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Iraqi Couple's Henrico County Home Raided . . . - D. Spires - 4/7/2003 8:36:52 AM

GI Clones Storm Border . . . - D. Spires - 4/7/2003 8:24:27 AM

The first week of May could determine the spread of SARS - ebnelson - 4/6/2003 7:59:37 PM

REUTERS: U.S. Finds No Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq - Don - 4/6/2003 1:41:56 PM
- They were bluffing. The end justifies the means. - Dmitry - 4/6/2003 1:58:38 PM
  - So we are going to annex Iraq? - ebnelson - 4/6/2003 4:15:04 PM
  - Hey Thanks, Want To Respond Davin? - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 3:14:32 PM
  - If sadam doesn't have any WMD then I gotta think he's pretty angry at his WMD program scientists. - Scott - 4/6/2003 2:12:55 PM
- Your last hope depends on your selective reading. - ebnelson - 4/6/2003 1:51:21 PM
  - Huh?!? - Don - 4/6/2003 2:29:22 PM
    - Don, you know exactly what I am talking about. - ebnelson - 4/6/2003 3:45:30 PM
      - What I hope for... - Don - 4/6/2003 3:54:58 PM
        
        Re: What I hope for... - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 4:08:49 PM
        
        Re: Hmmm... - Raoul - 4/6/2003 7:01:54 PM
        
        We would be wise... - Don - 4/6/2003 4:31:00 PM
        
        A victory Was Implied In Your Question. Don't ask open ended questions you don't want answer to N/T (n/t) - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 5:15:56 PM
    - Your Tital Implied The Search Was Over. Did Not Match Title of Article. - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 2:39:22 PM
      - The title was Reuters, not mine - Don - 4/6/2003 2:56:13 PM
        
        My Mistake - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 3:05:41 PM
        
        Friendly Fire - Don - 4/6/2003 3:31:57 PM
        
        Re: Friendly Fire - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 3:59:09 PM
        
        The record clearly shows what I predicted: - ebnelson - 4/6/2003 6:42:05 PM
        
        Re: Friendly Fire - Don - 4/6/2003 4:03:34 PM
        
        Are You Talking About UN Goals Or Yours? - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 4:13:12 PM
        
        Goals - Don - 4/6/2003 4:35:59 PM
        
        That the WMDs were not used so far is entirely because of US policy to make threats mean something. - ebnelson - 4/6/2003 7:53:08 PM
        
        Actions Are Usually Regarded As Failures If They Don't Meet Their Stated Goal - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 5:14:04 PM
        
        We didn't... - Don - 4/6/2003 9:14:52 AM
        
        I already went through why the inspections were a failure and you didn't address it N/T (n/t) - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 9:53:03 AM

Top Ten Dumb Anti-War Comments - Mark Eby - 4/4/2003 4:12:17 PM
- Re: Top Ten Dumb Anti-War Comments - phil - 4/5/2003 2:54:33 PM
  - My Post Wasn't Intended As Blanket Support - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 3:40:35 PM
    - Yes, well understood n/t (n/t) - p - 4/5/2003 3:47:23 PM
- Top Ten Dumb Right Wing Fallacies and Strawmen - Davin L. - 4/4/2003 5:38:18 PM
  - Fallacies - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2003 6:56:50 PM
    - Re: Fallacies - Davin L. - 4/5/2003 4:38:17 PM
      - Winner of the High-Speed Spin Award - Tom Brosz - 4/6/2003 6:37:21 PM
  - Re: Top Ten Dumb Right Wing Fallacies and Strawmen - Mark Eby - 4/4/2003 6:16:26 PM
    - You can't reverse-engineer a moral justifacation for war... - Davin L. - 4/5/2003 4:54:17 PM
      - Engineers Prefer Rational Basis For Decisions - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 6:21:54 PM
        
        C'mon Mark - LJ - 4/6/2003 7:33:47 PM
        
        You Wish - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 3:04:06 PM
        
        Mark, the historical facts say otherwise - Davin L. - 4/6/2003 3:14:23 PM
        
        You Forgot Iran, the Misery Index, Somalia, Ruanda, Al-Queda, and Iraq - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 3:22:14 PM
        
        Re: You Forgot Iran, the Misery Index, Somalia, Ruanda, Al-Queda, and Iraq - Davin L. - 4/6/2003 3:27:15 PM
    - Net saving of lives - Mary Anne - 4/5/2003 1:29:49 PM
      - For Once, Your Logic Is Deeply Flawed - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 2:21:36 PM
        
        Mark, your position really is untenable. - Davin L. - 4/5/2003 5:03:19 PM
        
        We're A Democracy Not A thugocracy - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 6:04:39 PM
        
