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80"Baghdad ER" - The Iraq War from a Military Doctor's Perspective
"Baghdad ER" makes its mark as a modern docudrama in its clear, raw depiction of reality and the way it takes its stance on the controversial Iraq war. The striking grotesque details and the select scenes of...
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75Iran Invades Iraq in al-Fakkah
It was Thursday, Dec 17, 2009. Workers in the al-Fakkah oil fields (the area contains 1.55 million barrels of oil) in the Maysan province some 200 miles SE of Baghdad watched as a column of 25 cars and trucks...
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73Baghdad Jim McDermott Gets My Vote
You may have heard him referred to as Baghdad Jim by many who don't support him, but Representative Jim McDermott only heightened his status in my eyes when he gained that name. When he visited Iraq in...
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71Is the War in Iraq a Good Thing for the United States to get involved in ?
War is never a good thing for any country, anywhere and at anytime, especially for families who have loved ones in active combat duties on the frontlines. It is not good to have one's husband or son killed...
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71Whitstable Times Columns: Rants and Revelations
Al Qaeda, remember, were the guys who hijacked four planes and blew out the heart of New York. So now they have changed their tactics it seems. No longer satisfied with ruthless efficiency, they've decided to try stupidity instead.
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68SonderKommandoJunck: Germany in Iraq, 1941
The Luftwaffe was invited into Iraq by Raschid Ali, an attorney and Iraq's leader, who was extremely anti-British. The Germans promised to provide financial and military aid in exchange for unrestricted use...
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72Batteries- Works and Benefits
The lights go off in your house, the electronics don’t work. What is the first thing that you do? You grab a radio and listen to the news. Well how does the radio work without the electricity? Simple. It...
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69How the Moslems Lost their Power
The Successors to Mohammed controlled the world from Central Asia. Why don't they still rule the world today? In the previous hubs, we've looked at the origins of Islam, how it started deep within the...
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71Memories of Eden
Memories of Eden is the remarkable story from the life of Violette Shamash. She describes it as a Journey Through Jewish Baghdad She was born in the now war-torn and war-weary but always mythical Baghdad in...
6 comments68How Did Islam Begin?
People had been living in cities in the Middle East for more than 2000 years. Most of that civilization, however, was buried by the Islamic wave that swept the region in the 600's CE. A few vestiges of the...
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