There is a rumor that there has been a military disaster inIraq involving an attack near the Green Zone and manyAmerican casualties. On October 10, a massive fire wasobserved at Forward Operations Base Falcon, one of thelargest US camps in Baghdad, and reported by BBC News.Andrew North reported on the BBC that eyewitnesses “believethere was some kind of attack on the base.” A US spokesmantold North that there had been “some indirect attacks” onthe base, which usually refers to mortar attacks. The USclaimed that there were no casualties, however a storypersists that there were actually substantial casualtiesfrom a well-organized assault. Huge fires were definitelyseen by reporters and are visible onBBCNews video.
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According to NASA, earthlike planets covered with deep oceans that could harbor life may be found in as many as a third of solar systems discovered outside of our own. Astronomers analyzing two of the deepest views of the cosmos made with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered a gold mine of galaxies, more than 500 that existed less than a billion years after the Big Bang. These galaxies thrived when the cosmos was less than 7% of its present age of 13.7 billion years. This sample represents the most comprehensive compilation of galaxies in the early universe.
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Here at unknowncountry.com, we bring you regular reports about bird flu?and also about Alaska. Now it turns out that one of the most dangerous bird flu threats is coming FROM that state.

Jia-Rui Chong writes in the Sunday, October 22 Los Angeles Times that members of an isolated Alaskan native tribe called the Yup’iks are receiving regular medical checkups from physicians who fly in from government public health departments. The reason: Wild birds, which are one of their main food sources, may carry the deadly bird flu virus which they have brought from their migrations into Asia.
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We’re losing bees at a rapid rate, but we can’t do without them. The National Research Council has released a report stating that pollinators such as bees, birds, and many others, who are essential to crops, food and, ultimately, all human life, are in decline worldwide.
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