        Not so ridiculous - LJ - 4/6/2003 7:38:35 PM
        
        Still Ridiculous - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 3:14:12 PM
        
        Re: Still Ridiculous - gbaikie - 4/6/2003 9:07:13 AM
        
        my mistake, I thought the topic was Iraq freedom n/t - gbaikie - 4/6/2003 10:16:41 AM
        
        It Was. I thought Your Comment was on Target - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 10:25:48 AM
        
        Not a tangent endorsed by me - Davin L. - 4/6/2003 3:48:51 PM
        
        Re: We're A Democracy Not A thugocracy - Davin L. - 4/6/2003 3:22:06 PM
        
        Refresh My Memory - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 3:29:24 PM
        
        Re: Refresh My Memory - Davin L. - 4/6/2003 3:40:59 PM
        
        Link - Davin L. - 4/6/2003 3:42:50 PM
        
        Depends on whether the logic is relative or absolute - Mary Anne - 4/5/2003 2:57:54 PM
        
        Re: Depends on whether the logic is relative or absolute - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 6:34:18 PM

Yet another scary scenario... - Tom Brosz - 4/6/2003 6:38:52 PM
- Excellent article - ebnelson - 4/6/2003 7:04:36 PM
- I think that scenario gives Saddam way too much credit - Matt Burley - 4/6/2003 4:18:28 PM

Underground battles - Tom Brosz - 4/6/2003 6:52:29 PM
- To paraphase a WWII general - Matt Burley - 4/6/2003 1:46:37 PM

An Update for Fisk, Arnett, the Iraqi Propaganda Minister, etc.: - ebnelson - 4/6/2003 6:31:10 PM

Told Ya So, Told Ya So, Told Ya So - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 1:35:29 PM
- Still a bit early to start crowing - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2003 6:39:33 PM
- More Resistance Than Earlier Indicated - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 2:27:03 PM
  - Not Unexpected - Don - 4/5/2003 3:07:57 PM
    - I don't think he could do Clarabell - Gary - 4/6/2003 5:25:42 PM
    - He is a buffoon... - FrankC - 4/5/2003 3:53:39 PM
  - Re: More Resistance Than Earlier Indicated - phil - 4/5/2003 2:45:15 PM
- And now the French will start telling us how it was their idea the whole time. - ebnelson - 4/5/2003 1:48:34 PM
  - The Frog of War - phillippe - 4/5/2003 9:30:13 AM

Good story about the action in Basra - Gary - 4/6/2003 4:52:45 PM
- Try again.... [muffed the link] - Gary - 4/6/2003 4:55:42 PM

It Case You Liberation Doubters Missed It - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 10:35:14 AM
- Re: It Case You Liberation Doubters Missed It - Davin L. - 4/6/2003 3:30:08 PM
  - A Hell Of A Lot Less N/T (n/t) - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 3:52:49 PM
  - Two successful homicide bombings, many more unsuccessful attempts - Matt Burley - 4/6/2003 3:45:45 PM
- I have no doubt... - Don - 4/6/2003 10:52:17 AM
  - Iraqis should have done it themselves? - Tom Brosz - 4/6/2003 1:12:24 PM
    - I think that culturally, Islam may in fact make overthrowing the likes of Sadam Hussain very unlikely... - Scott - 4/6/2003 2:07:05 PM

The Reason Why - Dmitry - 4/6/2003 3:34:57 PM
- The Usual - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 3:49:59 PM
- Utter crap from the biggest loser to ever run for the Presidency - ebnelson - 4/6/2003 3:47:48 PM
- Thanks Dmitry - Lindy - 4/6/2003 3:00:31 PM

Watching the M-1 tanks drive through Baghdad - Scott - 4/6/2003 2:16:53 PM
- Clinton vetoed heavy weapons in Somalia.§ (n/t) - ebnelson - 4/6/2003 2:51:55 PM

Just in case the french missed the message: - ebnelson - 4/5/2003 3:55:11 PM
- If the French had joined the coalition - Matt Burley - 4/5/2003 4:39:54 PM
  - If the UN is involved... - Scott - 4/6/2003 1:06:04 PM
  - Re:UN or not UN - Raoul - 4/6/2003 12:11:18 PM
    - Read Matt's Article About How Sorry UN is In Kosovo - Mark Eby - 4/6/2003 2:47:33 PM
    - Re: The US does not have the monopoly of wisdom - ebnelson - 4/6/2003 1:33:46 PM
  - But...but...that means the US rules the world! n/t (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/5/2003 5:02:36 PM
    - It means the new, free Iraq will be created on its own cultural terms - Matt Burley - 4/5/2003 5:27:12 PM
      - Re: It means the new, free Iraq will be created on its own cultural terms - ebnelson - 4/5/2003 5:31:55 PM

