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To: WestCoastGal; Rushmore Rocks; JustPiper; All

UPDATE...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/28/fatal.fire/index.html

"Three die in 'hell' of Houston office-building fire"
POSTED: 3:37 a.m. EDT, March 29, 2007


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- Three people were killed and at least seven were injured Wednesday in a four-alarm fire at an office building in northeast Houston, authorities said."

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The cause of the blaze has not been revealed. The building is believed to have housed up to 21 businesses."


1,568 posted on 03/29/2007 3:40:09 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1808593/posts


Kidnapped Children Used For Terrorist Attacks: Interior Ministry
DPA ^ | March 29 2007

Posted on 03/29/2007 3:32:10 AM PDT by jmc1969

Terrorist groups in Iraq use children and mentally-ill people for suicide attacks, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Thursday.

Most of the children were kidnapped by the extremists, Abdul Karim al-Kanani, director of the Department for Special Operations told the Arab newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat.

The children are especially used for attacks with car bombs, "because parked cars with children sitting in them usually do not get searched," al-Kanani said.

During raids, police had discovered houses where kidnapped children were held captive, he added.

Last week a US general in Baghdad said that terrorist groups in the capital's Adhamiya district were using children as suicide attackers for the first time.

According to al-Kanani, extremists had been abusing children as suicide bombers in Iraq as early as 2005.


1,569 posted on 03/29/2007 3:50:23 AM PDT by Cindy
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