Thanksgiving far from home for Marines in Iraq
U S Marines across Anbar marked Thanksgiving with flag football on dusty fields and butter turkeys at Camp Fallujah while a TV lounge aired NFL games. Staff Sgt Dominic Washington from Norfolk reflected on home, as Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter visited Fallujah and Kyrgyzstan’s Manas Air Base hosted cards of family at home for Air Force Capt Karl Recksick.
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Iraq bombing crisis widens as Shiite anger grows
In Tal Afar and Baghdad blasts killed 22 and wounded 26, with a deadly Sadr City attack days earlier killing 215. Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr followers threaten to boycott parliament if Bush meets Maliki in Jordan, challenging U S forces' role and calling for withdrawal.
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Shoppers Begin Thanksgiving Bargain Rush at Ottawa Stores
Randall started shopping at 5 a.m. at Town and Country Supply on Kingman Road, Ottawa, after scouting four stores by 7:30 a.m. She plans to shop Thanksgiving and then work Friday at Ottawa Retirement Village. Andrea Conner says the frenzy is fun to watch and they are diehards.
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