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...Hadji Girl" as gallows humor, but on the web there is no shortage of just plain gallows, either. A search for "Iraq" and "combat" at Ogrish.com or YouTube.com will field dozens of semi-pro snuff films of varying degrees of gore. Many are set to music - power ballads, speed metal, and in one case, an ironic lounge-act crooner...
...China's appetite for metal going to affect aluminum supply and prices...
ETFs are still a relatively small business--totaling $350 billion compared with some $7 trillion invested in conventional U.S. mutual funds. But ETFs are attracting so much attention that some financial pros believe they're moving markets in certain precious metals, alternative energy, water and other areas. Those pundits suggest that gold ETFs--formed by trusts that hoard the glistening, 400-oz. bars in London vaults--have become reflexive, a term applied by billionaire investor George Soros. Think self-fulfilling prophecy. In this case, it means the new ETFs signaled a shortage of physical gold available, making the metal jump...
...Washington-based trade group, the Silver Institute, believes that Barclays' launch of a new ETF called SLV played a key role in a recent run-up on that shiny metal. "Prior to the offering, Barclays placed 1.5 million ounces of silver with a custodian," reported the organization's Silver News update. "Anticipation of the ETF and other factors pushed silver to a 23-year high in mid-April." Morningstar analyst Sonya Morris explains that the silver market is "tighter" than other commodities and that "there was real concern Barclays' buying some huge stash to support their ETF was going...
...weapon still useless as anything except a club, Jessi could only watch. "They were on both sides of the street, and we were trapped in the middle, and they were hurtin' us bad," said Jessi. The Iraqis used rocket launchers to cripple the trucks. The grenades exploded against sheet metal or blew up geysers of sand. "I didn't kill nobody," Jessi said. She seemed ashamed. "We left a lot of men behind...