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PULLMAN, WA - SNIPPET: "Police said that 23-year-old Yazeed M. Alhaidari entered the apartment through a balcony and laid down next to a woman asleep. The women who lived there told the man to leave and then called the cops." SNIPPET: "Police believe that Alhaidari intended to rape the victim. The case is still under investigation and police said that it's possible that Alhaidari tried entering other apartments in the area earlier that night."

Looks like my initial hunch was correct. The assassination of Baghdad governor Ali al-Haidari on January 4th shocked the Iraq elections futures on Tradesports. I did a little bottom fishing at 81. The price has since rebounded to about 89. There are still about 20 days to go until the election, so maybe some more opportunities will come up.

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Spooks dig for secrets of Saddam As Blair prepares to issue his dossier on Iraq's weapons, Peter Beaumont and Ed Vulliamy assess the quality of intelligence - and the difficulty of obtaining it Peter Beaumont in London and Ed Vulliamy in New York Sunday September 15, 2002 The Observer He is there at almost every official photo-opportunity with Saddam Hussein, a compact and wiry military officer, his khaki shirt rolled up to his elbows, a beret pulled across his brow. A heavy handlebar moustache hangs over a solid jaw, grey with a permanent five o'clock shadow. The recent prominence of...