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Kidnappers Free Baghdad Security Spokesman

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Posted on Mar 31, 2008

Iraq’s civilian spokesman for Baghdad security was released from captivity Monday. Professor Tahseen al-Sheikhli, who was kidnapped a few days ago, was found unharmed, except for his ego.

Guardian:

Sheikhli was kidnapped from his home in the Amin area of south-west Baghdad on Thursday. The Baghdad security crackdown, backed by thousands of extra US troops, was launched a year ago by the government to reduce violence that was threatening to tear the country apart.

Meanwhile, the spike in violence in Shia areas of southern Iraq and Baghdad has yet to alter US plans to withdraw more combat forces this spring, the defence secretary, Robert Gates, said yesterday [Monday].

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By Purple Girl, April 2 at 6:12 am #
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This is NO Longer a Volunteer Army- their

Volunteer army means you agree to th enumber of years you’ll serve - then You are done. It does not Mean once you sign on the Dotted line You are agreeing to your services for as long as they like. Then is it not only a breach of contract, it is Hostage taking. If a US servcie person decides to leave after th eagreed time- they go to Prison.
Now if we are dicussing Who has really volunteered for this Debackle it’s the Private Contractor Employees- Let that ‘Volunteer’ Army stay, and fight their Own Corp War! they’re getting paid well enough (apparently to carry out atrocities too- WHO was IN th eRoom & Participating in those Tortures- ditched the tapes because of Contractors involvement, not our guys. It was the Torture Not the Destruction of th eTapes that was the REAL WAR CRIME-Hired Hitmen)
DOUBLE SPEAK , Ministry of Truth down to the letter.

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By weather, April 1 at 3:02 am #
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Wolfowitz licks his comb

Rumsfeld counts his money and Perle buys more tax-deductable Israeli bonds and the cancer spreads like an insecurity blanket.

Lets ask Katie Couric what we can do about it?

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