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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's prime minister has told Shiite militiamen to surrender their arms or face an all-out assault by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces, senior Iraqi officials said Wednesday, as President Bush said he will commit an additional 21,500 American combat troops to the war. Under pressure from the U.S., Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has agreed to crack down on fighters controlled by his most powerful political ally, Muqtada al-Sadr, a radical Shiite cleric, according to officials. Previously, al-Maliki had resisted the move. "Prime Minister al-Maliki has told everyone that there will be no escape from attack," a senior Shiite legislator...

Yesterday Oct 1, around 2:30 PM I got a delivery from my corner deli I am limit in mobility so I don't go out much. This delivery man has come to my door quite a few times. He is a man of few words most of the delivery guys are from Mexico. This young man I don't know where he is from accept he has strange mannerism or body language seems stress a lot of contortions, uneasy in movement. I really resent PC world we live in, years ago we could have said this is not accepable. Well yesterday...

It can stop a bullet from an AK-47, shrug off a roadside bomb, and it makes a Hummer look like a chick car. The $200,000 (U.S.) Gurkha is coming to a road near you — thanks to a King City-based company that is finding itself in demand because of the global war on terror. "They are pretty awesome machines," says William Whyte, owner of Armet Armored Vehicles Inc., the company that builds the Gurkha. "We've been stopped on roads with people taking pictures and wanting to know what they are." The Gurkha can go more than 150 kilometres per hour...

IAF fighter jets dropped over 20 tons in bombs late Wednesday night on a Hizbullah bunker, possibly the hiding place of the group's leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, in the Bourj al-Barajneh refugee camp in southeast Beirut. It was still unclear who was in the bunker at the time and what their fate was, but IDF sources said the bunker was totally destroyed and that all that was left was a crater. The IDF obtained intelligence information late Wednesday night that Hizbullah leaders possibly including Nasrallah had taken refuge inside the bunker. A wave of aircraft immediately took to the air...

Just saw on CNN that 23 tons of explosives were dropped on a Hezbollah bunker. Top Hezbollah officials are believed to have been inside. No story on the website yet.

Racing and winning with Snowmobiles, ATV's, Enduro cars, and 10years with Sprint Cars including Knoxville Iowa. One of only a couple Deaf Racecar Drivers ever. Proving his point that, "Deaf people can do anything but hear". http://www.racinforalivin.net/viewtopic.php?t=47 Here's your chance to vote for Greg Gunderson!! Vote often as you want.

I am not certain what the legal ramifications would be in changing Free Republic from donations to a subscription service. It seems to me the switch may be detrimental to legal issues such as copyrights. If that is true I'd appreciate if someone could briefly explain that to me. However if that is not the case here is my suggestion: I have been wondering about this for some time now and have not seen any discussions about it. So I would like to ask: Is it time for Free Republic to become an online subscription service? Currently, the site is...

This denomination has been going this direction for over 50 years!!!!!!!

HONG KONG — A six-minute film showing a grumpy man scolding a fellow Hong Kong bus rider for interrupting his phone call has become one of the most popular videos online. "Bus Uncle," as the film is commonly known, has been viewed nearly 1.7 million times on the video Web site youtube.com — the second-most-viewed video on the site in May as of Thursday — spawning spoofs and new slang drawn from the ranting subject's emotionally charged soliloquy. The grainy film was apparently recorded using a mobile phone. The film starts out when a middle-age man reacts strongly when a...

John Murtha served his country well during the Vietnam era but today in the War on Terror John Murtha is AWOL.

I haven't posted anything of any great importance since the almost infamous..... Am I Logged In???.Anyways...here's my prob. For various reasons which I choose not to disclose...( essentially because I'm getting old and don't have the energy... read that to mean..... I'm getting lazy to change all my e mail contacts.)I use Netscape as my e mail address.Recently I had to do a full System/ Restore on my comp. As I had been successful in this endeavor (which took me six days...I was passed out on the 7th) I prided myself on this terrific accomplishment!!! As to the prob with...

General Lee's Daughter Annie : What Became of Her During the Civil War? by D. R. Schwerin.

without the threat of energy,where is the beef?

What sort of luck are Freepers having with home VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service. Considering that all Freepers are tech savy along with good looking and smelling nice, I'd like to canvus those of you using VOIP (Vonage, Skype, ???) to see if it is worth investigating.

