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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:49 AM
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Three US soldiers killed in Iraq

Three US soldiers killed in Iraq

Wed Jan 9

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Three US soldiers were killed when they were attacked with small arms fire while conducting operations in northern Iraq, the American military announced on Wednesday.

Two other soldiers were wounded in the attack, which occurred in Salaheddin province on Tuesday, a military statement said.

US commanders announced on Tuesday the launch of a joint US-Iraqi assault against Al-Qaeda in Iraq, codenamed Operation Phantom Phoenix.

The location of the operation was not identified, but US commanders say Al-Qaeda fighters have shifted to northern Iraq, especially Diyala, Salaheddin and Nineveh provinces, after being chased out of Baghdad by a "surge" of American forces.

The latest deaths bring the total number of American soldiers killed since the 2003 US-led invasion to 3,915, according to an AFP tally based on independent website www.icasualties.org figures.



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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:52 AM
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1. The nation (except for people like us) doesn't seem to care
anymore. They seem resigned to be there forever. In fact, isn't the economy the #1 thing on the voter's minds?

Well, this damn war has a lot to do with our economy. (Other things do as well, but this war is bleeding us dry.) And we are killing innocent people and our own kids.

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE
words and music by Pete Seeger
performed by Pete Seeger and Tao Rodriguez-Seeger

Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Covered with flowers every one
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:01 PM
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3. The Theme is now ...."It's All Over Now Baby Blue"
You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last.
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast.
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun,
Crying like a fire in the sun.
Look out the saints are comin' through
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense.
Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
The empty-handed painter from your streets
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets.
This sky, too, is folding under you
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home.
All your reindeer armies, are all going home.
The lover who just walked out your door
Has taken all his blankets from the floor.
The carpet, too, is moving under you
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you.
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you.
The vagabond who's rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
Strike another match, go start anew
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.


Bobby Dylan

sing along ....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06SoECIp1U
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:55 AM
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2. Stack 'em up higher or back off .......

Grass Bush

Pile the bodies high in Diyala, Salaheddin and Nineveh provinces Iraq
Shovel them under and let me work--
I am the grass; bush; I cover all.

And pile them high in Gettyburg Baghdad
And pile them high in Ypres and Vedum Mossoul and Al Fallaujah

Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?

I am the grass bush.
Let me work.

Carl Sandburg


Support the war - Donate a Son a Daughter
The GOP working for a better America
God Bless America
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