I Am Charlotte Simmons

Tom Wolfe

	I Am Charlotte Simmons
	Published: 09 November, 2004
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Turkey bombs 13 Kurdish targets in northern Iraq (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_re_mi_ea/turkey_kurds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080720/capt.1ef9e1d445404c6dad6bc2b46198193e.turkey_kurds__ank105.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=qrnHT0fA03.rDt70fKhGow--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="leading members of the Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party are seen during their congress in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, July 20, 2008. The party delegates elected Ahmet Turk, third from left, as the new chairman,(AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Turkish warplanes bombed 13 Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, the military said Thursday.

Iraq presidency council vetoes election bill (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080724/wl_mideast_afp/iraqvotelaw"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080724/capt.cps.nbt36.240708095256.photo00.photo.default-512x384.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=NXQMUKtPmiGMGZL4pK0wtQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="An Iraqi man reads a poster in Baghdad announcing upcoming Iraqi provincial elections. Iraq's three-member Presidency Council said on Thursday it had rejected a provincial election bill, a move widely expected to delay October polls which are strongly backed by Washington(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iraq's three-member Presidency Council said on Thursday it had rejected a provincial election bill, a move widely expected to delay October polls which are strongly backed by Washington.

Gunmen in Iraq kill 3 US-allied fighters (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080724/i/r2856406239.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=uryM798u3KVeEmeeOVjVUA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iraqi army soldiers salute during a graduation ceremony after their training by U.S. special forces in Muqtadiyah in Diyala province July 24, 2008. Sunni Islamist al Qaeda has sought to stoke tensions in Iraq's ethnically and religiously mixed northern cities, such as Diyala and Mosul, after military campaigns pushed its militants out of former strongholds in western Anbar province and Baghdad. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (IRAQ)" border="0" /></a>AP - A member of a U.S.-allied Sunni group in Iraq says three of its guards have been killed and another wounded in drive-by shootings in northern Baghdad.

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_el_pr/2008_race_rundown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080724/capt.131221f73b6e415b988ceb192772093e.mideast_israel_palestinians_obama_akcf105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=DP0tyBtGUYCsDU9PKP7lCw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="U.S. Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, early Thursday, July 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)" border="0" /></a>AP - Obama wraps up tour of Israel with visit to Jerusalem holy site ... McCain denies he misstated timing of Iraq surge, says some elements began before Bush's order ... Obama campaign expands ad reach with big network buy during Olympics

Turkey bombs Kurdish targets in Iraq: military (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080724/wl_mideast_afp/turkeyiraqunrestkurds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080724/capt.cps.nbt05.240708085603.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=GRBbxPEwU1uJKSjUEihhjA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="File picture shows Turkish soldiers patrolling a road near the Turkey-Iraq border. Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq overnight in the latest air raid in the region since mid-December, the military said Thursday.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq overnight in the latest air raid in the region since mid-December, the military said Thursday.

Ambassador: al-Qaida leaving Iraq for Afghanistan (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/al_qaida_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080723/capt.9f828cf27a834cc6ac1ed3882681d004.afghanistan_violence_jab104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DlAT0Ug866PYfbR29oqLMw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Afghan police officers are seen around the damaged police vehicle after it was hit by a roadside bomb in Chaparhar district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Militants also killed a district police chief in the eastern Nangarhar province Wednesday after striking his convoy with a roadside bomb, said Sayed Mohammad, a provincial official. The growing Taliban-led insurgency is primarily concentrated in the south and east, but significant fighting is occurring in the west and central parts of the country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)" border="0" /></a>AP - Al-Qaida's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday.

McCain denies he misstated timing of Iraq surge (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_el_pr/mccain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080723/capt.5c3f05f1f3f7474c8c95a7a9f0c09986.mccain_2008_pack110.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=fhS4SCfSps31YzID0jTzAw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., point to the audience during a campaign stop at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Wednesday, July 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican John McCain pushed back on Wednesday against Democratic criticism that he misstated when the troop buildup ordered by President Bush began, saying elements were put in place before Bush announced the strategy in early 2007.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,124 (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_deaths"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080724/i/r2856406239.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=uryM798u3KVeEmeeOVjVUA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iraqi army soldiers salute during a graduation ceremony after their training by U.S. special forces in Muqtadiyah in Diyala province July 24, 2008. Sunni Islamist al Qaeda has sought to stoke tensions in Iraq's ethnically and religiously mixed northern cities, such as Diyala and Mosul, after military campaigns pushed its militants out of former strongholds in western Anbar province and Baghdad. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (IRAQ)" border="0" /></a>AP - As of Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at least 4,124 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

McCain's Iraq Argument (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report - John McCain woke up this week to front-page photographs of Barack Obama helicoptoring over Baghdad with American commander Gen. David Petraeus. To reports of the Iraqi prime minister's agreement with Obama's basic timetable to bring U.S. troops home. And to the Bush administration's talk about a "horizon" for the American military presence in Iraq.

Iraqi forces aren't quite ready to take charge (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - AMARA, Iraq? It wasn't yet dawn, and the Iraqi army unit was already behind schedule. It was about to launch a major operation against another cluster of towns overrun by Shiite Muslim militiamen, and this time American forces would remain at the rear of the convoy, behind their Iraqi counterparts.