LARRY HOMSHER IS RUNNING AS A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN THE 95TH STATE HOUSE DISTRICT AS A REPUBLICAN. THE INCUMBENT HERE IS PAY RAISE SUPPORTER STEVE STETLER, A DEMOCRAT. HOMSHER RAN AS A REPUBLICAN FOR CITY COUNCIL BUT YOU HAVE TO WATCH OUT, THE DEMS ARE SO NASTY AND POWERFUL IN THE CITY THAT THEY HAVE PLANTED PEOPLE AS GOP CANDIDATES SO THEY COULD WIN ELECTIONS. I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS ON THIS ONE, BUT QUESTIONS BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH CITY POLITICS..... Excerpt from NEXTRUSH

US law enforcers had put him behind bars on charges of having a “long beard” snip .ISLAMABAD: Fifty-one Pakistanis deported from the United States for violating various laws reached Islamabad by a chartered flight on Wednesday. snip deportees were involved in several cases including fraud, forgery, burglary, drug smuggling, murder, illegal immigration, sexual assault, rape and possession of illegal weapons snip arrested them in Virginia and Texas. Up to 29 deportees was jailed for over 18 months while the rest of them had been in jail for over eight months snip Tanveer Khan, another deportee, said that Muslim prisoners in...

Video's on Amona: Blood, and now Anger (Cross posted from Mystical Paths.) Under Attack in Amona: More Video from Amona, with Music - warning, graphic - Tonight's Rally: Standing Strong, Not Afraid, with Music In the second, notice the age of the particpants, 95% youth. I'll say it again, the government of Israel has no idea what they have done.

What struck Jim Wier first, as he entered the Wal-Mart vice president's office, was the seating area for visitors. "It was just some lawn chairs that some other peddler had left behind as samples." The vice president's office was furnished with a folding lawn chair and a chaise lounge. And so Wier, the CEO of lawn-equipment maker Simplicity, dressed in a suit, took a seat on the chaise lounge. "I sat forward, of course, with my legs off to the side. If you've ever sat in a lawn chair, well, they are lower than regular chairs. And I was on...

Included in human nature is an intense love. Even, because of the power of imagination, man fancies a sort of immortality in everything he loves. Whenever he thinks of or sees their passing, he cries out from the depths of his being. All the lamentations at separation are interpretations of the weeping resulting from love of immortality. If there was no imagined immortality, there would be no love. It might even be said that a reason for the existence of the eternal realm and everlasting Paradise is the intense desire for immortality arising from that passionate love of immortality, and...

if all they can think to do is build walls on our borders instead of defending them, ladder sales will really pickup

For God's sake people, what is going on, with this website and in this country?!! We are all falling apart!! The left is getting us all to turn against ourselves and we are letting them do it. For Christ sakes get it together people and stop this nonsense. I too have my doubts about what is going on with Bush but that is because I am falling into the same trap as eveybody else. We are under attack within and many of us are falling into the trap and we must get it together to stop this madness. We are...

RUSH: I want to now go to these Dan Rather sound bites. Dan Rather was interviewed last night at the National Press Club in Washington by former CBS News employee-reporter Marvin Kalb. Marvin Kalb now runs the John F. Kennedy School of Government's Shorenstein Center at Harvard, and you know something? When you hear these bites you're going to understand what I'm saying here. This is one of the problems of the mainstream media today. When these reporters that get long in the tooth get laid off or retired, they farm them out to these think tanks and these journalism...

Could all problems cause move by US to take aggressive action. Could problems justify such moves? Maybe.

I am trying to find an email address to contact Reuters in order to submit a complaint about a reporter.

BRITISH police are considering the possibility that the four key suspects in last week's London attacks may have been tricked into setting off their bombs, a newspaper has reported. "We do not have hard evidence that the men were suicide bombers," a Scotland Yard spokesman told The Sunday Telegraph. "It is possible that they did not intend to die." According to the paper, one police hypothesis is that the bombers were tricked by a "master" who told them they would have time to escape - when in fact the devices were set to go off immediately. "The bombers' masters might...

Great whites and tigers are bigger, but the scariest shark people are likely to encounter in Florida is the bull shark. A bull was blamed in the fatal attack June 25 on a 14-year-old girl, bitten in the leg as she swam off the beach in Walton County in the Panhandle. A bull is also suspected in an attack Monday, when a shark bit a teenager swimming in waist-deep water 80 miles from the site of the Saturday attack. Doctors amputated the boy's leg, but he is expected to recover. A third attack, on Friday, injured an Austian who was...

