Over 1500 dead soldiers. Over 10,000 wounded soldiers. And Ø POWs

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Judge issues injunction against Napster

http://www.sportslawnews.com/archive/Articles%202001/NCAAGamblingsite.htm

Judge Shuts Down Internet Gambling Sites

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3732718.stm

US seizes independent media sites

http://securitypronews.com/news/securitynews/spn-45-20050117FTCShutsDownPornCompaniesOverSpam.html

FTC Shuts Down Porn Companies Over Spam

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-11/17/content_392263.htm

Al-Qaeda propaganda website shut down

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Al-Jazeera's future worries journalists

Qatari government requests privatization plan for TV network

DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- The U.S. government may view Al-Jazeera as little more than an anti-American mouthpiece, yet the journalists who work at the satellite TV station consider it the only bastion of free press in an authoritarian Middle East. And the prospect of being sold to the highest bidder has many deeply worried.

An order by the ruler of this small Persian Gulf country to come up with a privatization plan for the pan-Arab station -- owned by the Qatari government since its start in 1996 -- has many wondering who will buy, and what the station will look like in the future.

"Our editorial policy is the red line," the station's director, Wadah Khanfar, said in a recent interview. "The moment we feel the privatization issue will interfere with our editorial policy, the project will be abandoned."

Not everyone is so sure. At the station's headquarters here, many employees have begun expressing worries about the channel's future -- and how privatization might affect the newsroom, said a senior editor, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the issue's sensitivity.

Few details are known about the privatization plan, or why the Qatari government is pushing it.

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<snip>Late Sunday, an American convoy was attacked with gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades, sparking the clash that killed 26 militants.


Between 40 and 50 militants opened fire on military police and artillery units from the Kentucky National Guard as the Americans traveled along a road 20 miles southeast of Baghdad that has seen a recent increase in violence.


Six soldiers and seven militants were wounded, and one person was arrested. It was one of the largest battles since the Jan. 30 election.


The higher death toll was attributed to the unusually large number of attackers, who often travel in smaller bands or employ hidden explosives. U.S. military officials said it was the largest number of insurgents killed in a clash since the November assault on the former rebel-held city of Fallujah.

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879 Viet Cong Killed Today - 1 American Wounded

We later found out that that figures don't lie. But liars sure do figure. We lost that war too.

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