This pledge of allegiance was first used at the dedication of the World’s Fair grounds in Chicago on Oct. 21, 1892, the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands: one Nation indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.”

That is the America I want to be a part of today. I want all violent responses to human conflicts to stop today, right now, so there will still be an America in another 400 years.

— Patricia Moore, Ankeny.

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