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In the middle of the night, an Iraqi man leads U.S. troops to a weapons cache. FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARRIOR, Iraq, July 1, 2005 — Based on information from an Iraqi civilian, U.S. soldiers from B Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Armor Regiment, Task Force Liberty discovered an unexploded ordnance cache in the Kirkuk Province June 29. “By far, this is the biggest weapons cache the 116th has found,” said U.S. Army 1st Lt. John Thew, B Company, 3rd Battalion 116th Brigade Armor Regiment. “We have found in one day, what usually takes four months.” “By far, this is the biggest...

Last week we learned that the situation in Africa is significantly worse than we thought. I am not talking about poverty. I’m talking about theft. In Nigeria alone, some US $400 billion was stolen by that country’s leaders during the last four decades of the 20th Century, according to Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. "We cannot be accurate down to the last figure, but that is our projection," said Commission spokesman Osita Nwajah. This staggering sum, equal to six times the amount that the Marshall Plan provided to rebuild Europe, was taken by Nigeria’s...

This is a vanity post, but trust me, a well sourced one. (I'm an old network newsie and have about 8 more good sources on this than Rather had for his typeface fiasco.) Here are the details: A SF SGT E-5, James Stewart, will be buried in St. Petersburg, Florida on July 4, 2005. It's wholly appropriate that he be buried on our nation's birthday, because Sergeant Stewart gave his life for our country.... and all of us. He was killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb, call an IED in MilSpeak. IED is short for "Improvised Explosive Device." It...

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2005 – When Karen Grimord found out in August 2004 that war-wounded servicemembers were spending long days and nights at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany without any entertainment in their hospital rooms, she decided to do something about it. Since founding the Landstuhl Hospital Care Project in November 2004, Grimord and her husband, Brian, have spearheaded sending nearly $20,000 worth of items to the pastoral services at Landstuhl for war-wounded patients and their families. The items include sweats suits, tennis shoes, CD players, skull caps, socks, phone cards, house slippers, break-away pants, winter jackets, board games,...

SACRAMENTO - California has been offered $1.7 million in training, laboratory tests and technical support from the federal government to help measure levels of toxic chemicals in state residents. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's offer came in response to a request by U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, for a federal commitment to biomonitoring in California, the Breast Cancer Fund said Monday. The Oakland Tribune published a series of stories in March on the increasing amounts of manmade chemicals and environmental toxins showing up in humans. The paper spent $17,000 to test a Berkeley family and found...

HUACHUCA CITY - Home Depot employees and other volunteers performed much-appreciated maintenance Saturday at Huachuca City School. The early summer cleaning at the school was the Sierra Vista store's quarterly community project. Parent Teacher Organization members, students and faculty also donated time on Saturday for the project. Cindy Craven of the Home Depot personnel office said the Sierra Vista area was a part of the company's Tucson district, but a redistricting took place so the store is able to give back directly to this local area. "Every quarter we get x-amount of monies to give back to the community," Craven...

I'd like some help with alternative cancer sources/websites. In May, the surgeons at Columbia Presbyterian in NY removed a malignant tumor from my neck. The pathology report redefined the tumor as less dangerous than first thought and it is more treatable. (Neuro-endocrine vs squaomish cell) Please don't turn this into an opinion post, I just need some direction. If you have first hand experience with natural/nutritional/homiopathic treatments, I'd like to hear from you e-mail. I'm not going with slash/burn/poison........ Thanks for the look. Kahoutek

Jones soda has a contest where you submit pics and if enough people vote for the pic then they pic it to put on a label for jones soda so I submitted a pic of my dog brutus for the contest so if you would like to see brutus and vote for his picture you can here http://www.jonessoda.com/gallery/view.php?ID=406982&offset=27 all votes would be greatly appriciated and i will let you know if my pic was selected for the label in here

VA Voc Rehab assistance, misirable useless college. 2 bloody classes left for my 2nd degree and I am just pissing away money and marking time with scumbag academic morons.that's how I really feel.

I'm planning a trip to the US (won't be for a while yet, I need to get the money and the leave to do it) and I'm looking at some ideas for a 4 to 8 week trip (4 weeks if Mrs. Dundee decides to come, 8 weeks if it's just me). I'd want to start on the East Coast and make my way west. The first stop I'd plan on would be Washington DC (for all the usual touristy things plus meeting some of my counterparts in the Pentagon). I'm thinking that Arlington might be a good place to...

What method of wireless is best for a small company that has a office PC and wireless capable laptops in the field?

I am an Iranian student and have been here on Fr since June 2003. I admire the role of US forces during World War II and I like 101 and 82nd Airborne divisions for what they did. Is there any one that can help me with these stuff? Thanks

North Korea to help Iran dig secret missile bunkersBy Con Coughlin(Filed: 12/06/2005) Iran is secretly negotiating with North Korea to build a network of underground bunkers to conceal its clandestine nuclear weapons project. A team of construction experts has arrived in Teheran to conduct a survey of Iranian requirements. It included a senior North Korean specialist in underground construction who helped to design the bunkers that contain Pyongyang's illegal weapons programme. Current talks centre on whether the North Koreans will undertake the work for the Iranians, or act as advisers to Iranian construction companies. The North Koreans specialise in the...

During the election, I recall a quote about what the press was saying about the state of Germany or Japan after WWII and how much of a shambles things were in then. Does anyone have that quote? Thanks in advance.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday called 2005 "a make-or-break moment" for the world's poor and urged all rich nations to follow the European Union and boost aid, improve trade and provide debt relief. With more than 1 billion people living on less than $1 a day, 815 million having too little to eat, and more than 115 million children not going to elementary school, he said U.N. development goals won't be met unless world leaders take "concrete steps" this year. Annan didn't single out any countries but his message was clearly aimed at the United States...

I have to cut and paste some of this because a few of my letters are not working. this happened last night too. I turned off my computer for the night and the letters worked again this morning. ones not working: left side shift key, q w e r t y number pad- zero, period and enter Any ideas what could be causing this? I am really stressed about this, please dont joke too much!

If I click on subscriptions, I only have 1 listed: News\Activism. I have gone through every link that I can find and cannot figure out how to add subscriptions. I literally only have 1 choice. How do I add subscription choices so I can subscribe to them?

Howdy all! I need some help locating a clean, safe hotel on or near I-40 on the western side of Nashville. If they offer military discounts, even better! Nothing fancy...just clean, safe and a good night's rest. FReepers are better than yahoo and google any day. :)

Dear Friends, I am helping a friend overseas with a term paper. She is looking for examples of Bush '04 campaign television ads. Any help is appreciated, even if only text or theme is provided. Thanks in advance.

<p>Within hours of the Assault Weapon Ban bill A2466 passing the Assembly, Senator Frank Padavan (R-Queens) introduced the bill in the Senate S5504. This bill repeals the existing Assault Weapon definition and replaces it with new definition language. The bill has been referred to Senator Bruno's Rules committee bypassing usual the usual channel of Senator Volker's Codes committee.</p>