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Pelosi Fires Back at Gingrich By Nell Henderson House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi fired back at fellow former Speaker Newt Gingrich Sunday morning for his disavowal of a TV ad calling for action on climate change that the pair filmed together. Mr. Gingrich, chasing the Republican presidential nomination, has called the 2008 ad “probably the dumbest single thing I’ve done in recent years.” Ms. Pelosi, of California, asked about the comments on CNN’s State of the Union, had a tart riposte: “He has been fined $300,000 dollars by the ethics committee, you’d think he’d consider that a big mistake.” CNN...

ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq (Army News Service, March 6, 2006) – An economic and environmental disaster was averted when Iraqi police and coalition forces joined forces to put out a pipeline fire March 2. Terrorists attacked the oil pipeline and breached a 20-meter section of pipe. A fire ensued, covering the space of two soccer fields. Firefighters, who arrived on the scene, came under small-arms fire until Iraqi police arrived and the terrorists fled. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, secured the outer cordon of the fire until it was put out. The combined...

US troops ambushed amid drive to extinguish resistance?Soldiers are injured in guerrilla attack as Americans tackle renewed loyalist activity that has claimed 40 soldiers since 1 May By Patrick Cockburn in Baquba 16 June 2003 Guerrilla fighters ambushed an American convoy in a hostile region north of Baghdad yesterday, wounding several soldiers, as the US army stepped up search-and-destroy operations against fighters loyal to Saddam Hussein. The convoy was ambushed as the US military launched Operation Desert Scorpion, a mission intended to root out Saddam loyalists - including suspected foreign fighters - after a spate of attacks that have killed...