Michael Jackson attorney T. Mesereau seems to be completely out of this world regarding justice and the justice system. Just because an old civil rights lawyer gets himself seduced and hired by Jackson does not mean that this lawyer (not "attorney") has the end word and all the final sayso on what's right and wrong. Mesereau has been on every talk show that will have him in the past two days blaring about how bad the prosecution was and touting the "aggresiveness" of himself and his team. Sure, Jackson was found not guilty but not guilty is certainly not the...

My son was taken from me when he was only 2 months old because I supposedly "worshiped the devil" in front of him. I am an atheiest. I don't even belive in the devil. It ruined my life and at the same time opened up a whole new world of horror stories from other parents. How our government is walking all over the rules they put in place to protect us and how our civil rights are violated each and everyday. EVERYONE especailly those with families should be aware of this!!! Please visit my sites and sign my petition to...

For those of you who are getting tired of the Lamestream media quoting polls showing that the majority of people favor Killing Terri, feel free to add your own examples of polls that were way off favoring the 'politically correct' viewpoint when the outcomes of elections show that they were WAY OFF!!!

If you, gentlemen, really want “to see US politics from another angle”, compare it with politics of present-day totalitarian regimes in Central Asia, for instance. And you’ll realize that there are practically no differences for our “democratic” state and e.g. authoritarian government in Turkmenistan. It’s common knowledge that Turkmen authorities abridge liberty of speech, freedom of the press, exercising control over mass and I-net. They bow down, imposing restrictions on freedom of association and assembly, in order to curtail political activity of non-governmental organizations, including groups of religious minorities. Nijazov does it with the aim of exercising control over latitude...

This is so silly what I'm gonna ask, but everytime I look at FR, I see ppl's posts with small personal sayings or quotes at the bottom. How do i do that!

DU is hurting our troops! But not the DU your use to hearing about on FR, NO!. I'm talking about depleted uranium! You see this is the real danger to our boys on the front lines not some a$$hat lefty website. You can ignore it all you want but you are only hurting our brave soldiers.

No No, All of the people in the picture survived. This due to quick acting by-standers who immediately helped two people with mouth2mouth but all others did not need help, but rather minor medical attention to cuts and bruises. The cameraman on the van/truck survived as well.

I am starting a grammar thread at the behest of Xenalyte and TheMom. Post your most irritating pet peeves of grammar or usage here.

Okay, so I had bought this Bic pen like 4 years ago. Yesterday I found it in a drawer and it's missing the cap so I'm afraid to carry it in my pocket. Does anyone know where I can buy another cap? Does Bic have a website?

Smoking Gun at FOX News Yesterday, I released to an expectant world a smoking gun-memo from Bill Keller, Executive Editor of the New York Times. Today, I reveal to you another smoking gun, this memo from Bob Kaganoff, Political News Director, FOX News. Memo To FOX News Staff: It goes without saying that the stakes are getting very high for the country and the campaigns - and our responsibilities become quite grave. I do not want to set off an endless colloquy that none of us have time for today, nor do I want to stifle one. Please respond if...

LOS ANGELES — The Planned Parenthood Association says it's not too early to be thinking of that perfect Christmas gift idea. They will be offering the little beauties (pictured left) at their Los Angeles offices starting next month. It's all part of a new nationwide campaign to make condoms more fun. "They could even be used as finger puppets, as you can see," said a spokesman for Planned Parenthood. "We're trying to get people away from thinking of the condom as strictly a 'backdoor' business." The spokesman said that Jewish versions are still in the testing phase. "Both the Star...

In the constitution it says we have freedom to worship whatever we want, that doesn't hold true in Alabama. I support Judge Moore who shoudn't take the monument down. I want your oppinion

For most people, Moscow's underworld conjures up images of high-rolling gangsters driving around in expensive cars. For Vadim Mikhailov, Moscow's underworld is a tangible place of wonder and awe, a site of endless tunnels and labyrinths, clandestine streams and strange, unexplainable phenomena. "Moscow has the largest, deepest and most complicated network of underground channels of any city in the world," Mikhailov said. In 1990, Mikhailov founded Diggers of the Underground Planet, a loose confederacy of subterranean explorers. The group first formed in Moscow, but now it has members in major cities all over the world. Mikhailov's love affair with the...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Rocky Oldaker bought a wood box for $2 at a thrift store because it looked interesting. When he opened it, what he found inside was priceless to Linda Bigford: her mother's ashes. "I don't think that is what someone's life should boil down to ... $2 at a thrift store," said Oldaker, who bought the box along with a stuffed animal and a picture frame. When he unscrewed the box bottom at home, Oldaker discovered a plastic bag of ashes and a note identifying them as those of June Peltier of Marion, Mich. Peltier, 77, died...

