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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74269399&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK In offering to help Iraqi security forces to fight insurgents after a wave of deadly bombings in the capital, an anti-American Shiite cleric is sending a clear signal to the government: If you don't protect us, we'll protect ourselves.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74257656&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Tens of thousands of people marched through Madrid and other Spanish cities Saturday in a boisterous show of support for a judge indicted on charges of abusing his authority by investigating atrocities committed during the civil war and the early years of Gen. Francisco Franco's dictatorship.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74256555&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A suicide car bomber attacked a prison van while gunmen torched six NATO oil tankers in separate strikes Saturday that killed four Pakistani police officers and wounded 10 others, authorities said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74249074&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Coleman Bean went to Iraq twice, but his father remembers a stark difference in his son's two parting messages.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74242027&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Yemen's most influential Islamic cleric vowed on Saturday to gather a "million" signatures to protest a draft law banning child brides, in an increasingly vocal showdown against the country's weak government which needs the support of powerful religious leaders to hold onto power.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74241450&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK One of the nation's oldest military-style boarding schools, whose students have included Donald Trump and Francis Ford Coppola, plans to close because of financial problems.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74224593&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The message, very often, is sent with bloodshed.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74209685&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. said Friday it received a modified contract worth $114 million to provide materials for a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74208633&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The overturning of a Marine's murder conviction on a judicial mistake is a stinging setback for the government and comes after a string of defeats in its prosecution of U.S. troops accused of killing unarmed Iraqis.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74207451&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A military veteran who claimed a rollover wreck left him paralyzed collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer benefits and was kept stateside when his Army unit shipped off to Iraq.