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More on the Sarin shell. Was pre-1991, was Iraqi. - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 11:35:18 PM
- You wrote: "With any luck, there aren't a lot more of them." Be sure that there are THOUSANDS more of them. And Saddam's old henchmen have them. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/28/2004 5:58:21 AM
  - Warming up those faith-based WMD sensors? (n/t) - alcaray - 5/28/2004 3:29:21 PM
    - Not at all. But where ONE has turned up, it is highly likely that more will follow. - David F Mayer - 5/28/2004 10:36:01 PM
- I read an interesting analogy last week - Larry J - 5/27/2004 7:21:49 PM
  - My God, man! - Bowser - 5/28/2004 2:30:38 AM
    - Try and stay out of the ditch when you're wandering back and forth. - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2004 2:57:41 AM
      - Mars was a good analogy. - Bowser - 5/28/2004 3:49:25 AM
  - re: I read an interesting analogy last week - REB - 5/27/2004 8:44:05 PM
    - U.N. resolution - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 10:22:33 PM

Iraqi Prisoners Claim Abuse By Non U.S. Forces - Perspective - 5/28/2004 1:53:02 AM
- New Photos of Americans Humiliating and Abusing Iraqi Prisoners - Lindy - 5/28/2004 5:28:56 AM
  - I Think You've Answered My Question (n/t) - Perspective - 5/28/2004 3:33:27 PM
  - Think they'll be able to stretch them out until November? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2004 3:24:38 PM
  - Why should "Muslims" hate us? (n/t) - RobVG - 5/28/2004 2:57:10 PM
  - re: New Photos of Americans Humiliating and Abusing Iraqi Prisoners - Derek - 5/28/2004 2:22:43 PM
    - re: New Photos of Americans Humiliating and Abusing Iraqi Prisoners - SteveS - 5/28/2004 7:27:42 PM
    - copycat killers? - Derek - 5/28/2004 2:38:00 PM

Clinging to the last straw on the economy - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2004 5:48:52 PM
- Energy prices seem to be relevant to the economic well-being of the US. - Bowser - 5/28/2004 6:23:07 PM

ABC News on Zarqawi - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 3:53:37 AM
- Hello? "Weapons from Iraqi intelligence officials?" Isn't anyone even curious about the origins of this line? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 5:36:09 PM
  - Of course we're curious. Is there a chance of satisfaction of our curiosity, any time soon? (n/t) - alcaray - 5/26/2004 6:26:22 PM
    - I sure hope so. - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 7:47:16 PM
- re: ABC News on Zarqawi - SteveS - 5/26/2004 4:53:47 PM
  - Not ignored: discredited - alcaray - 5/26/2004 6:24:31 PM
    - re: Not ignored: discredited - SteveS - 5/26/2004 9:36:11 PM
      - God, from memory so cut me some slack. - alcaray - 5/26/2004 10:01:31 PM
        
        re: from memory - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 10:32:38 PM
- yeah, but - - Daniel L - 5/26/2004 9:31:43 AM
  - Zarqawi = Scarlet Pimpernel? - Tony - 5/26/2004 2:49:28 PM
    - Zarqawi and Zawahiri are different people. (n/t) - Pete Stanley - 5/27/2004 7:07:13 PM
      - Ya got me (and my poor memory). Will now call em Z1 and Z2. (n/t) - Tony - 5/28/2004 6:11:04 PM
      - Ha! That's what they'd like you to THINK! ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 9:14:00 PM
    - re: Zarqawi = Scarlet Pimpernel? - REB - 5/26/2004 3:51:34 PM
    - as I said .. - Daniel L - 5/26/2004 3:27:59 PM

