Monday edition - April 17, 2006

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

• Iraq Body Count

• U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Hits 47 for April AP

• 4 Marines Killed in Volatile Iraq Province AP

• Gun battle in Northern Baghdad Kills 1 AP

• Major Attacks Against Shiite Targets in Iraq AP

• Deaths of Afghan Civilians Investigated AP

• 'Gulf states won't help US if it attacks Iran' Jerusalem Post 

• Rafsanjani Scoffs at Talk of U.S. Attack AP

• Iran to Give Palestinian Authority $50M ABC News

• Senators Urge Direct Diplomacy With Iran AP

• 'US has planned since 2003 to invade Iran' Economic Times, India 

• Muslims and Coptic Christians Clash in Egypt New York Times

• Suicide Bomber Kills 8 in Tel Aviv AP

• Istanbul blast wounds 31 Reuters.uk

General Shinseki, who commanded the NATO peacekeeping force in Bosnia, testified before Congress in February 2003 that peacekeeping operations in Iraq could require several hundred thousand troops, in part because it was a country with "the kinds of ethnic tensions that could lead to other problems."

Days later, Mr. Wolfowitz, then the second-ranking official at the Pentagon, called the estimate "wildly off the mark," a sentiment that Mr. Rumsfeld repeated in comments that were widely interpreted in Washington and within the Pentagon as a rebuke of General Shinseki.
 

"Passover, or as President Bush calls it, 'The Jewish Easter.' ... You all know the story: Moses crossed the border with thousands of people. ... He wandered the desert for 40 years. No, I'm sorry that's the Republicans' plan for illegal immigrants." --Jay Leno

U-S Senator Tom Coburn isn't naming names, but he expects six congressmen and a fellow senator will go to jail.

That's because he thinks they'll be facing corruption charges following investigations involving lobbyist Jack Abramoff and others.

"The Pentagon's been spying on gay groups. The government said they didn't find any terrorist cells, but they did learn that this Fall, Prada is bringing back round-toe pumps." --Conan O'Brien

A dispute over testing is stalling the Army's plans to move ahead with buying a new high-tech body armor now off-limits to soldiers.

Lisa,
I showed my wife the marzipan baby at the end of the weekend
edition,
since she makes things of marzipan. She marveled, did a web search for
other examples, and showed me
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/m/marzipan.htm .
It's still cute, even if it isn't edible.
Mike
 

Thank you for writing.

Your wife is correct, in fact, I found this link http://www.camilleallen.com/  and Camille Allen is the sculptress.

I corrected my site.

Thanks again. I love the art. too.
 

Please, somebody tell me this is fiction

Sung to the tune of MUSKRAT LOVE by the Captain and Tenille

By Frank Cerabino - Palm Beach Post columnist

Muslim Sunni, Muslim Salaam

Do the voting thing, down in Baghdad land

They don’t linger

With their purple finger

Muslim Sunni, Muslim Salaam

Thank the U.S.A. getting rid of Saddam

Now they fi-ight.

Cause Salaam’s a Shiite

And they whirl and they swirl

and go bang-o

Doin’ the civil war tango

Yet, thankin’ all the heavens above

It looks like Rumsfeld Love

 

A Varig airlines cargo plane from Brazil sits parked at the Mexico City airport with its nose up in the air after the cargo was unevenly distributed on Wednesday April 12, 2006. Brazil's troubled flagship airline Varig, is reeling under an estimated US$3.3 billion (euro2.7 billion) in debt and is currently in the restructuring phase of bankruptcy proceedings and last April 12, some 300 Varig employees boarded a chartered jet to Brasilia, the nation's capital, to call on the federal government to bail out the company, which employs 11,000 people.(Photo/Exelsior-Adrian Roque)

Peace.