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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.
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IDLIB, Syria — Members of the Islamic State have confirmed that recent recruit George Walker Bush al-Dulaymi is absolutely sick and tired of being teased and taunted about his name, which is almost identical to that of the 43rd President of the United States.
Bush, an 11-year-old Iraqi boy, was born near Ramadi in May 2003, just several weeks after U.S. military forces toppled Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and ushered in a new era of peace and democracy. His father Sabeer Sabbah Kamis was so overjoyed that he named his newborn son George Walker Bush.
Last month George Bush (pronounced "Djorj Boosh") completed his initial training at an Islamic State camp located near Idlib in Syria. He said that in addition to learning marksmanship and bomb-making, he also received an unintentional lesson in tolerance and understanding.
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