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IRAQ

The Watchmen -- [Weekly Standard - Mario Loyola - in Iraq]
Kharma, Iraq - In Iraq's Anbar province most of the U.S. military has moved beyond counterinsurgency and into "stability operations"--but not Company K, 3/3 of the Marines 6th Regimental Combat Team. Not entirely. This flat, grassy, and serenely rural farm country a few miles northeast of Fallujah, near the town of Kharma, is one of the few areas of Anbar province that still has some insurgency left to counter.
In the three days before I arrived for my stay with 3/3, the company had found seven IEDs on the roads within a mile of their tiny base. The various platoons on patrol, billeted in local houses, were still taking small-arms and mortar fire nightly.

Gunbattle in Samarra and AQI attack on a Hospital -- [Jeff Emanuel - in Iraq]
Here in Samarra, a Sunni city, al Qaeda -- also Sunni -- is the number one enemy. They not only attack US forces and the Shi'a national police, but also civilians all over the city. A case in point is today, when al Qaeda carried out an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) attack on the hospital here in Samarra. At the time, it was full of over 200 women and children.
This is the situation, and the type of person, to whose mercy some in America want us to abandon the Iraqi population. That is unacceptable.
As we were talking with civilians in a crowded market on our patrol this evening, a masked al Qaeda man popped up at the end of the street and started firing at our vehicles.

President Bush Visits An Iraqi Air Base Marked as: Mature
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Bush makes unexpected Iraq visit -- [ABC News]

Mr Bush flew secretly to a heavily guarded desert air base for talks with the Iraqi Prime Minister. (AFP: Jim Watson )
Related Story: British forces in Iraq to remain strong: Brown United States President George W Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq on Monday in a bid to seize the upper hand in a looming showdown with congressional war critics pressing him to begin a troop withdrawal.

Bush makes war assessment in Iraq -- [AP]
The temperature topped 110 degrees as Bush stepped off Air Force One. The president stopped at a small building where a Marine Cobra pilot briefed him about the positives and negatives of current troop rotations. He told the president that troops were not getting enough time at home and did not have enough time for training.
"Morale?" asked Bush. "How's morale?"
"Very high sir," the pilot, Capt. Lee Hemming, said.
Bush's six-hour stay was being confined to Al-Asad Air Base, an airfield once part of Saddam Hussein's military.

White House Pool Report from Iraq -- [The Politico]
In a trip shrouded in secrecy, President Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq’s al Asad Air Base Monday. The base is in the heart of al Anbar Province, which Bush has often pointed to as an example of the success of his troop surge in creating space for grassroots political reconciliation.
...We were told to report for pool duty not Monday morning, as had been publicly announced, but Sunday between 6:00 and 6:30 p.m. Reporters were given maps of Andrews with our rallying point highlighted. We were told to come in through the main gate, not the usual Virginia Gate entrance. We also were told to tell only one editor at our respective news organizations, and not to do so by cell phone. Also, that editor had to be asked to not tell anyone. In addition, we were told that we could tell spouses about the impending trip, but no one else.

Bush Visits Iraq -- [Flopping Aces]
A great comment at LGF which highlights something different then other Presidents:
Think about it:
How many times did Roosevelt visit the front lines in WWII?
Zero.
How many times did Wilson visit troops in the trenches in the Ardennes?
Zero.
How many times did Johnson go to Vietnam?
Zero.
Clinton in Bosnia? Nope.

Brown defends troop pullout from Basra -- [Herald Sun]
BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown today denied the withdrawal of British troops from the Iraqi oil port of Basra was a "defeat" insisting it was a "pre-planned and organised move".
'And he said British troops stood ready to "reintervene" if the security situation demanded.
"Let me make this very clear. This is a pre-planned, and this is an organised move from Basra Palace to Basra Air Station," Brown told BBC radio on the withdrawal of some 500 troops from Basra Palace.

British Troops Complete Pullout From Basra Palace.

British troops have left Basra Palace in the south of Iraq, ending the permanent presence of the Army in the city.

