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I emailed Amazon, as I am sure that many of you did with the following: Hello, Hopefully, the following quote on the page for the new book Unfit for Command is a typo: Senator John McCain "Dishonest and dishonorable... none of these individuals served on the boat (Kerry) commanded." In the above quote Sen. McCain is referring to the television advertisement made by the Swiftboat Vets for Truth group. It has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the book. Please correct this as soon as possible as it is terribly misleading as now presented. Thank you! -Toonces ...and I am...

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KARBALA, Iraq, May 12 — The American military attacked a mosque in this holy city on Tuesday in its largest assault yet against the forces of the young rebel Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, even as the first signs emerged of a peaceful resolution to the five-week-long standoff with him. The strike on the Mukhaiyam Mosque brought hundreds of American soldiers and their armored vehicles to within a third of a mile of two of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam, the ornate shrines of the martyrs Hussein and Abbas. A building behind the mosque was fired on, detonating a huge...

FORT KNOX, Ky. - Three weeks into basic training, Pvt. Timothy Wilson pretended to be an enemy prisoner of war as other recruits camouflaged with green face paint detained and questioned him. This drill in the wooded hills of Fort Knox in the past would have been saved for later in the soldiers' careers. But now that nearly half of all new soldiers go straight to Afghanistan (news - web sites), Iraq (news - web sites) or to units preparing to deploy to war, the training is being overhauled for the first time in decades to immerse soldiers into the...

<p>The U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, bolstered by dozens of additional agents temporarily assigned to Phoenix, has rounded up nearly 750 undocumented immigrants and arrested 20 suspected smugglers from 13 drop houses in the past 23 days.</p> <p>The response marks a dramatic change from just a year ago when local police agencies, frustrated by the federal government's inability to deal with the illicit immigrant-smuggling trade flowing through Phoenix, frequently were forced to let undocumented immigrants and smuggling suspects go free after encountering drop houses.</p>

Arizona delegation seeks drones for border patrol Mike Sunnucks The Business Journal Republican members of Arizona's congressional delegation have put their letter-writing hats on the past few days. U.S. Sen. John McCain and U.S. Reps. Jim Kolbe, John Shadegg, Jeff Flake, J.D. Hayworth, Rick Renzi and Trent Franks penned a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge asking for unmanned aerial vehicles to be used to help patrol the Mexican border. The May 7 letter asks Ridge to develop a UAV patrol program in southern Arizona. The congressional members endorse Fort Huachuca as a good location for unmanned drone...

President Bush headed to Ft. Hood, Texas today to rally and to thank the many troops who serve from their home base. Bush used the opportunity to tout the military spending bill, as well as to once again assure all that we will win the war on terror. Enjoy your daily dose of Dubya!

Pop queen Britney Spears fled for cover after having urine thrown at her as she filmed a TV ad.The star was bombed with buckets of urine by angry neighbours as she sang on location in the early hours of the morning, according to the News of the World. Residents staged their protest at around 4am in downtown Los Angeles, hurling bucket-loads at the 21-year-old singer as she performed in the street below.Fled for coverThe star fled for cover in a nearby trailer and filming was abandoned shortly afterwards, the paper reports.One resident reportedly said: quot;Sure, I opened the window and...