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It has been a wonderful 3 days of freeping the left. It began on Saturday when I drove up to New Paltz, NY and joined kphockey2 and his wife with 3 other freepers to protest the delusional leftist college kids or teenagers. Please forgive me for I have forgotten the other freeper names! When we arrived there the rabble were already in position to protest Peter Savago, the local delegate for the RNC. For the next two hours I chanted three slogans; "4 more years" "war freed the slaves, war saved the jews, and yes, war freed 25 million Iraquis,...

Massed United States armoured units cut through Fallujah from end to end, shelling targets while United States Air Force drops 'noise bombs' --harmless except for psychological shock impact. Swarms of United States Special Ops snipers equipped with night vision goggles keeping jihadi militia traffic off Fallujah streets while negioiations continue on surrender of Iraqi guerillas and foriegn fighters.United States troops massed outside of Najaf held back as bargaining chip in talks ongoing with Shiite leaders headed by Ayatollah Sistani.Moderate militias now control holy city of Najaf having pushed Sadr's Mehdi Army Militia out of the center and on to the...

US and Iraqi forces clash with insurgents in Fallujah There have been heavy clashes between US troops and Iraqi insurgents on the edge of the flashpoint town of Falluja. US commanders have been vowing to pacify Fallujah after last week's killing of four US security contractors there. Meanwhile, an Italian news agency has quoted a local official in Nassiriya as saying some 15 Iraqi militiamen and civilians had been killed there in clashes with Italian soldiers. Italian officials said 12 Italian soldiers were wounded. The militiamen are said to be supporters of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, accused of leading a...

Teenage armed robber bested by 71-year-old on bus By MELISSA SCOTT SINCLAIR, The Virginian-Pilot © September 6, 2003 Last updated: 9:41 PM CHESAPEAKE -- Never underestimate a man a few decades older than you. He may also be a few degrees bolder. That's what one young armed robber discovered recently when a 71-year-old man wrestled him down and tossed him off a bus. The attempted robbery occurred in Eddie's Mobile Grocery, a maroon, 1988 GMC school bus that sells groceries in several communities in South Norfolk. Eddie Brown, 68, is an affable, blue-eyed man who drives the bus five days...

UK MIRROR AND ALL BRITISH PRESS:BRITISH TROOPS SET FOR GULF By Ben Rankin and Kevin Lynch Thousands of British troops are to be sent to the Gulf to prepare for war with Iraq, the U.K. government announced today.Several thousand reservists will also be called up, British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon told Members of Parliament this afternoon (London Time). Mr Hoon also announced the deployment of a "significant" number of extra ships to the Gulf region but insisted no decision had yet been taken to commit these forces to action. The deployment includes the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, destroyers...