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This week in American power projection: the map was wrong, the dorms were fine, and the travel card was for official purposes.

Story Roundup

Pentagon casualties, metric improvement, and Fat Leonard’s least dignified phase.

Situation Report

A State Department map that relocated most of Africa, one ambitious government travel card, and 5,200 medical students moved from dorms that definitely do not have mold.

Al Qaeda's Jewish accountant starting to get a bit worried

TIMBUKTU, MALI — The chief accountant for the Al Qaeda terrorist organization says he's starting to get "a bit worried" about his safety, sources confirmed today.

Murray Goldstein, 54, has taken care of the terror network's finances for nearly five years, replacing its previous accountant who spontaneously combusted in Peshawar.

"It's pretty hard doing what I do, but also very rewarding," said Goldstein, in a telephone interview from his office in Mali. "But I've been getting this feeling lately like my coworkers don't really like me that much."

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