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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53314386&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The discovery of suicide martyr videos seemed certain proof that Abd al Rahim Abdul Rassak was part of al-Qaida. A closer look at his video, though, showed he was actually being tortured by al-Qaida.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53306257&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of international troops in central Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two Afghan civilians, officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53297813&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK She lies in the Tehran street with her headscarf half-off, blood pooling around her jeans and white sneakers.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53297622&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Riot police cracked down anew on demonstrators in Iran's capital on Monday hours after the feared Revolutionary Guard threatened to crush any further post-election protests. A witness described an "air of sadness" marked by people wailing prayers into the night.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53295107&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Despite their admirable intentions and acclaimed names on both sides of the camera, the vast majority of movies made about the Iraq war have failed to hit the mark. Either they felt too preachy, like "Rendition" and "In the Valley of Elah," or they were rather standard action pictures like "The Kingdom."

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53293422&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK American and Iraqi officials began the renovation of a popular amusement park Monday on an island north of Baghdad that was looted after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53281630&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Institutions for an independent Palestinian state should be up and running within two years, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Monday, for the first time setting such a target date.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53270955&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Militants used mortars, rockets and an anti-aircraft gun to attack military positions in northwestern Pakistan on Monday and were pummeled in response by airstrikes that killed at least 25 people, officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53267939&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Afghan journalist held by Taliban militants with a New York Times reporter said Monday he was beaten and repeatedly threatened by captors whose demands kept changing during their seven-month ordeal.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53254792&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama's national security adviser is traveling to Afghanistan and Pakistan.