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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Quickhits

(CNN) A horrible new tactic in Iraq as a chlorine turck was exploded outside a restaurant in Taji.

(Reuters) While hiding in Japan, Cheney calls up the language of Vietnam saying the US must win in Iraq and "return with honor."

(BBC) Denmark is leaving Iraq, too.

(LATimes) An article on the military weighing an incursion into Sadr City.

(NYTimes) Marc Santora reports on the rape/non-rape of the Sunni woman at the hands of Shia Iraqi forces. On page 2, he speaks with a Sunni nurse who says there was evidence. (I don't know if this specific allegation is true or not, but if this didn't happen often, the story would have no resonance, so it is important.)

(Newsweek) The Iraqi government is taking down Saddam's iconic "crossed swords" monument.

(AP) The Lebanese fire on Israeli planes over their airspace. (All those years of uncontested Israeli overflights. This is a significant change.)

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