Monday edition - July 16, 2007

Even more progress to report in Iraq: burka sales are up. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News

• U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,613 AP

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• Twin car bombings in Kirkuk kill at least 80 people Boston Herald

• U.S. F-16 crashes in Iraq; pilot unhurt AP

• Britain case shatters myth of who might be terrorist Chicago Tribune

• US is Britain's number one ally: UK minister Washington Post

• Pull troops out of Iraq now and stand up to Bush, inquiry tells Brown Belfast Telegraph

• IAEA Confirms N.Korea Has Shut Reactor Forbes

• Pentagon balked at pleas from officers in field for safer vehicles USA Today

BUSH VOWS TO DEFEAT al-QONGRESS IN MESSOPOTOMACA

IRAQN

Almost half of the US's 277 warships are stationed close to Iran, including two aircraft carrier groups. The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise left Virginia last week for the Gulf.

Disturbing News

• Powerful earthquake disrupts Japan communications Computerworld

Embarrassing Christ

A group of Christian protesters tried to shout down a Hindu clergyman who was invited to give the opening prayer during yesterday's session of the Senate. Capitol Police say they arrested three people after they stood up and started yelling "this is an abomination" when guest chaplain Rajan Zed invited the Senate to join him in prayer.

Watch a video of the incident at YouTube.

1952 comic predicts Bush/Cheney Iran policy

Republican Shenanigans

• U.S. upset by Russia's pullout of treaty AP

• Bush sees life in sporting terms AP

• Gilmore Drops Bid for GOP White House Nod New York Times

• Schwarzenegger accused of being MIA Los Angeles Times

• Crist emerges as new Republican leader on climate change Florida Times-Union

• Rumsfeld setting up service foundation AP

"Some sad news I should mention, Lady Bird Johnson passed away at the age of 94. Laura Bush praised her as a pioneer and an icon, while President Bush praised her as a lady and a bird." --Conan O'Brien

Saudi Arabia Is #1

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Most foreign fighters and suicide bombers in Iraq come from Saudi Arabia, despite attempts by US officials to portray Syria and Iran as the main culprits of violence...

• Rock-The-Voter News
  Clinton, Obama, Break Bush's Cash Record, Dwarfing Rivals Bloomberg
   

Osama bin Laden

A new al-Qaida videotape posted Sunday on a militant Web site featured a short, undated clip of a weary-looking Osama bin Laden praising martyrdom.
 

Biz-Tech News

• Oil eyes record high on North Sea supply worries Reuters South Africa

• Halliburton Secures $1.2B Financing  Houston Chronicle

• IHOP to buy Applebee's for $1.9 billion Reuters

• Google, Viacom face off over YouTube AP

How many Iraqis does it take to screw in a light bulb? Doesn't matter: there's so little electricity, bulbs never burn out.

- Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Senators press Rice on Guantanamo detainee transfers to torture states JURIST

• 16 Saudis transferred home from Guantanamo International Herald Tribune

• Guantanamo prisoners find release in poetry Orlando Sentinel, FL

President "Executive Privilege" makes OJ look innocent.

- Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Cheney visit likely to slow traffic on I-75 Atlanta Journal Constitution

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