Majority believe Iraq war 'lost' -- [BBC News]
More than two-thirds of the British public think UK troops are losing the war in Iraq, a survey suggests.
The poll, conducted for BBC Two's Newsnight programme, indicated that 52% believe victory is impossible.
A further 17% of the 1,001 people questioned thought British troops were losing - but could eventually win.
The survey comes as 550 British troops completed their withdrawal from the palace in the south Iraqi city of Basra to join 5,000 troops at Basra airport.

Combat deaths in Iraq decline; reasons aren't clear -- [McClatchy News]
WASHINGTON — American combat deaths in Iraq have dropped by half in the three months since the buildup of 28,000 additional U.S. troops reached full strength, surprising analysts and dividing them as to why.
U.S. officials had predicted that the increase would lead to higher American casualties as the troops "took the fight to the enemy." But that hasn't happened, even though U.S. forces have launched major offensives involving thousands of troops north and south of Baghdad.
American combat casualties have dropped to their lowest levels this year, even as violence involving Iraqis remains high.

WHAT EXIT? FALLUJAH! -- [Ralph Peters]
...It's summertime, but the living ain't easy. The work's tough, the heat's wicked, the "facilities" conjure the old line about what bears do in the woods, and only goodie boxes from home liven up a diet of field rations (great for two or three days, nasty after two or three months).
You'd expect complaints. I didn't hear one. And talking to three Jersey boys, I was surprised to hear just how positive they felt about the mission.
"I'd do it again in a heartbeat," Lance Cpl. Justin Blitzstein of West Milford told me. Self-assured and ready for anything, he added, "Anybody who doesn't think we should be here should see the difference we've made in the way these people live. And everybody here's a volunteer. We want to be here."

Citizens turn in weapons cache to Wolverines -- [MNF-I]
AL-DHOUR, Iraq — Coalition troops responded to a local citizen’s request for assistance Aug. 30 in the village of al-Dhour, southwest of Baghdad, removing a stash of weapons he had found.
Soldiers of 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), out of Fort Drum, N.Y., went to the front yard of a man who volunteers with a neighborhood watch-type program in
al-Dhour.
The man had gathered three hand grenades, a 105mm artillery round, 15 57mm anti-aircraft rounds, an AK-47 assault rifle, two machine-gun barrels, five rolls of wire, 50 pounds of homemade explosive, a suicide vest made with plastic explosive, loose plastic explosive, rocket-propelled grenade accelerators, a highpowered rifle scope, batteries, many cellular telephones and long-range cell phones, communications equipment and multiple false vehicle registrations and license plates.

MND-B attack aviation crew destroys mortar on rooftop -- [MNF-I]
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A Multi-National Division-Baghdad close combat support aircraft destroyed a mortar system on a rooftop in the Rashid District in a southwestern neighborhood of the Iraqi capital Aug. 31.
While arriving on station to support Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., during a small arms engagement, the helicopters tracked a suspected insurgent to a home with a mortar system emplaced on the roof.

Soldier attacked during combat logistics patrol -- [MNF-I]
LSA ANACONDA, Iraq – A U.S. Soldier was killed and three others were wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated near their combat logistics patrol yesterday morning near Baghdad.
The wounded Soldiers were transported to a Coalition Force medical facility for treatment and further evaluation. The attack is under investigation. We will provide more details when they become available.

Still A Gunfight -- [Badgers Forward - in Iraq]
0600 Tuesday - computer booting, coffee ground and brewing, into the the TOC - what happened over night? The board that was so often blank, filled with five events and a sixth being written.
"What? Did First decide they need to make up for doing Convoy Security the first part of this rotation?"
"I guess so, Sir," replied one of the Battle NCOs.
"So what do we have?"
"Six finds , Sir. One with det."
The battle NCO using our slang indicates one detonated while being interrogated.

