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Oops, That Mortar Picked an Awkward Moment to Explode

Posted by Joshua Holland, AlterNet at 4:59 AM on September 16, 2009.


Damn.
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Joshua Holland is an editor and senior writer with AlterNet.

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As with comedy, when it comes to spinning a disastrous war timing is everything ...

Odierno also said he continued to see the security situation in Iraq as stable, shortly before the first loud explosion interrupted his remarks.

D'oh!

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Joshua Holland is an editor and senior writer at AlterNet.


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