Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006, at the U.S. Mint in Washington. The nickel depicting Jefferson and launched into circulation today is the nation's first circulating coin that features the image of a United States president facing forward.
What this country needs is a good five cent nickel!
Reuters journalist Majeed Hameed embraces a colleague shortly after he and Ali al-Mashadani were released from Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad January 15, 2006. The U.S. military freed two Iraqi journalists who work for Reuters on Sunday after holding them for several months without charge. At least three other Iraqi journalists for international media, including a freelance cameraman working for Reuters in the northern town of Tal Afar, remain in custody.
Yup, no charge, the government pays for everything when they hold subversive anti-American reporters in custody.
Kuwaiti officials and members of the public offer their last prayers for the emir of Kuwait , Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah, beside his grave at Sulaibikhat cemetery, Kuwait City on Sunday, Jan.15, 2006.
Is it me or do these people take the old saying "kick the bucket" too far?
I'm sorry, I just cannot help myself sometimes.
A local Iraqi looks at pet birds for sale at and open air market, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq. The Iraqi government is attempting to prevent an outbreak of avian flu by banning poultry imports from at least 20 countries, including neighbors such as Kuwait and Turkey which have reported cases over the last few months.
What is all this fuss about "Bird Flew?" I had a bird for years and he never went anywhere.
A group of reporters hold posters calling for the release of Al-Arabiya's Baghdad news reporter Majed Hameed Sunday Jan. 15, 2006 who was detained by US forces in Iraq, at Al Arabia building in Media City of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The U.S. military on Sunday released a reporter working for an Arab satellite news channel after a four-month detention, a U.S. Army general said.
While not working a few so called "journalists" decided to subvert US military operations during their spare time.
Relatives weep over the coffin of an Iraqi soldier during a funeral in Kirkuk, about 155 miles north of Baghdad, January 15, 2006. The soldier was kidnapped by insurgents seven days ago and was found dead today, residents said.
No protests were held by objective reporters concerning the death of an Iraqi hero.
Just another day of no football in Patriots Nation.