Iraqi army prepares assault in Diyala as election law vetoed (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD? Iraqi army troops headed Wednesday into Diyala, one of Iraq's last remaining restive provinces, in preparation for the next major government offensive, as Iraqi president Jalal Talabani vetoed a long-awaited elections bill, casting into doubt provincial elections widely viewed as critical for national reconciliation.

US talks with Iraq could stretch years (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_forces"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080723/capt.59c3a0cc11b946d5a22b83e27ec9f880.iraq_us_troops_amma102.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=oECKZZ3mia80T1yFHdUbrA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="U.S. Army soldiers from Ghostrider Company, Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment rest, during the midday heat as they occupy a house during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. The squadron fanned out near the Iranian border to root out al-Qaida leadership and deny them safe haven as part of a renewed push to secure the Diyala province. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)" border="0" /></a>AP - The next White House will most likely inherit the difficult negotiations over the long-term status of American military forces in Iraq as disputes linger over setting timelines for expected troop withdrawals, U.S. officials say.

Next president to decide on Afghan troop levels (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080724/i/r2856406239.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=uryM798u3KVeEmeeOVjVUA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iraqi army soldiers salute during a graduation ceremony after their training by U.S. special forces in Muqtadiyah in Diyala province July 24, 2008. Sunni Islamist al Qaeda has sought to stoke tensions in Iraq's ethnically and religiously mixed northern cities, such as Diyala and Mosul, after military campaigns pushed its militants out of former strongholds in western Anbar province and Baghdad. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (IRAQ)" border="0" /></a>AP - It will be left to the next administration to decide on any sizable troop increase for Afghanistan, the Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday.

Four US soldiers charged with conspiracy to murder Iraqis (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080723/wl_mideast_afp/usiraqmilitaryjustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080723/capt.cps.nbq52.230708191141.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=lRK125oP4OM9.7LZVnkNsQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="US soldiers head to search a house in Baghdad, in January 2008. Four US soldiers have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the deaths of several detainees in Iraq in early 2007, the US Army said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Four US soldiers have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the deaths of several detainees in Iraq in early 2007, the US Army said Wednesday.

US urges Iraq to vote by year's end (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080723/pl_afp/iraqvotelawuswhouse"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080723/capt.cps.nbp41.230708163104.photo00.photo.default-512x384.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=rRPmmtR9TY1hoDupoMeowg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="An Iraqi man reads a poster announcing the upcoming Iraqi provincial elections in Baghdad. The White House on Wednesday urged Iraq to hold provincial elections by the end of the year after Iraqi President Jalal Talabani rejected a law setting up the vote.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The White House on Wednesday urged Iraq to hold provincial elections by the end of the year after Iraqi President Jalal Talabani rejected a law setting up the vote.

Iraqi PM pitches reconstruction work to German firms (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080723/wl_mideast_afp/germanyiraqeconomytrade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080723/capt.cps.nbp16.230708154912.photo00.photo.default-512x317.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=__KyMsTfA44sCseEXXIVBg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Berlin. Maliki is confident that German companies will decide "in the coming days" to head back to his country, he said after meeting some 120 business leaders here.(DDP/AFP/Michael Kappeler)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki expressed confidence Wednesday that German companies would decide "in the coming days" to head back to his country, after meeting more than 100 business leaders here.

Afghanistan might be tougher job than Iraq: Obama (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080723/pl_afp/usvoteobamaafghanistaniraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080723/capt.cps.nbo86.230708144731.photo00.photo.default-357x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=9F5aED5g.oZWxb.8jxd0_w--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) walks with U.S. Democratic Presidential contender Barack Obama (R) prior to a meeting at The Presidential Palace in Kabul on July 20, 2008. Obama said Afghanistan might end up being tougher to subdue than Iraq, days after visiting both war zones.(AFP/Presidential palace-HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Afghanistan might end up being tougher to subdue than Iraq, days after visiting both war zones.

Iraqi president rejects provincial election law (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080723/wl_mideast_afp/iraqvotepresident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080723/capt.cps.nbo79.230708143518.photo00.photo.default-392x512.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=eQCc03L6qgAB1w3Goh3Waw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Athens on July 2. Talabani has rejected the provincial election law that was adopted in a parliament vote, his office has said.(AFP/File/Louisa Gouliamaki)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has rejected a provincial election law just a day after it was adopted by parliament, a move that is almost certain to mean a delay in municipal polls due in October.

Obama Survives Iraq, Looks Ahead (Time.com)

Time.com - The Democrat stands firm on his plans for an Iraq withdrawal. But he's got some more minefields to navigate on his trip

30,000 Iraqi troops poised for assault on Qaeda bastion (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080723/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestdiyala"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080723/capt.cps.nbn57.230708102557.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=iNlYluxTv8RtP6D097GWfQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A US soldier (right) and an Iraqi soldier are seen during a patrol south of Baquba on July 22. Some 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and police are to launch a military assault against Al-Qaeda fighters and insurgents in Diyala province from August 1, army and police officers have said.(AFP/Ali Yussef)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Some 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and police are to launch a military assault against Al-Qaeda fighters and insurgents in Diyala province from August 1, army and police officers said Wednesday.

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