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Iraq: Bombs kill more than 30 in Baghdad, Mosul
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oh,you mean that "thing" is still going on over there- now that gas has gone down for a a week or two, I have more important things on my mind- like what color my next gas guzzler should be
Could it be that the best cure for this is to ban any religion that requires the participant to rock back and forth for hours while reciting religious prose.
Iraq: You've been liberated. We're now going on to Afghanistan.
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