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Iraq Sandstorm

Sandstorm In Middle East May Be Largest In Modern History (PHOTO FROM SPACE)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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In what is said to be the worst in recent memory, a massive week-long sandstorm descended on Iraq last week, sending hundreds of people to the hospita...

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Obama Went to Iraq and Visited... the Airport. Was it the Sandstorms or the Rising Shitstorm?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Jeremy Scahill

it is hard not to wonder about the "coincidence" of Obama's visit being confined to the airport and coming in the midst of a rising tide in violence in Iraq over the past several days.

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