Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 43521
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2006/6/28-29 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:43521 Activity:nil
6/28    Traitorous NY Times quotes cut-and-run colonel insulting the memory of
        every soldier who has sacrificed their lives for our precious freedom.
        http://tinyurl.com/kyfdo
        \_ Just read the article. How the hell does this colonel insult the
           memory of anyone?
           \_ YHBT.
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tinyurl.com/kyfdo -> www.nytimes.com/2006/06/29/world/middleeast/29soldier.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
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