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...first Democratic presidential debate will occur in South Carolina in a couple weeks, the contenders sparred over Iraq in the first “virtual” gathering of the campaign season last night, drawing about 50 people to Harvard Hillel to listen to the online broadcast. The town hall meeting—organized by MoveOn.org, a progressive public policy organization—featured pre-recorded interviews with seven leading Democratic presidential candidates. The five Republican candidates invited by MoveOn.org declined the invitation, according to the Web site. All the candidates articulated their hopes for a speedy resolution...
...Spacey left town last week, said the Boston Herald, and the other actors spent most of the day rehearsing indoors...
...thought this had a town hall feeling,” he said. “A lot of people searching for something find it in Obama...
...anti-American demonstration today in Najaf, Sadr urged Iraqi security forces to stop working with American troops, saying Iraqis should fight the "occupiers" rather than join them. Alluding to reports that Iraqi Army and police were fighting alongside U.S. forces against his Mahdi Army fighters in the town of Diwaniyah, Sadr said, "Don?t walk alongside the occupiers, because they are your archenemy... God has ordered you to be patient in front of your enemy, and unify your efforts against them - not against the sons of Iraq...
...Diwaniyah, a town roughly 80 miles away from Baghdad, may be the wave of the near future if Sadr decides to flex his muscle. With more U.S. troops being sent to Baghdad, fighters from Sadr's Mahdi Army began appearing in force in Diwaniyah, a predominantly Shi'ite area of about 400,000 people sitting amid some of Iraq's most fertile farmlands. Violence soon followed. Women accused of violating the draconian brand of Islamic law espoused by al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia began turning up dead in Diwaniyah. Residents working with coalition forces at a Polish army...