Death and destruction... -- [Eighty Deuce On The Loose - In Iraq]
No matter where you go or what you do, while here in Iraq you will see this kind of stuff more than anyone ever should. God forbid should you have to create some of it yourself. It truely is an ugly aspect of human nature. But like all things in life, you become desensitized and used to what you see. That is sadly the point in my life where I am. Seeing another dead body, or executed Iraqi or whatever no long has an effect on me. Nothing... cold nothingness.
What got me thinking about this was from when I was out the other day. We ended up having to swing by our outpost for something and as we were pulling in we saw an Iraqi Police (IP) pickup truck pulling in before us with probably 30 IP's walking behind it chanting and screaming. My initial reaction was that they were pissed about something and was preparing to have to deal with that. But as we continued pulling in I looked to the side of the road and noticed two IPs sitting down holding each other. When they looked my way I saw the stream of tears on their faces and I immediately knew what this was about.

Sep 01, 07 -- [Jim Spiri - in Iraq]
In this photo, SSGT Hjelm is seen during house search in Mosul, Iraq. Hjelm, is a newly promoted Staff Sergeant and today he wore the new rank for the first time. I have been with him on many ops and he is quite a character to ravel with. Congratulations on the promotion.

RE: "Why has there been a marked decrease in operations conducted by Al-Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq?" -- [The Tank - W. Thomas Smith Jr.]
Pretty simple: It's not so much that there has been a decrease in their operations, but there has been a shift from their offensive ops to defensive ops. Basically, Al Qaeda is on the run in Iraq.
In Anbar for instance, they've been beaten out of the cities and villages and are trying to either regroup or reconstitute themselves out in the desert (where they are running up against our sniper teams and constant, aggressive infantry patrols) or they are moving further east where they are being pummeled by our surge forces.

Turning the Tribes in Iraq -- [NY Times - Michael Gordon- in Iraq] HT: Michael Yon]
The American military has a new strategy for fighting Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia — American soldiers are now working with Sunni counterinsurgents.

Anatomy of a Tribal Revolt -- [SWJ]
Some aspects of the war in Iraq are hard to fit into “classical” models of insurgency. One of these is the growing tribal uprising against al Qa’ida, which could transform the war in ways not factored into neat “benchmarks” developed many months ago and thousands of miles away. I spent time out on the ground during May and June working with coalition units, tribal leaders and fighters engaged in the uprising, so I felt a few field observations might be of interest to the Small Wars community. I apologize in advance for the epic length of this post, but it's a complex issue, so I hope people will forgive my long-windedness. Like much else, it’s too early to know how this new development will play out. But surprisingly (surprising to me, anyway), indications so far are relatively positive.

Pictures from FOB Loyalty -- [Talking with Heros - Bob Calvert and Jim Martin - in Iraq]
These pictures were taken during and after the high-level Iraqi and Coalition meeting on FOB Loyalty that Bob and Jim attended (click for larger versions).*
Iraqi soldiers and Iraqi Major General Riyadh the Rusafa, the Iraq District Commander in the FOB Loyalty area of operations:

Collected Thoughts After a Few Days in Baghdad -- [RedState - Jeff Emanuel - in Iraq]
...This is the biggest detraction I see at this point: long-term stability and effectiveness. While the 'Surge' is almost inarguably working militarily in many different areas of the country, the fact is, this is still a very broken country, with a great deal of instability, unrest, and upheaval -- and, were we to leave at any point in the near-term future, the vacuum that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke of earlier this week -- that Iran would love to fill -- would most certainly become a reality. While social, governmental, and security services are being developed and (hopefully) improved here (albeit at a pace that would make even a snail seem quick), the fact of the matter is that, as you know, the coalition - led, of course, by the US - is the glue holding this humpty-dumpty together (better that analogy, I suppose, than to call us the Little Dutch Boy with his finger in the dike ;-). A situation resembling stability and security is achieved only as long as US units make their daily and nightly trips outside the wire; should our forces depart -- or even pull back to any of the handful of obscenely big "Super FOBs," as they did under General Petraeus's predecessor, General Casey (who, after overseeing a stagnant and ineffective policy in Iraq, was made the current Army Chief of Staff) -- then I fear that the fragile bit of security and stability which we have achieved will simply crumble with little or no lag time or resistance.

