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Pray for President Bush in a Golf and Prayer Walk as Part of the Presidential Prayer Team! We Are Not Making This Up! 4/1

House Judiciary Committee Questions Use of PATRIOT Act 4/5

Iraqis Loot "Chemical Ali's" Palace 4/5

US Congress bans France, Germany, Russia, Syria from rebuilding Iraq. What a Bunch of Maroons. 4/5

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U.S. using "Black-out Bombs" over Baghdad which "short-circuited the power grid." 4/5

Payback Time: Bush Names Wash. Times Ed. to post of Deputy U.S. Trade Representative 4/5

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The minute it's made up, you'll hear about it; Ah yes, that chemical weapons factory that turned out to be an all-night petrol garage 4/5

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Rumsfeld Iraq Waiting to Use Chemical Weapons; Analysts Say Iraq Might Not Have Used Them Because They Don't Have Any 4/5

Bush signs Executive Order for Forced Quarantine of SARS Victims and the "apprehension, detention or conditional release of individuals to prevent the introduction, transmission or spread of suspected communicable diseases." 4/5

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"Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" by Daniel Ellsberg

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American Journalist Killed In Iraq 4/5

James Ridgeway: How the Rich Go to War; They Send the Poor to Fight 4/5

Iraqi Official Warns of 'Unconventional Attack' 4/5

Statement by Hon. Charles Rangel: I Will Not be Intimidated 4/5

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Another Bush Cartel Iraqi Chemical Warfare Propaganda Scare 4/5

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