Tuesday edition - April 18, 2006

• Daily Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq AP

• Iraq Body Count

• Baghdad street battle smacks of open civil war Reuters

• Gun battle rocks Sunni area of Baghdad Denver Post, CO

• Russia insists on diplomatic solution of Iran crisis Pravda, Russia 

• Marines avert insurgent assault on Ramadi AZ Central.com, AZ

• Rumsfeld Says Calls for Ouster 'Will Pass' New York Times

"A UCLA study shows 7% of people still believe in the Easter Bunny. I believe these are the same people who believe President Bush is doing a good job in Iraq." --Jay Leno

Moussaoui: Bush Will Free Me

For the first time in four years of fighting to represent himself or get a Muslim lawyer, he finally explained the defense he wanted to put on. With U.S. troops engaged around the world, Moussaoui said, a life sentence would make him available "as a bargaining chip they could exchange for U.S. troops" held prisoner.

"This would work with even the most vengeful juror," Moussaoui said. "Put him in jail and one day he could save an American life."

He told Spencer he's dreamed that President Bush will do this before leaving office in 2009.
 

www.unfairlybalanced.com

Twenty-five trailers once intended to shelter victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi have been moved to northeast Arkansas to provide homes for people who lost them when tornadoes struck two weeks ago.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, tapping its stock of 10,000-plus mobile homes in storage at the Hope Airport, moved 13 trailers Monday to Marmaduke, where they will house people who lost their homes in tornadoes two weeks ago. On Saturday, 12 trailers were sent from Hope to Marmaduke.

Laura Bush told "Good Morning America" in February 2005 that Jenna Bush's frequent date Henry Hager "is not a serious boyfriend." But there he and Jenna were ...

President Bush's childhood home in Midland, Texas, will be officially turned into a museum. Yeah. Yeah, so -- so it turns out that the President has been to a museum.” -- Conan O'Brien
 

www.offthewahl.com

Top Ten Features Of President Bush's Bird Flu Pandemic Plan - David Letterman


10. Hang "Mission Accomplished" sign in every Kentucky Fried Chicken

9. Torture some Perdue employees until they talk

8. Scare birds away with giant radioactive kitties

7. Be on the lookout for any bird which looks "fluey"

6. Build wall along border so birds can't walk in from Mexico

5. Never leave the house, avoid human contact -- like Letterman

4. Tax cuts for the rich

3. C'mon, it's a Bush plan -- you actually think there's ten items?

2. If you see a bird, run like you're being chased by a tiger

1. Hang on until 2009 when it becomes Hillary's headache
 

A mother holds her toddler petting a 10-year-old, 4-meter (13-foot) -long python snake at the Dusit Zoo, in Bangkok, Thailand.. Proposed legislation in Florida, could force python buyers to complete state training, buy a license and face jail time if they let their snakes loose. (Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Peace.