Where is Osama Bin Laden? I have an idea. - David F Mayer - 5/28/2004 4:31:00 AM
- A question - McFly - 5/28/2004 1:47:56 PM
  - re: A question - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2004 5:15:14 PM
  - re: A question - REB - 5/28/2004 2:05:57 PM
- re: Where is Osama Bin Laden? I have an idea. - p - 5/28/2004 11:13:45 AM
- Possible... - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2004 5:21:52 AM
  - Iran is unlikely, because he always compares Shi'ites to lower animals. He considers them to be heretics. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/28/2004 5:53:54 AM

Kerry wants to decrease our dependency on foreign oil by forcing them to increase their oil output! - REB - 5/26/2004 6:00:49 PM
- Politics as usual : Pop Quiz - Tony - 5/27/2004 1:55:14 PM
  - re: Politics as usual : Pop Quiz - REB - 5/27/2004 4:24:02 PM
    - I assume you know the answer to the quiz.... - Tony - 5/27/2004 4:47:57 PM
      - Democratic strategy - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 8:16:31 PM
        
        It isn't all that hard to convince - alcaray - 5/27/2004 9:12:48 PM
        
        re: It isn't all that hard to convince - REB - 5/28/2004 1:37:30 PM
        
        You need a nick-name that has the word "spin" in it (n/t) - alcaray - 5/28/2004 3:31:30 PM
        
        How about Kerry? He spins like a top going back and forth (NT) - REB - 5/28/2004 4:02:35 PM
        
        re: It isn't all that hard to convince - REB - 5/28/2004 1:47:06 PM
- And he thinks his charm is all it takes to get OPEC to lower their prices. - REB - 5/26/2004 6:08:42 PM
  - Is this the same Kerry who was complaining about Bush making a deal with the Saudis to lower gas prices? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 6:21:43 PM
    - Yes. I tell you, the guy is a hoot! - REB - 5/26/2004 6:27:29 PM

"the most sustained attack on human rights and international humanitarian law in 50 years", AI says. - Bowser - 5/27/2004 1:34:58 AM
- What utter bullshit! - David F Mayer - 5/28/2004 6:04:14 AM
  - re: Sorry - Raoul - 5/28/2004 11:13:26 AM
    - re: Sorry - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2004 3:44:22 PM
- Well, you pretty much covered it. - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 2:07:22 AM
  - When were the sarin components created? - alcaray - 5/27/2004 9:04:04 PM
    - Gotta stop smokin those herbs! Should have posted below, under sarin thread. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/27/2004 9:05:48 PM

The story behind the vast right win conspiracy & Iraq - p - 5/28/2004 11:09:39 AM
- Two posts. Absolute proof that Phil has an evil clone! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2004 3:22:18 PM

The story behind the vast right wing conspiracy & Iraq - p - 5/28/2004 11:09:51 AM

Parties switching sides on views during election years. - REB - 5/27/2004 6:34:59 PM
- Try these sites for seeing behind the BS claims - Tony - 5/27/2004 7:15:58 PM
  - Very good sites... - FrankC - 5/28/2004 3:33:58 AM
  - Good sites. I've quoted them more than once. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 8:02:05 PM

Some good news from Iraq - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 8:24:59 PM
- And some good news at home. Did you see the economy news for the 1st Quater? - REB - 5/27/2004 8:37:02 PM

Well well well!...Bill Cosby gives a politically incorrect speech. - Jacob Samorodin - 5/21/2004 7:30:08 PM
- Good for him - FrankC - 5/21/2004 7:50:10 PM
  - Civil society - Mary Anne - 5/21/2004 10:49:28 PM
    - re: Civil society - FrankC - 5/22/2004 3:52:44 AM
    - re: Civil society - Art Martin - 5/21/2004 11:09:15 PM
      - There were bells on the hill, but I never heard them ringing... - Mary Anne - 5/21/2004 11:50:57 PM
    - re: Civil society - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2004 11:01:28 PM
      - Demographics - Mary Anne - 5/21/2004 11:34:29 PM
        
        re: Demographics - Larry J - 5/22/2004 12:06:02 PM
        
        P.S. If you want me to get started on 60s values and their effect on white culture and families, I can. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/22/2004 2:22:06 AM
        
