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[B12 Partners Solipsism] When we later saw the whole square where the statue was located, only 30 to 40 people were there (U.S. soldiers, press and some Iraqis -- and one of several U.S. tanks present pulled the statue down with a cable). We, the television viewers, saw the square being presented as though the people of Iraq had gone into a frenzy, mobbed the square and spontaneously pulled down the statue.

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http://dailywarnews.blogspot.com [Dailywarnews.blogspot.com] Today in Iraq: The study also notes that Defense Department expenditures that were not directly appropriated for Iraq have grown by more than 5 percent since the war began. But a portion of that increase has been spent "on support for the war in Iraq, including significantly higher recruitment costs, such as nearly doubling the number of recruiters, paying recruitment bonuses of up to $40,000 for new enlistees and paying special bonuses and other benefits, up to $150,000 for current Special Forces troops that re-enlist." "Another cost to the government," the study says, "is the interest on the money that it has borrowed to finance the war." Among the things taken into account by the study are some of the difficult-to-quantify but very real costs inflicted by the war on the American economy and society, such as the effect of the war on oil prices, and the economic loss that results from the many thousands of Americans wounded and killed in the war.

[Blog.newstandardnews.net] Iraq Dispatches: But NewStandard correspondent Dahr Jamail was there, and he wrote the story and took the photographs that should appear on the front pages of newspapers across the US tomorrow morning. The story he gathered -- standing among the people who watched the Iraqi-escorted convoy pass, and even talking to Iraqi soldiers and police -- differs dramatically from the version told by Marines and the Western journalists "embedded" with the convoy.

News.bbc.co.ukhttp://news.bbc.co.uk [News.bbc.co.uk] BBC NEWS | In Depth | Photo Gallery | In pictures: Saddam toppled: As the crane pulled, the statue - to the sound of a roaring Iraqi crowd - at first only bent from its pedestal....

http://www.blackfive.net [Blackfive.net] BLACKFIVE: Fast forward to the final weeks of that deployment and Mike along with two fellow SEALs were occupying an overwatch position on a rooftop in the Mulab district of Ramadi which is basically the most dangerous neighborhood of the most dangerous city in Iraq. A hidden enemy managed to toss a grenade onto the rooftop near the three SEALs, and Mike without hesitation warned his comrades verbally before placing himself in a position to block the lethal blast of the grenade from killing his teammates. 

Riverbendblog.blogspot.comhttp://riverbendblog.blogspot.com [Riverbendblog.blogspot.com] Baghdad Burning: Firdaws Square, the place where the statue was brought down, is off-limits because the Americans fear angry mobs and demonstrations”¦ but it doesn't matter because people are sticking to their homes. The kids haven't been to school for several days now and even the universities are empty.

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