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Well, well, well. It looks like Saddam's "unconditional access" offer has some strings attached after all. - Larry J - 9/17/2002 4:46:05 PM
- Just out of curiosity... - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2002 6:03:16 PM
  - Heh, heh, heh - Larry J - 9/17/2002 6:16:18 PM
    - Re: Heh, heh, heh - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2002 6:44:42 PM
      - I'm sure they're just busy trying to source the allegation... - Scott - 9/17/2002 6:53:41 PM
- Re: Well, well, well. It looks like Saddam's - McFly - 9/17/2002 5:37:42 PM
- Re: In Bowserese . . . - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 5:06:14 PM
  - Easy, steady, Big Fellow. - Bowser - 9/17/2002 7:45:35 PM
    - "One of the liberals who shall remain nameless but whose initial is “B” does the same thing" - Buck Galaxy - 9/18/2002 4:06:58 PM
      - "B", not "B. G." n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 9/18/2002 6:32:24 PM
    - Re: Of course you believe that . . . - D. spires - 9/17/2002 9:03:12 AM
      - Wow! n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 9/17/2002 9:07:16 AM
  - Re: In Bowserese . . . - McFly - 9/17/2002 6:52:05 PM
    - Only a lunatic is unmoved by innocent casualties - Larry J - 9/17/2002 7:14:11 PM
      - Another one! - Bowser - 9/17/2002 8:20:52 AM
        
        Perfection is not in the domain of man - Larry J - 9/17/2002 8:39:21 AM
        
        Exactly what I meant! - Bowser - 9/17/2002 9:17:19 AM
        
        Don't try putting words in my mouth, asshole - Larry J - 9/17/2002 9:55:30 AM
        
        Re: Larry . . . - D. Spires - 9/18/2002 12:51:31 PM
        
        Well, my friend, tell me about immorality - - - - Bowser - 9/17/2002 6:27:54 PM
        
        If everything is immoral, then - - - - Bowser - 9/17/2002 10:29:22 AM
        
        There you go again,,, - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/17/2002 1:05:57 PM
        
        Re: Wasted air, Tech1 . . . - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 1:29:38 PM
        
        He's been kicked around a lot... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/18/2002 9:37:27 AM
    - Re: They've been paying that price for decades . . . - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 7:10:25 PM

How misguided UN policies help Saddam make billions of dollars - Matt Burley - 9/18/2002 1:52:24 PM

Amusing video footage - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/18/2002 1:49:32 PM

Want "weapons inspectors?" Try the 82nd Airborne - Larry J - 9/18/2002 1:32:21 PM

Bush Calls Iraqi Offer a 'Ploy' . . . - D. Spires - 9/18/2002 9:38:38 AM
- Seeing a Smoking Gun Means It's Too Late, Rumsfeld Says . . . - D. Spires - 9/18/2002 9:47:54 AM

Men from `Dynamite Tanker' in Custody . . . - D. Spires - 9/18/2002 9:04:22 AM

Nation of Spies is a Sad Reality . . . - D. Spires - 9/18/2002 8:11:21 AM
- Re: Nation of Spies is a Sad Reality . . . - Larry J - 9/18/2002 8:45:58 AM
- During WWII we did the same thing. And we should have. - ebnelson - 9/18/2002 8:17:59 AM
  - Re: They want it both ways . . . - D. Spires - 9/18/2002 8:35:41 AM
    - When was it ever? § (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/18/2002 8:50:51 AM
      - Re: I think about the same time Country Music hit the skids -- about 1980 . . . - D. Spires - 9/18/2002 8:54:07 AM

Al-Qaeda `Has Links to SE Asia' . . . - D. Spires - 9/18/2002 8:44:47 AM

Special Ops Takes Over Bush's Secret War . . . - D. Spires - 9/18/2002 8:23:57 AM

Sixth Arrest Made in Alleged Buffalo Terror Cell . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 2:35:41 PM
- The Muslim Community was suspicious of them - Larry J - 9/16/2002 7:10:20 PM
- 21 Arrested in Singapore. - ebnelson - 9/16/2002 2:53:02 PM
  - Re: 21 Arrested in Singapore. - Scott - 9/16/2002 3:05:35 PM
    - The loyal opposition - Mary Anne - 9/16/2002 7:53:41 PM
      - Well, I will agree that Dashel is the opposition... N/T (n/t) - Scott - 9/16/2002 8:03:07 AM
        
        Yeah, I guess what the US needs is a one-party system - Mary Anne - 9/16/2002 8:11:52 AM
        
        Name the last time Dashel agreed with Bush on anything? - Scott - 9/16/2002 8:23:39 AM
        
        Re: Name the last time Dashel agreed with Bush on anything? - Mary Anne - 9/16/2002 8:39:26 AM
        
        Dashel (sic) - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2002 11:16:55 AM
        