        re: P.S. If you want me to get started on 60s values and their effect on white culture and families, I can. - ewat - 5/27/2004 5:08:40 PM
        
        re: P.S. - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 8:19:47 PM
        
        re: Culture - Tom Brosz - 5/22/2004 2:20:48 AM
        
        So: - Mary Anne - 5/22/2004 3:41:37 AM

American hostage beheaded on camera? - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2004 6:09:17 PM
- Portions of this thread have been deleted. - Robert (as moderator) - 5/16/2004 9:18:57 PM
  - Thank you (n/t) - Fox - 5/17/2004 1:30:14 AM
- Oh dear god.... - R.L. - 5/12/2004 8:00:55 AM
- re: American hostage beheaded on camera? - Perspective - 5/11/2004 11:37:38 PM
  - re: American hostage beheaded on camera? (n/t) - c brado - 5/27/2004 6:35:06 PM
- The video. - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2004 9:00:01 PM
  - re: Who made the video available ? - Success_Machine - 5/11/2004 11:09:16 PM
    - re: Here ya go . . . - D. Spires - 5/12/2004 4:32:02 AM
      - It's not just that website. - Lee - 5/12/2004 5:01:28 AM
    - re: Who made the video available ? - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2004 11:53:12 PM
    - Sorry - Perspective - 5/11/2004 11:39:24 PM
- Truly despicable - Donald - 5/11/2004 8:12:32 PM
- A little more on Berg - Tony - 5/11/2004 7:29:06 PM
- Oh yeah! - FrankC - 5/11/2004 7:23:54 PM
  - re: Revenge for prisoner abuses . . . - D. Spires - 5/11/2004 8:40:01 PM
    - Revenge? Bullshit. - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2004 8:53:47 PM
      - I normally would agree with you but... - Scott Evil - 5/12/2004 2:57:20 AM
        
        P.S. dan Rather is just as culpable in this guy's murder as is the Prison Guards from Abu Ghraib - Scott Evil - 5/12/2004 3:11:24 AM
      - re: Yes . . . - D. Spires - 5/11/2004 9:18:17 PM
      - pretext, ploy, call it what you will - alcaray - 5/11/2004 9:13:30 PM
        
        We put panties on prisoners' heads, they cut prisoners' heads off. - Lee - 5/12/2004 1:37:08 AM
        
        Hmmm, let me check... Nope - alcaray - 5/12/2004 3:10:22 PM
        
        How about we make them lose their faith. - Lee - 5/12/2004 6:46:12 PM
        
        Creepy, you think that's funny. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/12/2004 8:26:15 PM
        
        Think of the possibilities. - Lee - 5/13/2004 12:44:36 AM
        
        You really are an idiot - R.L. - 5/15/2004 1:03:12 AM
        
        Blind liberal apologists like you are the problem. - Lee - 5/15/2004 8:30:39 PM
        
        I'd rather not see the word "traitor" again. Not even on Flame. - RobVG - 5/17/2004 5:59:17 PM
        
        You're right Robert, this post was out of line too. - Lee - 5/16/2004 9:37:53 PM
        
        re: Not necessarily . . . - D. Spires - 5/15/2004 8:55:43 PM
        
        And that's all it was suppose to be. - Lee - 5/16/2004 1:37:01 AM
        
        re: pretext, ploy, call it what you will - Perspective - 5/11/2004 9:23:44 PM

More signs of an improving economy. - REB - 5/26/2004 1:44:58 PM
- re: More signs of an improving economy. - Art Martin - 5/26/2004 5:17:40 PM
  - Be careful not to cunfuse the stock market with the economy (n/t) - alcaray - 5/26/2004 6:15:25 PM
    - re: Be careful not to cunfuse the stock market with the economy - REB - 5/26/2004 6:33:20 PM
  - Valid points. I agree with most of them. But... - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 5:27:52 PM
    - And despite the current trend... - FrankC - 5/26/2004 6:42:47 PM
    - re: Valid points. - SteveS - 5/26/2004 6:11:53 PM
      - re: Valid points. - REB - 5/26/2004 6:24:04 PM
        
