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IRAQ update (4#) -

# DOPE: Opium poppies reported to be cultivated in the area around Diwaniya in southern Iraq. [islog]

# Gruesome Al Qaeda Torture Manual seized from terrorist hideout. Sensitive people should not follow this link.

# ANOTHER BRIDGE: *Unknown militants blew up a bridge linking al-Adl district to al-Khadra district on the western side of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Thursday evening, an Iraqi police source said.* [kuna]

# THE DORA CHRISTIANS: Father Timathaus Esha informed the Assyrian news agency Ankawa this past week that most of the Christians in the Dora area of Baghdad have now left.

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