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WASHINGTON, April 26, 2007 – Iraq’s growing police force is technically competent and functioning as it should within the country’s legal system, a top U.S. police trainer said yesterday. The operational problems they have experienced are primarily the result of an unusually tumultuous security situation in Baghdad and elsewhere, said Army Brig. Gen. David Phillips, deputy commander of the Civilian Police Assistance Training Team and the senior military police officer in theater. “I believe the Iraqi police are getting very capable in handling the law enforcement type mission and traffic mission. The problem you have is ... that there’s a...

Çatalhöyük excavations unveil very dawn of human civilization Monday, July 10, 2006 ANKARA - Turkish Daily News A total of 130 houses have been unearthed to date during excavations at the 9,000-year-old site of Çatalhöyük in Konya's Çumra district, excavation assistant team leader Shahina Farid has said. The first excavations at the site -- considered one of the oldest settlements in the history of mankind, dating back to the Neolithic Age -- were conducted by British archaeologist James Mellart, who uncovered 80 houses during excavations between 1961-1964, according to the Anatolia news agency. Work at the site resumed in 1993...

Sheep don't mix well with grizzly bears and wolves. Now they won't mix at all on more than 70,000 acres in the Absaroka-Beartooth wilderness. A 74,000-acre sheep grazing allotment south of Big Timber in the Gallatin National Forest has been permanently closed and the ranchers who used it for generations have been paid to move their sheep elsewhere... The agreement is the eighth -- and second-largest -- in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem in recent years that has led to the retirement of about 300,000 acres from grazing. The latest involves the Ash Mountain and Iron Mountain allotments used for generations...

Repulsive "Wifely Expectations" pact emerges in Iowa kidnap case FEBRUARY 17--This country, as you know, is filled with the deranged. And then there's Travis Frey, a 33-year-old Iowa man who is facing charges that he tried to kidnap his own wife (not to mention a separate child pornography rap). Frey, prosecutors contend, apparently is a rather demanding guy. In fact, he actually drew up a bizarre four-page marriage document--a "Contract of Wifely Expectations"--that sought to establish guidelines for his spouse in terms of hygiene, clothing, and sexual activities. In return for fulfilling certain requirements, Frey (pictured right) offered "Good Behavior...

Iran has removed seals from a nuclear facility and will begin research there in the coming hours, a top Iranian nuclear official has announced. The move ends a two-year suspension of research, and could result in Tehran being referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions. Germany on Monday described Iran's planned move as "very, very ominous". Western countries fear Iran's nuclear programme could be used to make atomic bombs, but Tehran denies such a goal.

WASHINGTON - Iran is closing in on production of nuclear weapons and even U.N. sanctions may not deter the aggressive government in Tehran, a top State Department official said Friday. Describing the Iranian government as "very aggressive, very determined to develop nuclear weapons," Robert Joseph, undersecretary for arms control and international security, dismissed Iran's contention that it seeks only civilian nuclear power. "We know this is not the case," Joseph said at the University of Virginia's Miller Center in Charlottesville. Iran has methodically taken all but one last step to turn out nuclear weapons, he said. "Once they begin to...

Terror threat from 'very many' Muslim men, says Met chief By John Steele, Home Affairs Correspondent (Filed: 04/03/2005) Britain faces a potential terrorist threat from "very many" Muslim men who returned to Britain after spending time in training camps in Afghanistan, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police said yesterday. Sir Ian Blair, whose force, with MI5, leads anti-terrorism work in Britain, was asked if he supported the assertion of the Prime Minister earlier this week that there were "several hundred people in the UK plotting terror attacks". The commissioner told LBC radio in London: "Yes, I am aware of the...

