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Apple's latest product above!

Here's a pretty good band from the UK: The Last Dinosaur. Instrumental music with ambient leanings.

OK, time for politics: Prime Minister Maliki's office is purging top Iraqi army officials who have been seen as being over zealous in their pursuit of quashing the Shiite militias. By doing so, Maliki is undermining U.S. SURGE policy.

Meanwhile, the Saudi's top leader is not meeting with Maliki prior to a summit in Egypt today. Snippet:

The Bush administration has invested significantly in the Egypt meeting, which Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will attend. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said in a television interview last Thursday that the United States holds a "lot of hope" that the conference will serve as a catalyst for garnering regional and international support for solving Iraq's problems.

Doesn't look good, now, does it?

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