Let’s show Bachmann — who voted against the same Pell grant increases in 2007 that President George W. Bush signed into law — that if she’s going to continue voicing her politically and intellectually backward vitriol, it’s not going to be on behalf of Minnesota.

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IRAQ UPDATE

Security Developments in Iraq

Following are security developments in Iraq on Oct. 27, 2008, as reported by Reuters.

DOUR – A roadside bomb killed a government employee and wounded six others when it struck a minibus in Dour, a small town near Tikrit, 100 miles north of Baghdad, police Captain Anwar Mohammed said.

BAGHDAD – U.S. forces killed five suspected gunmen after coming under small arms fire in eastern Baghdad’s New Baghdad district, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD – Two people were killed and seven others wounded when a bomb that had been attached to a car exploded in the al-Sinak district of central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD – Four militants were killed and seven suspected militants detained during operations targeting al Qaeda in Iraq on Sunday and Monday, the U.S. military said.

MOSUL – A dead body was found bearing gunshot wounds in western Mosul, 240 miles north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL – A suicide car bomber, targeting a police checkpoint in western Mosul, wounded one policeman and one civilian, police said.

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb killed three people and wounded five others on Monday when it exploded in the New Baghdad district of eastern Baghdad, police said.

TUZ KHURMATO – An Iraqi soldier was killed on Monday by a bomb that had been planted on his personal car in Tuz Khurmato, 105 miles north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb wounded four people on Monday in the Nahda district of central Baghdad, police said.