SYRACUSE NY--Something didn't smell quite right to North Syracuse police when a village resident came in Friday looking for a little help. What stunk was Brian D. Courbat, 21, of 130 Lynhurst Ave. He wreaked of marijuana, police said. Officers Jeff Tripp and Rocco DePerno said when they asked him about the odor, Courbat told them he had just used marijuana, something he routinely does three or four times a day. In fact, Courbat had several packets of pot on him, police said. Courbat wanted the police to help him with the background check necessary for a pistol permit. Instead,...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a glowing assessment Friday of his meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush, calling it very positive and saying it set an agenda for cooperation in the coming years. "We are satisfied with the talks and their results. I have the feeling that our American partners would have the same assessment," Putin said at a news conference with Slovakia's president a day after his summit with Bush. "The meeting went in a very positive way, in its character and in the chosen themes." Putin said he spoke to Bush for at...

The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!

Help Wanted At DNC WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2004 This is a time of generational change. Congressional leaders Gephardt and Daschle are gone, the Clinton years are fading and the Democrats are squarely a minority party. Democrats are looking for someone to replace Terry McAuliffe as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. (Photo: AP) Howard Dean has been mentioned as a possible candidate to head the DNC, but his liberal reputation and possible plans to run for president in 2008 may take him out of contention. (Photo: AP) WANTED: Very blue Democratic Party desperately seeking leader. Must not be Howard Dean...

Details About People Who Are 'very Satisfied' With Lives The Associated Press Published: Sep 23, 2004 Some demographics and details about people who describe themselves as "very satisfied" with their lives. Results come from polling conducted for the Associated Press by Ipsos-Public Affairs. The poll of 1,001 adults was taken Aug. 16-18 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, larger for subgroups. In general, how satisfied are you with the way things are going in your life at this time? Would you say .... -Very satisfied, 38 percent -Somewhat satisfied, 42 percent -Somewhat...

Q: How dumb is Susan Estrich? A: Susan Estrich is so dumb she thinks a manilla folder is a Filipino contortionist. Hey, Susan: Who's buried in Grant's Tomb? In case you had better things to do, like shampoo the cat, Estrich published a much-commented upon column claiming: "The trouble with Democrats, traditionally, is that we're not mean enough." Susan, put down that crack pipe! [More]

Saw and heard today, August 24, 2004. 527 Pacs coming out with 14 Ads against our president, during the National Republican Convention. The one I saw is very bad and if not a smear, then I don't know what. Showing everything from fish, dogs, babies, men at work, kids, pregnant moms, smoking "the equivalent of a pack of cigarettes a day" because George Bush (not president bush) -- has put a complete stop to environmental safeguard laws. (A complete lie)

WHAT A DAY!

Scenes of civilians caught in the crossfire of Liberia's civil war this week have put more pressure on President Bush to send in US troops. While such preemptive action would probably save lives, it would also showcase the UN's weakness in acting on internal conflicts, especially in Africa. Ending wars by force is difficult for the United Nations, whose "blue helmets" are trained mainly to prevent old conflicts from reigniting. Most nations in the UN aren't willing to contribute to an international combat force, and would rather let military powers such as the US or France put their soldiers at...

IAEA Says Very Worried About N.Korea Nuclear Move Reuters to My Yahoo! By Paul Eckert SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.N. atomic watchdog said on Thursday North Korea 's move to activate nuclear facilities was "very worrying" as South Korea vowed to play a leading role in stopping its communist neighbor's brinkmanship. The Vienna-based U.N. inspection agency -- the International Atomic Energy Agency -- said North Korea had moved 1,000 fresh fuel rods to a nuclear reactor that produces plutonium used in nuclear warheads. "The big worry (is) if they start to operate the reprocessing plant that will produce plutonium, which...

The word from Moose is that the DC Sniper wanted folks here to electronically transfer $10 million to some account in which he presumably has an interest. Is this really something a psychopath would know how to set up? I'm mean, without bragging, I hold myself to be a pretty smart guy. But I have no idea how I would go about setting us such an account or whom I would approach to begin my search. Now if I were a friend of Yasser Arafat, or some similar lowlife, I'm sure I'd know whom to approach, and maybe even what...