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Posted By Blake Hounshell Sunday, July 6, 2008 - 3:42 PM Share

Fire away.

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JGARZIK

9:02 PM ET

July 6, 2008

News of Iraq

Thanks for the open thread, Blake!

BBC: The United Arab Emirates has said that it is cancelling the entire debt owed to it by Iraq, a sum of almost $7bn (£3.5bn) including interest. The Gulf state also appointed a new ambassador to Iraq, in a move which eases Baghdad's diplomatic isolation. (link)

AP: 550 metric tons of yellowcake were removed from Iraq. It should be noted that this is pre-1991 yellowcake, of which the U.N. and U.S. were already aware. (link)

HIFFY

8:58 AM ET

July 7, 2008

Well,

I quite liked the guy ripping out hitler's wax head late last week. Warmed the cockles of me heart it did.

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