Jul 29, 5:27 PM EDT
Turkish military's chiefs of staff step down
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ ... 9-17-27-55

The military, however, came under severe criticism after Kurdish guerrillas killed 13 soldiers in a single clash on July 14, prompting the government to order its own investigation and consider deploying special police forces to fight the rebels along with Turkish troops.

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Iran to Resume Gas Supply to Turkey Soon
17:04 | 2011-07-29
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9005070892

a blast that disrupted the flow early Friday morning

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PJAK terrorists kill 1, wound 4
Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:10PM GMT
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/191330.html

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Police Chief: Iran Tightens Security Measures along Northwestern Borders
17:31 | 2011-07-29
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9005070918

"...the (security) situation of the joint [Iran-Iraq] border will be improved and will reach a good status in the [>] next year"

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How The Two-Party Oligarchy Uses The Democrat Vs Republican Charade To Loot The Country
July 26th, 2011
http://daviddegraw.org/2011/07/how-the- ... olic-edit/

“financial terrorism,”...“neo-feudalism,”...“two-Party oligarchy,”...“banana republic”...“bankster puppet.”

in these extreme times, all these terms are technical descriptions of our unfortunate political reality.

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Will the Ceiling Fall In?
Disastrous Outcomes From an Orchestrated Crisis
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
http://counterpunch.org/roberts07292011.html

The US has become such a ridiculous collection of fools that no real crisis can be recognized.

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Debt, dogma, and dents in US image
Jul 29, 2011 10:37 EDT
http://blogs.reuters.com/bernddebusmann ... -us-image/

monumental display of dysfunction