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...many Americans, the Jan. 20 murder of four U.S. soldiers on a deserted road in southern Iraq might sound similar to countless other tragedies in a bloody, brutal war. There was a firefight, which killed another American; a brazen abduction; then a frantic chase leading to a heartless end. And yet from the start, the deaths of the five Americans were also shrouded in mystery. The attack took place in Karbala, a Shi'ite holy city of roughly 1 million people that had been one of the safest in Iraq for U.S. troops. It happened in plain sight of Iraqi...
...early this year, Freeman was beginning to question the assignment. He was having trouble sleeping during his stays in Karbala. When he returned from leave in January, he asked his commanding officers if he could skip the Karbala mission heading out Jan. 14. He suggested doing some other long-term projects at the main base. Not doable, Freeman was told. The mission was heading out as scheduled, with him in command...
...prisoner initially pretended to be deaf and mute when U.S. interrogators questioned him. For weeks after his capture in March in the southern city of Basra, he persisted with the ruse, even though the Americans suspected him of being a key player in the Jan. 20 attack on U.S . forces in Karbala that left five soldiers dead. But eventually he cracked and began talking, revealing glimpses into the shifting world of Shi'ite militias in Iraq...
...Australians Louise Weaver, Rick Amor, Jan Senbergs and Jon Cattapan took part in a workshop at the Venice Printmaking Studio last month. Which brings the number of artisti...
...power of suggestion. Unfortunately, our minds are being deceived not only by water bottlers but also by alternative medicine, psychics and even alien-abduction stories. Sure, such things might make people feel good, but the purveyors of such gimmicks shouldn't be making a quick buck from our pockets. Jan Lin Chan, Singapore