Hack Job - [Matt Sanchez - in Iraq]
Coalition Forces paid for food to be distributed in the Ramallah neighborhood. It's a way of engaging the population, but it's the Iraqi police who were going to hand out the rice, wheat, and seven kilos of lamb

AFGHANISTAN

Afghan Army Training -- [Vaughan Smith - journalist in Afghanistan]
I have now attached myself to Colour Sergeant Jim Bastin of the Inkerman Company of the Grenadier Guards. He is part of the 3rd Kandak training team. I have been able to film him running through some basic drills with them on the helicopter pad.
I am going to spend more time with both Colour Sergeant Bastin and the 3rd Kandak to see how this ‘mentoring’ works. It is clearly a demanding and dangerous role.
The Guardsmen from the Grenadiers are very much as I remember them. Except they are busier, more together and very confident. Then they are 5 months into an active service deployment where they have seen lots of action.
...I have met two officers who knew about the Frontline Club and our events. See frontlineclub.com.
When I speak to the officers about the opium problem in Helmand they are convinced ...

Flashpoint Afghanistan: Musa Qala -- [The Fourth Rail]
By David Tate. The scene of last year's heavy fighting is once again catching on fire as Operation Palk Meher continues.
Helmand province. -Over the past week, Coalition forces have been engaged in heavy fighting near Regay village in Musa Qala district, resulting in the deaths of dozens of Taliban who have been attacking Coalition patrols daily. Located 14 miles south of the city of Musa Qala, Regay saw heavy fighting break out August 25th when a joint Afghan-US Special Forces patrol came under attack and spent the night fighting off the Taliban.

In the Taliban's Backyard... -- [BlackFive]
Scouts from 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), react as villagers below run after spotting the Soldiers moving on the hillside during Operation Destined Strike in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan, August 22. Photographer for all photos in this post: Sgt. Brandon Aird, 82nd Airborne Division.

U.S. AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD

Three Day Blitz Planned for Iran? -- [Captain's Journal]
The London Times makes claims concerning Pentagon plans for a coming air war against Iran.
...Here the “source” might be conflating the existence of plans by the U.S. military for addressing every known exigency on earth, with the intention of implementing any particular plan. However, there is one factor that strongly argues for seeing this as more than saber-rattling or contingency planning. In February of 2007 I argued that Israel is the key to unlocking the planning activity with respect to Iran.

US to Remove North Korea from State Sponsored Terrorism List? -- [GI Korea]
The big news today was that North Korea agreed to disclose and disable all their nuclear facilities and for some reason everyone is excited about this. Why am I not excited and jumping with joy that peace is about to break out on the Korean peninsula? Well because we have been here before just this past February when North Korea promised the same thing that they are promising now. They then made new demands which the US met and the North Koreans have yet to meet their side of the agreement anyway.

WAR ON TERROR /TERRORISM

Psycho complains to city about "rogue helicopter pilot" - [HT: Jawa Report]

Local lunatic David Thompson complains to Charlotte, NC city council during a community access forum, which is conveniently captured on tape and broadcast live on the local community access channel. There aren't enough tags to cover his rant against ice in the arena, rogue helicopter pilots, and "terrorist pussies".

Islamist Website Hosted in Minnesota Features Discussion on How to Attack U.S. Military Bases -- [MEMRI Blog]
On September 3, the Islamist website www.ekhlaas.cc, hosted by SiteGenie LLC in Rochester, Minnesota, featured a discussion on ways to attack U.S. military bases. The discussion was accompanied by diagrams of military bases showing various possible plans of attack.

The Tampa Bombers: Jihadists or "Beach Boys?" -- [Counterterroism Blog]
Six years after 9/11, the mainstream reading of the war on Terror still circles around the essence of the conflict. Two young men indicted for charges of possession of explosives aren't yet perceived as part of an Urban Jihadist campaign inside the United States, despite the fact that a number of cells and of individuals have been arrested over the past years, all linked to Jihadism. Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, 24 and Youssef Samir Megahed (in Egyptian accent it reads “Mujahid”) 21, are affiliated with South Florida University in Tampa. As one reviews all news reporting (until this day), no link was made yet to an ideology which is the master chain between the perpetrators and their action. The AP story begins with "two Egyptian students at the University of South Florida were indicted Friday on charges of carrying explosive materials across states lines and one was accused of teaching the other how to use them for violent reasons." The News Agency doesn't explain what these violent reasons are.

