It's clear that the Iranians have been supporting the Mahdi Army or splinters of the Mahdi Army, which is a Shiite militia.

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No wonder, experts think that dark pools can, anytime, blow splinters of systemic risks into the global economy, very much like how the sub-prime lending-induced contagious risks reared their ugly heads to trigger the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression.

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He had not forgotten his time at the citadel, but his memory was heavily veiled by his final days there and the days afterward, his arduous trek, the burrs and splinters of glass stinging his paws, the dense, watery taste of the bloated dead.

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Instead of focusing on growing the pie, society splinters into groups, each fighting for their share of the pie.

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Narrow the field of victims to only large organizations, which hackers within Anonymous and its splinters target for maximum exposure, and the number of hacktivist incidents rises to 25%.

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Newt's a battering ram who'll wind up in splinters, but he can do plenty of damage along the way.

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And if Iraq splinters, the winners will be the terrorists, whoever secures the oil fields, and the legacy of Saddam Hussein.

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The water is afloat with glassy splinters, hardly bigger than an ice cube, ranging up to colossal tabular icebergs, some the size of several football pitches.

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