        re: Valid points. - Art Martin - 5/26/2004 9:51:37 PM
        
        re: Valid points. - REB - 5/27/2004 4:30:27 PM

Should we invade Iran???? - Publius - 5/23/2004 6:13:08 PM
- Not needed. The Ayatollahs are fast losing their grip. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/24/2004 11:02:55 PM
- Have to!! No choice, really, if America is to have any credibility. - Bowser - 5/23/2004 7:53:56 PM
- re: Should we invade Iran? - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2004 6:41:41 PM
  - posted with tounge firmly in cheek.......... - Publius - 5/27/2004 1:38:14 PM
    - Ayatollahs with nukes - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 4:29:59 PM
  - We've got 'em right where they want us - Robert - 5/24/2004 12:18:16 AM
    - That would be for an invasion. - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2004 2:11:14 AM
    - re: We've got 'em right where they want us - gbaikie - 5/24/2004 1:02:20 AM

Kerry lays out his national security policy - REB - 5/27/2004 4:20:10 PM

Survey shows Palestinian and Israeli people want peace - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 3:41:57 AM
- A small but significant detail - Mary Anne - 5/27/2004 2:30:42 PM
  - re: A small but significant detail - Daniel L - 5/27/2004 3:50:40 PM

WSJ Opinion. No Way to Run a War - The Democrats are guilty of ideological confusion and the Republicans of disdain for reflection. - Bowser - 5/27/2004 12:26:28 PM

Qaeda Has 18,000 Militants for Raids - Think Tank . . . - D. Spires - 5/25/2004 11:57:27 PM
- Over 1 billion muslims in the world and Al Qaeda can only scrape up 18,000? - Lee - 5/27/2004 7:45:07 AM
- Un preguntas, if you can photograph them and count them, why can't you eliminate them?....... (n/t) - Publius - 5/26/2004 1:15:57 PM
- Still trying to figure out who counted them. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 2:00:27 AM
- The consequences of Bush's failed war on terrorism - Donald - 5/26/2004 1:33:23 AM
  - Bush is the expert on how to spawn, breed and recruit terrorists. - Bowser - 5/26/2004 1:47:57 AM
    - Nattering away... - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 3:32:01 AM
      - to the Nabob of Mediocrity amidst his nattering..... - Publius - 5/26/2004 1:08:28 PM
        
        re: nattering..... - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 3:19:07 AM
      - As for Bush invading as a root of evil, quoting another post - - - - Bowser - 5/26/2004 3:51:27 AM
      - That too. Except it should be "US pays for Israeli ethnic cleansing." - Bowser - 5/26/2004 3:38:23 AM
        
        Hey Bowser, I agree with you....... - Lindy - 5/26/2004 4:39:13 AM
        
        That's funny! US Army and Iraq - no child left behind. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/26/2004 4:44:43 AM
        
        becoming concerned with Bush's reported preoccupation with children's behinds..... (n/t) - Publius - 5/26/2004 1:23:47 PM

Saddam's files - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 4:56:33 AM

Sadr's Top Aide Captured in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 5:42:43 PM
- Sadr trying to make a deal - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 3:26:44 AM

OKC: Nichols Guilty - Donald - 5/27/2004 2:58:41 AM

Kerry Backs Out Of Plan To Delay Nomination - Perspective - 5/26/2004 9:51:05 PM
- Sorry - Perspective - 5/26/2004 9:55:26 PM
  - Kerry change his mind amidst storm of protest? - phil - 5/26/2004 10:41:31 PM

al-Qaida Said Almost Ready to Attack US . . . - D. Spires - 5/26/2004 10:18:54 PM

Setback for Ashcroft trying to use courts to impose his religious values. - Bowser - 5/26/2004 10:05:05 PM

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