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Friday, 04 August 2006 Story and photos by Spc. Jason Dangel4th Infantry Division Iraqi Police from the Doura Police Station and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers patrol the Doura Market in southern Baghdad on July 25. BAGHDAD – The clamor and the hustle of a Baghdad market is common throughout the city as hundreds of citizens crowd the local streets to purchase necessities for their homes. The thriving venues of vendors are comparable to a mall, with consumers waiting in line to purchase an array of fresh produce, clothing, electronics or other commodities. But here, in a small market...

It was about midday when a young Palestinian woman from the refugee camp of Jabalya in Gaza approached an Israeli checkpoint clutching a special permit to visit a doctor on the other side of the border.The girl had big, brown eyes and her black hair was tied in a ponytail, but it was the strangeness of her gait that attracted the attention of the security officials at the Erez crossing, the main transit point between Israel and the Gaza Strip. When a soldier asked her to remove her long, dark cloak, she turned to face him. All her movements were...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/14/03 - Iraqi Rockets, al-Qaqa, Rafah, Ababil-100, Al Rahad, Youssifiya, Al Samoud, Rasheed, Aziziyah, Ibn Firna, drones, WMD, Al Taje, al-Slam, Tikrit, Al Islaha, Taji, Doura, Kuwaitis, missing children,Terrorist Perp, Valencia, MOAB,Predators BREAKING: Iraqi Rockets BREAKING: al-Qaqa missiles site, Rafah military facility, BREAKING: Ababil-100 missile, Al Rahad missiles BREAKING: Youssifiya - Old retrofitted single stage missiles, Al Samoud missile factory BREAKING: Rasheed - A little welding goes far to fool the UN BREAKING: Aziziyah - missile heads with proven WMD BREAKING: Ibn Firnas military industrial compound - drones for WMD-release, BREAKING: Al...