SUPPORTING THE TROOPS...OR NOT

Bloggers Choice Awards And An Update On The Project -- [Thinking Right]
Now, an update on Project: “Letters from Home”. So far, I’ve recieved 380 emails. The response has really slowed down though, so anything you can do to spread the word would be greatly appreciated. If you’ve not sent a letter yet, it’s certainly not too late. If you have, well, there’s nothing that says you can’t send more than one letter. If you have a blog, please post about this project. Otherwise, please spread the word through email to your family and friends. The address the letters should be sent to is letters@thinking-right.com.
Once I reach the 500 mark, I plan on sending out the first batch of letters to the 1st battalion 1st Marine regiment. I know these men and women will really enjoy getting a letter of support from home. i would love to be there to see the look on their faces.

Meanwhile, back on the front... -- [Soldiers' Angels Germany]
Hello Soldiers' Angels,
I am currently deployed to XXX, Afghanistan, and we've been out here for about 5 months now. Let me tell I had no clue there was such an organization out there that supported troops as much as you do. I thank God for your organization and pray that it continues to be a blessing to myself and all the other troops that are serving around the world.

The Man Behind The De Palma Smear: Mark Cuban Declares War On The Troops -- [Pat Dollard]
Mark Cuban Billionaire Mark Cuban has decided to put all of his weight behind a campaign to smear US troops in Iraq as "monsters'. Cuban has decided that De Palma's film "Redacted" must be seen as the cornerstone of his and De Palma's self-declared anti-victory campaign against America and her troops fighing in Iraq. Cuban's company Magnolia Pictures will be bringing this propganda campaign to ...

MILITARY

"We Are Going To Hit Iran. Bigtime" -- [Daily Kos - by Maccabee]
I have a friend who is an LSO on a carrier attack group that is planning and staging a strike group deployment into the Gulf of Hormuz. (LSO: Landing Signal Officer- she directs carrier aircraft while landing) She told me we are going to attack Iran. She said that all the Air Operation Planning and Asset Tasking are finished. That means that all the targets have been chosen, prioritized, and tasked to specific aircraft, bases, carriers, missile cruisers and so forth.
I asked her why she is telling me this.
Her answer was really amazing.

Hoisting the flag -- [Neptunus Lex]
Something there is among certain elements of the left that gets weak kneed at the notion of Bu$hitler’s legions of myrmidons finally coming to their senses and Flipping On The Man. It serves to explain how the New Republic fell for the Scott Thomas Beauchamp diaries, and perhaps explains the tone of breathless, schoolyard tattletaling in this dKos diary entry. Whoever the diarist’s correspondent is, s/he clearly knows a bit of the inside lingo but still manages to get details glaringly wrong in a way that coincidentally serves to reinforce the Kossacks’ prejudices, garnering over a thousand comments when I first looked in this morning.

Don't believe everything you read on the internets -- [Daily Kos - by kos]
Seriously, just because something online confirms your own viewpoint or prejudices or whatnot, it does not mean it's true.
Skepticism is a virtue.
Now the right-wingers are laughing at the gullibility of those who recommend Maccabee's diaries.
And they are quite justified in doing so.

MILBLOGGING/BLOGGING

Military Censorship: Think Progress -- [BlackFive - Grim]
I'm about a day late getting to this story, but apparently lefty blog Think Progress feels it's being censored by the military as punishment for its content. I'd like to quote a piece of the recent Bloggers' Roundtable with Col. Simcock, Commander, RCT-6.

Why did we create BlogWorld & New Media Expo? -- [BlogWorld]
I found blogs just after September 11th 2001. Milblogs like Mudville Gazette, Blackfive, and Michael Yon were and still are regular reads for me. In fact after years of leaving lengthy comments and having great debates on many political blogs left right and center I finally got motivated enough to create my own blog therealuglyamerican.com and started posting.
One day I emailed one of those milbloggers and asked him for an interview via email. His name was Tim Boggs. Tim agreed to the interview. I have interviewed other soldiers and Iraqi journalists and bloggers 24 Steps to Liberty and Treasure of Baghdad. Later I put two of my friends 24 steps and Tim together to ask each other questions.