        Isn't it D'asshole? (nt) (n/t) - FrankC - 9/16/2002 12:56:02 PM
        
        Pretty is as pretty does - Mary Anne - 9/17/2002 12:30:41 PM
        
        Bush visited my home town the other day... - Scott - 9/17/2002 2:41:22 PM
        
        Re: Amazing how nice the working class can be . . . - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 3:12:12 PM
        
        "Working Class" - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2002 3:27:47 PM
        
        It's like the floating definition of "The Rich" - Larry J - 9/17/2002 6:32:05 PM
        
        that's great! My Fiance and I will soon be rich! - Scott - 9/17/2002 6:56:53 PM
        
        No offense intended :) - FrankC - 9/17/2002 2:10:33 PM
    - Re: Won't happen for several generations . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 4:00:15 PM
      - Kahn?...him from Laos. (n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 9/16/2002 7:55:55 PM
        
        Re: Cartoon characters look alike to me . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 8:04:48 AM

Democrats are asking why now? - Scott - 9/16/2002 9:07:08 AM
- Re: An election that is handed over is anything but stolen . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 10:10:06 AM
  - Sorry. - Bowser - 9/16/2002 3:48:24 PM
- Becasue clinton didn't have the nutz in 1998. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/16/2002 9:53:44 AM
  - Re: Becasue Bush the elder didn't finish the job long ago. n/t (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 9/16/2002 5:22:19 PM
    - Both the UN Resolutions and Congressional authorization... - Larry J - 9/17/2002 3:12:24 PM
      - That is the most preposturous thing I've read in a long time - Buck Galaxy - 9/17/2002 3:57:29 PM
        
        Go read the UN resolutions and the Congressional authorization to use force - Larry J - 9/17/2002 6:15:41 PM
        
        Gulf War - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2002 4:59:42 PM

Weapons inspections: the other shoe drops - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2002 4:56:21 PM
- This story reminds me of Battlestar Galactica - Lee - 9/17/2002 5:24:13 PM
- Damn...scooped again. I gotta type faster. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2002 4:56:59 PM

Next? - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2002 4:41:32 PM
- Re: And they know it . . . - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 5:08:55 PM

Bizarre story - North Korea admits to abducting about a dozen Japanese citizens - Larry J - 9/17/2002 1:46:57 PM
- But it obviously was wrong to include them in the "Axis of Evil" - Scott - 9/17/2002 2:23:34 PM
  - Re: At 33- to 48-years-old, how else could it be explained -- other than torture . . . ? (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 3:21:40 PM
    - Oh, I don't know... - Larry J - 9/17/2002 3:45:29 PM
      - Re: I consider everything on that list, aside form outright execution, to be a form of torture . . . - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 4:20:45 PM
        
        You can probably consider having to live in the North Korean "Workers' Paradise" as a form of torture. - Larry J - 9/17/2002 4:27:49 PM
        
        Re: Yes -- but likely not, if it was all I knew . . . ;^) (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 4:34:08 PM

Remeber when the US was strongly ridiculed for suggesting this? - ebnelson - 9/16/2002 5:14:19 PM
- Re: ;^) . . . - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 3:15:44 PM

Bush Rejects Iraq - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/16/2002 1:11:51 PM
- If the answer is "Hostages" What is the question? - ebnelson - 9/16/2002 4:46:23 PM
  - Re: As Hussein clearly stated just last week . . . - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 2:05:30 PM
- Re: I dunno . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 2:43:09 PM
  - You don't, true. No idea, tragically. - Bowser - 9/16/2002 3:35:32 PM
    - Bowser's bizarre-o world: - ebnelson - 9/17/2002 2:49:02 PM
      - It's all about enriching his oil buddies, don't you know? - Larry J - 9/17/2002 2:57:15 PM
    - Re: He met no demands, B -- all he did was shuffle his hand . . . - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 2:03:37 PM
      - Sadam doesn't Lie - Scoatt - 9/17/2002 2:21:31 PM
    - It's a sad nation which has that sentiment in any element of their population. - ebnelson - 9/16/2002 4:42:24 PM
    - The risk of inaction - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2002 4:09:41 PM

Iraq Said Moving Toward Concessions to U.N . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 10:08:27 AM
- Bush Winning Support For UN-Backed Action . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 11:00:26 AM
- Pressure Mounts on Iraq After Saudi Support for U.N. Action . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 10:45:26 AM
- Ta Ta Kan Kan... - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2002 10:38:46 AM
  - The paradox facing the anti-Bush wankers: - ebnelson - 9/16/2002 5:06:57 PM
  - Inspections won't work. Gotta have war. Soon! - Bowser - 9/16/2002 12:27:45 PM
    - The goal is compliance. Compliance means disarmament - ebnelson - 9/16/2002 4:53:46 PM
    - Re: Inspections won't work. - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2002 1:53:11 PM
      - Options - FrankC - 9/17/2002 1:34:00 PM
        
        Re: Unconditional . . . - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 2:08:06 PM
      - Re: Option D . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 2:36:02 PM
        
