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Israeli forces searching for the remains of their fallen comrades in the streets of Gaza City's Zeitun neighborhood are encountering mounting resistance from Palestinian combatants, with bombs being detonated near troop carriers and anti-tank rockets fired at soldiers. Four soldiers have been lightly wounded by Palestinian gunfire in operations since Tuesday night. IAF helicopters have fired missiles at a number of groups of armed Palestinians, attempting to place bombs in the area. Palestinians report three dead, and at least ten wounded. One Palestinians died when he exploded after being shot by IDF troops. The army will conduct a situation assessment...

I was watching O Brother Where Art Thou again, and reached the point in the narrative where the KKK tries to burn Tommy at the stake. (not an exact quote) The leader says something like, "We're doing this for our women, who look to us to protect them from Darkie, from Jew, from Papist, and from those scientist folks who try tell us our culture and heritage is descended from monkeys. Is that your culture and heritage? It's not my culture and heritage." The Klan, primarily made up of poor whites, did not have the military power to do what...