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And now.... the news. - 7/2/2007 3:36:59 AM

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U.S.: Iranian force carried out attack
By LEE KEATH, Associated Press Writer 40 minutes ago

Iran's elite Quds force helped militants carry out a January attack in Karbala that killed five Americans, a U.S. general said Monday. U.S. military spokesman Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner also accused Tehran of using the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah as a "proxy" to arm Shiite militants in Iraq.

The claims were an escalation in U.S. accusations that Iran is fueling Iraq's violence, which Tehran has denied, and were the first time the U.S. military has said Hezbollah has a direct role.

A senior Lebanese Hezbollah operative, Ali Mussa Dakdouk, was captured March 20 in southern Iraq, Bergner said. Dakdouk served for 24 years in Hezbollah and was "working in Iraq as a surrogate for the Iranian Quds Force," Bergner said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

LONDON - British security sources tell NBC News that two of the five suspects in custody in connection with three recent terror incidents in Scotland and London are medical doctors and one may have assembled the bombs. Authorities also said they believe that most, if not all, of the suspects come from Middle Eastern countries, including one from Iraq.

On Sunday, British police appealed for help in tracing movements of a green Jeep Cherokee in the days before it rammed an airport terminal in Glasgow on Saturday. The driver of the vehicle, who set himself on fire, remained in critical condition.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19522388

NEW YORK - A peacock that roamed into a fast-food restaurant parking lot was attacked by man who vilified the bird as a vampire, animal-control authorities said.

Beaten so fiercely that most of his tail feathers fell out, the bird was euthanized, said Richard Gentles, a spokesman for the city’s Center for Animal Care and Control.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19534938

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RE: And now.... the news. - 7/2/2007 5:45:02 AM

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NEW YORK - A peacock that roamed into a fast-food restaurant parking lot was attacked by man who vilified the bird as a vampire, animal-control authorities said.

*Scratches head, face frozen in her WTF expression*

Why are we not sending people like that to the war?

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RE: And now.... the news. - 7/2/2007 5:46:58 AM

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wtf???
how does a peacock roam anywhere in ny? (is this the fake story?) do i win a prize? lol

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RE: And now.... the news. - 7/2/2007 6:19:54 AM

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wtf???
how does a peacock roam anywhere in ny? (is this the fake story?) do i win a prize? lol

"It was not clear how the bird made his way to the Burger King, but a Staten Island resident who raises peacocks said he had given some to a person who lives near the restaurant."

Of course, NY has peacocks; silly. :)

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RE: And now.... the news. - 7/2/2007 11:48:21 AM

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Why are we not sending people like that to the war?

First off, we have an all volunteer military. So unless the peacock volunteered, he would not be sent to war.

Secondly, with the rabid hatred of homosexuals among our government officials, do you think a pink flamingo mincing into basic training would stand a chance?

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RE: And now.... the news. - 7/2/2007 12:48:10 PM

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First off, we have an all volunteer military. So unless the peacock volunteered, he would not be sent to war.

Secondly, with the rabid hatred of homosexuals among our government officials, do you think a pink flamingo mincing into basic training would stand a chance?

I was thinking, if the guy who beat the peacock, was told he had a chance to help eliminate a bunch of vampires, he might volunteer.

I wouldn’t send flamingos, chickadees nor, humming birds to basic training, but then again, I wouldn’t accuse any of the above, of being vampires either.

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