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At least three children were wounded in Monday's attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, an Interior Ministry official told CNN.

The car bomb exploded in the morning, damaging the church in the al-Faisaliya district of eastern Mosul.

Six churches in and around Baghdad were bombed over the weekend, leaving four dead, officials told CNN. A total of 35 people have been wounded in the wave of attacks, including the three children Monday.

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7 Iraqi churches have been attacked in the last 3 days:

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At least three children were wounded in Monday's attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, an Interior Ministry official told CNN.

The car bomb exploded in the morning, damaging the church in the al-Faisaliya district of eastern Mosul.

Six churches in and around Baghdad were bombed over the weekend, leaving four dead, officials told CNN. A total of 35 people have been wounded in the wave of attacks, including the three children Monday.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/13/iraq.church.bombings/index.html

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two Democratic senators called on the Pentagon to take back more than $83 million in bonuses paid to military contractor KBR after a Defense Department report criticized its electrical work on U.S. bases overseas.

"I want them to tell us on what basis can they possibly continue to justify having paid $83 million of the taxpayers' money for shoddy work that resulted in risk to our soldiers," Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota told reporters Friday.

Dorgan said he and Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania are pressing Defense Department officials to reclaim $83.4 million in bonus payments it awarded KBR for its work in Iraq.

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ORIGINAL: stephanos

In Romans 13, Paul tells us the power given to Governments by the will of God. It says that Governments are not given the sword for nothing. And in this text, the sword means Justice. The right of the Governments to punish those who do wrong. Sometimes that is an indivudual guilty of a crime. But other times it is a nation guilty of larger crimes.

This fact is undeniable.

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It is more satanic than anything else!

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ORIGINAL: stephanos

In Romans 13, Paul tells us the power given to Governments by the will of God. It says that Governments are not given the sword for nothing. And in this text, the sword means Justice. The right of the Governments to punish those who do wrong. Sometimes that is an indivudual guilty of a crime. But other times it is a nation guilty of larger crimes.

This fact is undeniable.

I just wanted to refer to this section for identification, but your entire composition is excellent !

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I've noticed all countries want us out, but want our money in.

And none of us will ever know what is really happening.
CNN reports one thing and others report other things.

Liberals believe only what liberal media put out.
and I believe only what FOX puts out..........well, sorta.

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But who will protect the Iraqis against AQ and other hostile groups if the US leaves?

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Because of new rules that require Iraqi approval for all U.S. missions, and a general decline in violence nationwide, many of the 117,000 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq say they now have more idle time than at any previous point in the six-year war.

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Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the U.S. troop withdrawal.

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Under the president's plan, all U.S. combat troops will be out of Iraq by the end of August, leaving about 50,000 trainers and support troops, who in turn would leave by the end of 2011.

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This is a conflict that cannot possibly be won if the hard line critics of Islam are correct, so why did so many of them support this war in the first place knowing it cannot possibly be won because of the religion of 96% of the populace?

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This is a conflict that cannot possibly be won if the hard line critics of Islam are correct, so why did so many of them support this war in the first place knowing it cannot possibly be won because of the religion of 96% of the populace?

good question.

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This is a conflict that cannot possibly be won if the hard line critics of Islam are correct, so why did so many of them support this war in the first place knowing it cannot possibly be won because of the religion of 96% of the populace?

good question.

Interesting thought I had Wing. Some of the same people calling Muslims a bunch of terrorists who need eliminating are some of the same ones telling us "on the right track, stay the course, 100 years of never ending tours until the job is done". I just don't get it.

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The Bush Administration had no idea of the type of tribal warfare that would ensue upon removing Sadaam from power, even though we were not under any threat from Sadaam.

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I agree with you except for this:

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The Bush Administration had no idea of the type of tribal warfare that would ensue upon removing Sadaam from power, even though we were not under any threat from Sadaam.

After we won Iraq 1 and there was the controversy over whether or not we should have left Saddam in power one reason given was he was the glue that held the country together. Remove him from power, there would be anarchy and the time and cost of occupying Iraq would be far greater than any benefit gained over leaving him in power. Sadly Rummy and Cheney both were part of that administration and helped arrive at the conclusion. During the wargames for Iraq in the planning stage it was made clear that 400k or so troops would be needed to pacify the country after the ouster of Saddam.

A good precedent for that would have been Yugoslavia which was held together by the force of Tito's will more than anything else. Yugoslavia barely lasted a decade after his death.

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Iraq and Yugoslavia are just two countries formed after the War to Begin All Wars - World War I. I think the Europeans purposely threw these groups together so the countries would be unstable and incohesive. The reasoning behind this escapes me but look at how ethnicity has caused the splitting of many countries formed after the Armistice.

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WASHINGTON - A federal judge dismissed all charges today against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians on a crowded Baghdad street in 2007.

U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina said Justice Department prosecutors improperly built their case on sworn statements that had been given under a promise of immunity. Urbina said the government's explanations were "contradictory, unbelievable and lacking in credibility."

The decision throws out a case steeped in international politics. The September 2007 shooting in busy Nisoor Square left 17 Iraqis dead and inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad. The Iraqi government wanted the guards to face trial in Iraq and officials there said they would closely watch how the U.S. judicial system handled the case.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-blackwater1-2010jan01,0,3833151.story

It seems that the Justice Department violated the 5th amendment when it brought this case to court. It interviewed the suspects, told them they had immunity then used that evidence to try and prosecute. I have no idea what the Iraqi response will be.

I guess Justice missed B0's memo that even murderers have Constitutional Rights.

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Charges were files in December 2008, back when murderers were presumed to not have rights.