Michael Yon, Matt and Uncle Jimbo from Black Five, other Milbloggers to speak at BlogWorld! -- [Blog World]
I just received the latest info from Andi and the folks at Military.com. This is an all star lineup. The panelists will include Matt and Uncle Jimbo from Black Five, John Noonan from Op-for, Tim Boggs, and many more.

Publication Day - The Sandbox -- [Badgers Forward]
Today is the day - The Sandbox is being published. Read some of TD's and my posts there. I think this is the second big book of war blog posts. The other one being Matt Burden's Blog of War. It is an honor and a privilege to be part of this project.
Remember all of the profits go to Fisher House. I will try and talk TD into a book tour when we are both back.

POLITICS

Edwards Statement On Bush Iraq Visit -- [John Edwards]
"The situation in Iraq is too serious for any more ‘Mission Accomplished’ photo ops. It's good that the violence is down in Anbar Province, but it's a homogeneous area that lacks the ethnic conflict that's plaguing the rest of the country. Iraq needs a comprehensive political solution and our brave troops deserve better than more of the president's rhetoric that clings to a failed strategy.

Bill Clinton 'shocked' Hillary donor was a fugitive -- [Newsday]
Digg Del.icio.us Facebook Furl Google Newsvine Reddit Spurl Yahoo Print Single page view Reprints Reader feedback Text size: Contoocook, N.H - Former President Bill Clinton said he was "shocked" by revelations that a top fundraiser for his wife is a fugitive from justice and claimed he didn't even know what "HillRaiser" Norman Hsu did for a living.

Vote For Mo -- [Jules Crittenden]
Dean, Ellison tell Muslims to run for office:
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean told American Muslims gathered in Rosemont to think beyond voter registration drives.
“You need to run for political office,” Dean said Saturday. “The only way you can achieve your goals is to stand up and say who you are and be proud of it.”
Those in the packed house rose to their feet and applauded.

THE MEDIA

Media Misreports UK Withdrawal From Basra -- [Gateway Pundit]
Last night, the UK forces turned over their post in Basra to the Iraqis.
So how did the media report this event?
Reuters said: "British troops quitting Iraqi city of Basra

The Insufferable Katie Couric -- [Charlie Foxtrot]
...Since she seems obligated to point out dastardly Pentagon propaganda (Heck, that market was probably a set, just like in The Truman Show or Capricorn One) I guess it would be too much to ask that when CBS news reports bad news out of Iraq, that their talking heads be obligated to say "Of course that's what Al Qaeda wants us to see so you have to keep that in mind as well". At least that would be more honest....

Are More Troops Helping?

Bob Schieffer talks with Katie Couric and Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., on whether the surge of troops in Iraq should be withdrawn and if General Petraeus' report will seek to retain those troops.

HUMOR / SATIRE

Seeing Little Progress, Warner Announces Pullout Date -- [ScrappleFace]
Sen. John Warner, R-VA, today said the failure of politicians to make reforms and the lack of progress on “almost any benchmark you can name” have led him to conclude that the only way forward is to pull out of the U.S. Senate, therefore he will not seek reelection at the end of his current term.
The silver-maned lawmaker said his withdrawal from the Senate is designed to show politicians that his commitment is “not open-ended.”

Meals Ready To Excrete -- [The Smoking Gun]
Soldiers serve up amusing mixed reviews of military grub-in-a-bag
Next year, the U.S. military will begin production of a new line of Meals, Ready-to-Eat, those indestructible chow packages that help sustain American soldiers. MREs, which are distributed to servicemen during operations where regular meal preparation is not possible, are packaged to last for three years (or six months in 100 degree temperatures). The new MREs were developed, in part, after a late-2005 taste test involving 400 soldiers stationed at Fort Greeley in Alaska. Each serviceman involved in the field evaluation filled out comment forms, which were then compiled in a report prepared by Department of Defense officials. A copy of that entertaining document, filled with the blunt appraisals of junior Frank Brunis, can be found below. Eight complete meals were tested, with mixed results. One soldier complained that

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