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On a stranger note, Southwest Airlines found itself hosting a mid-flight concert featuring Simple Plan, Hoobastank, The Used, and Lolo — all while planes across the United States were being grounded by the FAA. The flight took off roughly an hour before that order came down, making it a genuinely once-in-a-lifetime event for everyone on board.
And in Iraq, the prime minister has moved aggressively against a powerful militia-linked oil smuggling network allegedly generating up to thirty million dollars every single month. Nine senior security officials have been dismissed as part of the probe, signaling rare political will to challenge entrenched interests controlling critical energy infrastructure.
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