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 Send to email | Mission Accomplished in Policy and Politics |  By Thoughts
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And so, 5 years after President Bush declared that "major combat operations in Iraq are over," the 4,374th coalition soldier has died in Iraq. The evidence continues to support my contention that the surge hasn't done much or anything to stem the tide of violence, and that the lull in violence our troops are seeing depends largely on the political maneuverings of Moqtada al-Sadr, Iran, and Iran-sympathizers in Iraq. What mission can we say we've accomplished there, other than the entirely unhoped-for, and widely-predicted, deaths of many soldiers, and the woundings of many, many more.
The graph for wounded soldiers (based on data from http://globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_casualties.htm) is below the fold. Fatality data are from http://icasualties.org/oif.
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And so, 5 years after President Bush declared that "major combat operations in Iraq are over," the 4,374th coalition soldier has died in Iraq. The evidence continues to support my cont [..] Read complete article | | Published 01-May-2008 by Thoughts in Policy and Politics
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| Cast your vote for Spider-Man box ... in the trash |  Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360
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| Discovery docks with ISS | | First spacewalk later today
Discovery yesterday docked successfully with the International Space Station at 18:03 GMT, with mission STS-124 astronauts boarding at 19:36 GMT (see pic).
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| The 10 Most Terrifying Video Game Enemies [Lists] | | Cracked, when I was a kid, was an extremely poor knock-off of MAD, but I really have to applaud what that brand is doing online. Totally different from the editorial mission of the old magazine, but much better. And not just because it provides me lists for the weekend.
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| GameTap Thursday: The Great Journey of Darkstar One |  Filed under: Mac, PC, Online
GameTap goes on an intergalactic mission this week with space-smuggler sim Darkstar One. The service also adds another title which, at first glance, may confuse a few people into thinking it's a [..] Read complete article | | Published 24-Apr-2008 by Alexander Sliwinski in darkstar-onegametapgametapthursdaygreat-journey
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| ISS toilet sucks again | | New pump brings relief
The International Space Station’s troublesome toilet is now sucking like a good ‘un after Oleg Kononenko yesterday fitted the new pump delivered by Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-124.
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| Discovery relief mission is go | | En route to ISS, toilet spares aboard
Cross-legged ISS crew members will, hopefully, soon be able to relieve themselves fully into a Russian ASU toilet following the successful launch this evening of Space Shuttle Discovery which, as well as performing the useful task of delivering the second part of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 01-Jun-2008 by Nerdblog in General
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Space Shuttle Discovery is blasting off from Cape Canaveral today with some critical payload in tow: Spare parts to repair the broken commode -- and, we should stress, the only commode [..] 
