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  • An American's Hoop Dream In Iran [CBS reporter spins for Iranian Defense Ministry ala CNN-Iraq]

    05/27/2006 6:09:01 PM PDT · by sully777 · 7 replies · 583+ views
    CBS-TV ^ | May 26, 2006 | Elizabeth Palmer
    Subtitle: Andre Pitts Finds Success With An Iranian Basketball Team TEHRAN, (CBS) Sitting on a black leather sofa in his sparsely furnished North Tehran apartment, Andre Pitts speaks with a yearning for home. "I'm from America and I love my country." he says. "I miss my friends." Most of all, Pitts misses his wife and young daughter. "I'm scared of one thing: That I go home and she doesn’t recognize me," he says. "That would kill me. I am doing all this basically for her — to help better her life." Pitts is the American star of a champion Iranian...
  • Saddam in jail, but U.S. not out of woods

    12/14/2003 2:22:37 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 27 replies · 68+ views
    CBS MarketWatch.com ^ | Dec. 14, 2003 | Rex Nutting
    Commentary: A great victory for Bush, but not a complete oneWASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - The capture of Saddam Hussein is a major victory for President Bush, but it does not solve all his problems in Iraq, the Middle East or at home.Despite the Americans' overwhelming victory over Saddam's military in March and April, the President had been dogged by struggles in the war against terrorists, notably the failure to find Saddam, Osama bin Laden and the elusive weapons of mass destruction.With daring and precision, the U.S. military has now removed the first of those irritants. And, not only has the...