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You’ve Got Mail Wednesday, July 19, 2:31 a.m.: In response to a suspicious truck found outside Fogg Museum, an officer spoke with the driver of the Fed-Ex truck and determined that the individual arrived early for the delivery and all was in order...
...missile strike yesterday on their way south to fetch Hussein's wife and six children and bring them to safety. According to Hussein's cousin, Majid Hammadi, the two men were about a mile from their house when an Israeli missile struck their car, killing both. When a rescue truck attempted to retrieve the bodies, Hammadi said, the Israelis struck again. Today, they say, after a day in the street, the bodies are still unclaimed because people are too scared to approach the destroyed cars. Neighbors who witnessed the attack had called Hammadi with the news about an hour before...
...soldiers' videos, but precious little uplift. In "The War Tapes," one soldier/auteur complains frequently about the risks he and his comrades take to protect the property of the Halliburton subsidiary subcontracted to feed the troops: "Why the f--- am I sitting out here guarding a truck full of cheesecake?" he laments. After another guardsman supplies a Bush Administration-approved justification for their presence (freedom and democracy for the Iraqi people, stability in the Middle East), the cameraman asks, "tell me how you really feel." Deadpan, he continues: "After that happens, maybe we can buy everybody in the world a puppy...
...destruction of bridges weren't enough, the transport situation became much worse two days ago, when the Israelis began targeting individual trucks, according to Safadi. "Truck owners and truck drivers are refusing to go on the roads," he said. The Israelis "are explaining that some trucks could be moving weapons, but moving goods like food and medications is becoming a very dangerous thing...
...heard Sergeant Robert Dowdy give the order to lock and load. Jessi grabbed the slide on the side of her M-16, tugged it back and tried to chamber a round. It jammed. She had cleaned it every day, but the grit had swirled in through the truck's windows all day and clogged it again with grime. She snatched at it, trying to eject the jammed cartridge...