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<p>BASRA, Iraq (AP) -- A series of car bombs ripped through police stations and an academy during rush hour Wednesday morning, killing at least 60 people, including schoolchildren, and wounding scores in the bloodiest attacks to hit this mainly Shiite city since the U.S.-led occupation began a year ago.</p>

http://grunt.space.swri.edu/audio/playlist.htm MIDI - ONE TIN SOLDIER Listen people, to the story of a man who led the fight He had purpose, he had vision...he would always do what was right Others had been weak and timid...that is why they had been struck George Bush recognized the evil...terrorists ran out of luck Go ahead and call him cowboy...say he isn't smart enough Make up all the lies and stories...he can take it, 'cause he's tough He's proven his resolve like Churchill...he will win the day When the battle's finally over...one great leader had led the way Some among them cried and...

Castañeda eyes run for Mexican presidency in 2006 By Jerry Kammer COPLEY NEWS SERVICE August 3, 2003 Washington ­ In a speech last week at a prominent think tank here, one of Mexico's most provocative, colorful and controversial political figures sounded very much like a man with a plan to be his country's next president. Jorge Castañeda, an urbane and admittedly arrogant Princeton University graduate fluent in English, French and Spanish, proposed a package of political, social and fiscal reforms that he says could transform the country in a decade. He said he wants to energize civil society and stanch...

To put it mildly, I’m ashamed that Tom DeLay is from Texas. I know, I know. I sound like Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, but there you go. DeLay is one of the nastiest, most mean-spirited politicians around. His political philosophy is to take no prisoners, be they Democrats or recalcitrant moderates from his own party. Frankly, he is an embarrassment to Texas and to the Republican Party. If, as Republican leaders constantly spout, the GOP is to be a big tent, open to everyone — well except for those pesky gay Log Cabin Republicans — then the party...

Germany's intelligence services attempted to build closer links to Saddam's secret service during the build-up to war last year, documents from the bombed Iraqi intelligence HQ in Baghdad obtained by The Telegraph reveal. Documents recovered from Iraqi intelligence HQ in Baghdad They show that an agent named as Johannes William Hoffner, described as a "new German representative in Iraq" who had entered the country under diplomatic cover, attended a meeting with Lt Gen Taher Jalil Haboosh, the director of Iraq's intelligence service. During the meeting, on January 29, 2002, Lt Gen Haboosh says that the Iraqis are keen to have...

U.S. forces under fire in Afghanistan as they shift focus to reconstruction By PAULINE JELINEK WASHINGTON (AP) - Enemy rockets explode routinely near American military bases in Afghanistan, and snipers ambush troops on patrol, even as the Pentagon tries to focus less on combat and more on reconstruction of the war-shattered country. The campaign that started as a major mobilization last year against Osama bin Laden, his al-Qaida network fighters and their Taliban militia comrades has ground on for months as a low-intensity guerrilla conflict. But there has been a spike in hit-and-run attacks on U.S. forces in the past...