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ISUGRADIA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 05:37 PM
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Illinois congressman weds daughter of former dictator (Not an Onion story)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-11-21-congressman-guatemalan-wed_x.htm?csp=34


"They met during a trade mission, and despite controversy over their engagement, U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller of Illinois and the outspoken daughter of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt tied the knot Saturday in a civil ceremony.


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Weller's opponents criticized the engagement because Rios Montt, a retired general who seized control of Guatemala for 18 months in 1982-83, is accused of leading one of the bloodiest campaigns in the nation's 36-year civil war, which killed 200,000 people."


This sounds like something from the Onion but is true. I'm sure his new father in law can give him some governing tips he can appreciate as a Republican.
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 07:49 PM
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1. Making the GOP's marriage to facsist thugs worldwide official
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