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----- Original Message ----- From: "Dwayne Monroe" <idoru345 at yahoo.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 12:01 PM Subject: [lbo-talk] The Ayatollah: Iraq's Archduke Ferdinand?
> The Ayatollah: Iraq's archduke?
>
> The killing of an Iraqi Shia leader could be the event
> that ignites the country's tensions and causes a
> regional conflagration, writes Brian Whitaker
>
> Brian Whitaker
> Monday September 1, 2003
> The Guardian
>
> The worst act of violence in Iraq since the fall of
> Saddam Hussein was overshadowed in Britain's
> broadsheet papers on Saturday by news that Tony
> Blair's media adviser had resigned.
>
> In the popular tabloids meanwhile, two celebrity
> stories vied for readers' attention: Madonna's
> "lesbian" kiss with Britney Spears and the publication
> of David Beckham's autobiography.