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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Iran Sending Explosives to Extremist Groups in Iraq, Officials Say — Iranian security forces, taking orders from the "highest levels" of the Iranian government, are funneling sophisticated explosives to extremist groups in Iraq, and the weapons have grown increasingly deadly for U.S.-led troops …
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James Glanz / New York Times:
U.S. Presents Evidence of Iranian Weapons in Iraq — After weeks of internal debate, senior United States military officials today literally put on the table their first public evidence for the contentious assertion that Iran is supplying Shiite extremist groups in Iraq with deadly weaponry …
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Ibon Villelabeitia / Reuters:U.S.-led forces show evidence of Iranian arms in Iraq
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Dean Goodman / Reuters:
Dixie Chicks could bring political edge to Grammys — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Grammys could take a rare step into the political arena on Sunday if the Dixie Chicks win the coveted album-of-the-year award, as observers of the music industry's biggest honors are predicting.
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New York Times:
Dixie Chicks, Mary J. Blige and the Red Hot Chili Peppers Win Grammys — After death threats, boycotts and a cold shoulder from the country music establishment, the Dixie Chicks gained sweet vindication Sunday night at the 49th annual Grammy Awards, capturing honors in all five of the categories in which they were nominated.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Dixie Chicks to country: nah-nah — It was more than a love of their music that was behind the Dixie Chicks' victory lap at the Grammy Awards Sunday. — The Texans won the three biggest awards - song, record and album of the year - for a disc in which they fought back against a country-music establishment …
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Giuliani praises Bush's Iraq policy, foresight — He disparages a Senate nonbinding rebuke on a visit to California to build a GOP campaign base for the presidency. — SACRAMENTO — Republican presidential hopeful Rudolph W. Giuliani praised President Bush's war leadership on Saturday …
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Sean-Paul Kelley / The Agonist:
Doesn't Look Like Farsi To Me? — Look, I admit, I don't know much about bomb-making. And I don't know much about how factories label bombs. But I do know that in Iran virtually all numbers were in the Farsi-Arabic script. They were not and do not resemble our numbers.
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