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Friday, May 4, 2007 12:00 AM

Plot discovered to blow up all-girls school in Iraq

U.S. soldiers found numerous explosives rigged to blow up the Huda Girls School in Tarmiyah.
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Friday, May 4, 2007 01:16 PM

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Were the explosives diffused, or defused by the military? I'm confused.

—aquavitae Read aquavitae's other letters

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Saturday, May 5, 2007 06:18 AM

Undermining Civilisation

Most people think that those who work to undermine civilisation are working from the outside. This incident, sadly, reminds us otherwise.

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