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  timorborder at 09:14 PM JST - 16th October

  Anyone with a minimum understanding of modern Iraqi history would appreciate that before Bush kicked out Saddam (the locus of power in the country), Iraq was one of the more secular states in the region. Indeed, there used to be a joke in Bagdhad about Saddam in the Iran-Iraq War.…

  Posted in U.S. military: No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leader killed at 09:14 PM JST - 16th October

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  timorborder at 03:34 PM JST - 16th October

  Defeatist? Me? I don't think so. I just think the focus of the war in Iraq is fundamentally wrong. Instead of putting servicemen on street corners doing policing activities (a job they are not trained to do), supporting a puppet government of Iraqi exiles, and focusing on body counts (deja…

  Posted in U.S. military: No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leader killed at 03:34 PM JST - 16th October

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  timorborder at 02:44 PM JST - 16th October

  Nah, it means they killed a scumbag who would torture and kill you without hesitation or remorse.

  You mean an MP in charge of Iraqi prisoners? Does this mean we are fragging our own troops now? Deja vu or what?

  Posted in U.S. military: No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leader killed at 02:44 PM JST - 16th October

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  timorborder at 02:28 PM JST - 16th October

  If it is insufficient Taro, perhaps you might cough up some more money yourself. Surprise us, instead of moaning about the status quo, assume a leadership role rather than just complain.

  Posted in Aso says U.S. bank bailout 'insufficient' and causing renewed stock market plunge at 02:28 PM JST - 16th October

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  timorborder at 02:26 PM JST - 16th October

  This reminds me of the gold days of the MLB when the different teams just could not help colluding with each other. Can you say the word "Cartel?" This is what the NPB is at the current time, a good ol' boy's club that does not give a XXXXX about…

  Posted in Japan's baseball teams to curb talent drain with ban at 02:26 PM JST - 16th October

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  timorborder at 02:05 PM JST - 16th October

  Explain this one to your kids! Isn't greed great? This woman gets away with it once, and just has to do it again. Good to see that she was arrested.

  Posted in 37-year-old woman arrested for using lost credit card at Tokyo Disneyland at 02:05 PM JST - 16th October

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  timorborder at 10:55 AM JST - 16th October

  Wonder what would have happened if this guy was an NCO rather than an orifice. Seems to be like the old (and dying out) British tradition of one rule for the ORs and another rule for the Officer's Mess.

  At the same time, however, it is important to note that…

  Posted in Prosecutors waive indictment of ex-colonel over China sub info leakage at 10:55 AM JST - 16th October

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  timorborder at 10:46 AM JST - 16th October

  Died from overbreeding? Don't know much about pandas, know lots about dog breeding, however. Anyway, it seems to me that 10 cubs is a pretty tough workload.

  RIP

  Posted in Giant panda dies at Wakayama park, aged 14 at 10:46 AM JST - 16th October

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  timorborder at 10:23 AM JST - 16th October

  Heard that yesterday out Saitama? some 80-year old still transferred money despite the fact that there were 2 of Japan's finest standing next to him. Apparently the victim was not using a mobile phone, so the cops didn't do anything. The other possibility is the cops nipped off to McDonalds…

  Posted in 58,000 police deployed to ATMS to stop bank transfer fraud on pension payment day at 10:23 AM JST - 16th October

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  timorborder at 01:43 AM JST - 16th October

  And geography was not his strong point either, when he was nabbed he was rather shocked to find out that Saipan was part of the US.

  Posted in Case against Miura formally dismissed; supporters question jail suicide at 01:43 AM JST - 16th October