Ouf! An international embarrassment gone. - Raoul - 4/6/2003 12:05:10 PM
- Re: Ouf! An international embarrassment gone. - ebnelson - 4/6/2003 1:36:48 PM

2nd US journalist dies in Iraq - ebnelson - 4/6/2003 1:34:55 PM

Friendly fire on John Simpson - Raoul - 4/6/2003 11:57:04 AM

War Impacts "Reality" TV Programming - Mark Eby - 4/4/2003 4:30:05 PM
- Tough Crowd - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 8:54:02 PM
  - No replies doesn't mean nobody laughed, Mark - Mary Anne - 4/5/2003 11:43:19 AM
  - Don't give up - FrankC - 4/5/2003 9:26:03 AM

Where's Bowser? - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 8:46:55 PM
- Damn The Special Effects & Quirks - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 8:51:06 PM
  - Thanks to Tom - RobVG - 4/5/2003 9:13:49 AM
    - It Works, Why Would Anyone Want That Stuff? N/T (n/t) - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 10:25:43 AM
      - Because it looks cool... - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2003 10:58:52 AM

Favorite Picture of the Week - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/3/2003 12:57:40 PM
- You Need a Dose of Reality - Lindy - 4/4/2003 8:50:05 PM
  - No no no Lindy, tisk tisk tisk.... - et - 4/4/2003 7:56:18 PM
    - Thanks et - Lindy - 4/5/2003 8:50:24 PM
- I like this one best - Larry J - 4/4/2003 5:53:08 PM
- But I'm certain Bowser would tell us - Matt Burley - 4/3/2003 2:28:52 PM
  - Give it up. Bowser is quite capable of putting words in his own mouth - LJ - 4/3/2003 2:36:18 PM
    - Re: Give it up. Bowser is quite capable of putting words in his own mouth - McFly - 4/4/2003 3:27:21 PM
    - You must have missed his nonsensical rant the other day - Matt Burley - 4/3/2003 4:09:42 PM
- Re: MY Favorite Pictures of the Week - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2003 1:02:17 PM

Where's Bowser? - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 8:46:51 PM

Confirmation via MSNBC: WMD in Iraq - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/4/2003 5:11:57 PM
- Not the brass ring - Gary - 4/4/2003 5:45:20 PM
- Not Saddam's - Don - 4/4/2003 5:35:29 PM
  - Re: Not Saddam's - gbaikie - 4/4/2003 7:36:25 PM
    - Re: Not Saddam's - Don - 4/5/2003 3:14:18 PM
      - Re: Not Saddam's - gbaikie - 4/5/2003 8:35:24 PM

New national motto of Iraq - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2003 8:14:25 PM
- Not Very Amusing Tom - Lindy - 4/4/2003 8:57:03 PM
  - A very hard read. - Davin L. - 4/4/2003 3:24:15 PM
    - Re: A very hard read. - McFly - 4/4/2003 4:20:30 PM
  - Sorry if I wasn't bitter and angry enough - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2003 10:31:15 AM
    - Me Neither - Lindy - 4/5/2003 8:34:53 PM
      - Re: Me Neither - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2003 7:05:52 PM
- ROTFL! That was an actual statement by a freed Iraqi! n/t (n/t) - p - 4/4/2003 1:18:37 PM

Purely Bogus - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 8:34:04 PM

And winning the peace? - Raoul - 4/5/2003 11:01:31 AM
- It's all about being anti-Bush and anti-American, and it always has been. - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2003 6:44:32 PM
  - Re: It's all about "and" - Fox - 4/5/2003 9:01:28 AM
    - Okay, plug in "and/or" instead of "and" if that helps. - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2003 11:07:35 AM
- Re: And winning the peace? - McFly - 4/5/2003 4:37:34 PM
- Re: And winning the peace? - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 2:14:26 PM
  - Re: And winning the peace? - RobVG - 4/5/2003 4:32:24 PM
    - Liberation Vs Conquest - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 4:44:26 PM
      - I get your point. - RobVG - 4/5/2003 8:28:51 PM
- Too bad Belgium, France and Germany took themselves out fo the discussion. - ebnelson - 4/5/2003 1:45:25 PM
- "Starting an immoral war?" - Occasional Reader - 4/5/2003 12:50:35 PM
  - If that is representative of Euro opinion - ebnelson - 4/5/2003 1:47:26 PM
    - Opinions that result in overt actions have consequences - phil - 4/5/2003 2:49:34 PM
      - left out something? - Mark Eby - 4/5/2003 3:18:37 PM
        
        Re: left out something? - p - 4/5/2003 3:46:44 PM

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