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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:00 AM

Alan's melody

Iraqi blogger Riverbend remembers her friend Alan, killed during the abduction of journalist Jill Carroll.
By Riverbend

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  • Thursday, January 19, 2006 12:22 PM

    Let's not re-start the Crusades

    Nino,

    Riverbend is not "in Christ". She is a Sunni Muslim, though she is secular and has Shia Muslims in her family.

    —Joe Buck Read Joe Buck's other letters

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