County sued over court Bible display Alabama case sparks local call for removal By ALLAN TURNERCopyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Citing concern over what she perceives as growing religious fundamentalism, a Houston woman filed suit Monday in federal court against Harris County, demanding it remove a King James Bible from a monument near the Fannin Street entrance of the civil courthouse. The Bible, tattered and waterstained, has occupied the lighted display case since 1995, when an employee of then-state District Judge John Devine's court undertook an effort to refurbish the neglected monument. The 4-foot-tall pedestal was erected in 1956 to honor...

Israel Snatches Palestinian Gunmen From Hospital Beds in Dawn RaidBy Mohammed Daraghmeh Associated Press WriterPublished: Aug 26, 2003 NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - Israeli undercover forces snatched two wounded Palestinian gunmen from their West Bank hospital beds in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday, the latest Israeli military operation in the wake of a deadly bus bombing a week ago. Also Tuesday, Muslim-Jewish friction intensified at a disputed holy site in Jerusalem. Police arrested three Islamic officials after Muslim worshippers scuffled with police officers escorting Jewish visitors. In September 2000, deadly riots erupted at the shrine following a visit by then-opposition leader...

Anne ain't got nothin on this gal,you DFW FReeper guys are so lucky to have Crystal as your neighbor.

RIGHT-WING & Conservative worse nightmare has arrive..!!!!!, June 9, 2003 Reviewer: A reader from North Andover, MA USA IF THE CONSERVATIVES HATE HER THAT MEANS SHE IS DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. BILL Oreilly hates her, though he claims to be an independent the facts is he was registered as Republican in 2000 election. SORRY Bill there is not Spin to this fact. Be Honest... As and independent voter I been in line to get the book. I got it early this morning and I have to tell you she will be President in 2008 not matter what the Right does. The...

U.S. termed worst rogue state Pyongyang, April 5 (KCNA) -- The United States started the Iraqi war, once again laying bare the despicable true colours of the U.S. imperialists who have indulged in all wrong doings, ignoring the UN and violating international law. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article. It continues: The U.S. is going to use more than 300 types of ultra-modern weapons in the Iraqi war and has already used the "massive, ordinance, air blast (MOA)" bomb. This is hideous war crimes, crimes against humanity as they diametrically run counter to all international laws and...

The War At Home The number of emails I’ve received about my article on antiwar conservatives has just crossed the 350 mark. Of those, fewer than 10 have been negative. The sheer number of the messages prevents me from answering each one, but I’ve read them all and I’m grateful for each and every one of them. With the writers’ permission, I’ll quote a couple more to continue to give readers a sense of the reaction of their fellow-conservatives. “I read your piece on the "paleocons" and I can only imagine the vitriol you are going to take primarily because...

01:37 2003-03-22 MURDERERS!! Donald Rumsfeld, the US Defence Secretary, gloated tonight while Baghdad was subjected to a terrifying 3 hours of massive bombardment by aircraft and cruise missiles. Donald Rumsfeld rejoiced with the knowledge that his “shock and awe” campaign had been a “success”. In a terrorist attack of horrendous proportions, hundreds of “targets” have been razed in the city, bearing witness to Rumsfeld’s claims that the US/UK forces would unleash an attack of “unprecedented” force and scale as he banged his fist theatrically on the dais in the Pentagon. Speaking of “targets”, Rumsfeld, like his master George Bush,...

DPRK Foreign Ministry spokesman on U.S. start of Iraqi war Pyongyang, March 21 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry gave an answer to a question put by KCNA today as regards the U.S. start of military attack on Iraq. He said: At dawn of March 20, the United States finally started its military attack on Iraq defying the unanimous protest of the international community. The U.S. armed attack is a grave encroachment upon sovereignty. The violation of Iraqi sovereignty already started with demanding disarmament by inspection and gradually led to the war. The unilateral demand for the...

Fox subtite just announces that the "Shock and Awe" has begun!