The Iraqi Civil War continues: An al-Qaida (Arabic for “the Base”) car bomb kills 40 Iraqi citizens Baquba, Iraq.

       NOTE: Meanwhile no members of the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) lost their lives.

       [restored 7/19/2024] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.

       While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” the Federal court for the southern district of florida hands down United states v. Boffil-Rivera: Article II of Amendment, the Right to Bear Arms, does not apply to free-market workers.

       NOTE: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that ALL [not just those born here] men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights …” (emphasis added)

       [added 7/19/2024] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.

Subsequent Events:

8/17/2008                   9/12/2008                   9/22/2008                  3/10/2010                  5/16/2011

2/17/2017

Authority:

“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface

References:

Bombings kill at least 60 in Iraq—CNN.com
edition.CNN.com/2015/WORLD/meast/04/15/iraq.mainbombs/index.html

Home and Away Iraq and Afghanistan War Casualties – CNN.com.htm
www.CNN.com/SPECIALS/war.cassalties/table.iraq.html?sortby=date&ski=4&field=table_year&key=%222006%22#top

The Volokh Conspiracy – Second Amendment Doesn’t Protect Illegal Aliens:
volokh.com/posts/1218685192.shtml

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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