        Sure. - Bowser - 9/16/2002 3:42:45 PM
        
        Re: Hey, knucklehead . . . - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 1:00:42 PM
    - Re: Kinda depressing when the real world steps on you like that, isn't it . . . ? (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 12:34:54 PM
      - Ya gotta ask George, Dan. - Bowser - 9/16/2002 12:42:52 PM
        
        Re: Funny . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 1:07:46 PM
- What's This? - Scott - 9/16/2002 10:14:25 AM
  - What if he has in fact bought several on the balck market and has them tucked very securely away? - ebnelson - 9/16/2002 4:51:03 PM
    - Re: Well . . . - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 1:05:17 PM
  - Re: What if . . . ? - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 10:26:02 AM

That ship off the NJ coast; Something doesn't add up! - Jacob Samorodin - 9/15/2002 6:27:05 PM
- Re: That ship off the NJ coast; Something doesn't add up! - R.L. - 9/17/2002 9:10:06 AM
- My guesses. - Bowser - 9/15/2002 10:30:00 AM
- Re: That ship off the NJ coast - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2002 10:16:02 AM
- Re: That ship off the NJ coast; Something doesn't add up! - ectoterrestrial - 9/15/2002 8:38:44 AM

Quartet on Middle East Outlines 3-Phase Roadmap / Final Settlement by 2005 . . . - D. Spires - 9/17/2002 8:34:19 AM

News Bulletin: Osama Is Still Dead - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2002 12:33:21 PM
- I hear through the grapevine that he left all his money to his cat... - Scott - 9/16/2002 8:26:06 AM
- Re: News Bulletin: Osama Is Still Dead - Bowser - 9/15/2002 1:33:12 PM
  - Re: If you were Osama bin Laden . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 4:10:26 PM
    - Shhh...am studying "How Not To Be Seen." (n/t) (n/t) - Osama - 9/16/2002 5:37:14 PM
    - Re: If you were Osama bin Laden . . . - Raoul - 9/16/2002 4:31:59 PM
      - Not from historical example. - ebnelson - 9/16/2002 7:44:37 PM
      - Re: That's too rational a concept . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 4:37:52 PM
        
        Re: That's should read 'no word from their leader' . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 4:39:30 PM
      - Like Elvis? - Scott - 9/16/2002 8:13:59 AM
        
        Re: Well . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 8:33:14 AM
    - Wowee!!! - Bowser - 9/16/2002 12:40:44 PM

Iraq - Raoul - 9/15/2002 4:35:14 PM
- Conditions. - Bowser - 9/15/2002 6:06:32 PM
  - Re: Conditions. - Raoul Lannoy - 9/15/2002 7:24:25 PM
    - Not accurate at all - Matt Burley - 9/15/2002 10:31:38 AM
    - You guys are completely out of your minds you know ;-o ! (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2002 9:31:47 AM
- While you present some good questions - ebnelson - 9/15/2002 5:21:42 PM
  - Re: Good and evil - Raoul - 9/15/2002 5:35:21 PM
    - But at the end of the day - ebnelson - 9/15/2002 5:52:31 PM
    - Re: Good and evil - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2002 10:25:57 AM
      - Define evil, if you can. - Bowser - 9/15/2002 12:37:04 PM
        
        Are you sure your famous pot speech wasn't about the need you have to stay stoned? - ebnelson - 9/16/2002 3:23:26 PM
        
        Evil is a Relative Energy Expression... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/16/2002 10:03:36 AM
        
        HA! Take THAT Bowser! ;) (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2002 2:59:33 PM
        
        Re: Define evil, if you can. - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2002 6:54:48 PM
        
        Don't think this is good. - Bowser - 9/16/2002 2:55:36 PM
        
        Re: Don't think this is good. - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2002 4:04:53 PM
        
        Weak. - Bowser - 9/16/2002 6:36:29 PM
        
        P.S. - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2002 7:16:50 PM
        
        Re: Reality - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2002 6:59:36 PM
        
        Sad, almost surreal - Bowser - 9/16/2002 9:49:24 AM
        
        Re: Surreal - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2002 11:21:04 AM
        
        Paranoid schizophrenia - FrankC - 9/15/2002 3:02:28 PM
        
        Define evil, if you can. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 9/15/2002 6:16:20 PM
        
        Re: Define evil, if you can. n/t - FrankC - 9/16/2002 2:20:33 PM
        
        Awesome. - Bowser - 9/16/2002 6:50:11 PM
        
        Re: Define evil, if you can. - Buck Galaxy - 9/15/2002 2:40:12 PM
        
        Define evil, if you can. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 9/15/2002 6:17:06 PM
- Spying on Iraq - FrankC - 9/15/2002 4:54:13 PM
  - Re: Spying on Iraq - Raoul - 9/15/2002 5:33:10 PM

Arab world scrambling to line up behind Bush - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2002 6:27:43 PM
- Re: Not exacly dumb . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 7:07:31 PM

ANybody have info on all theHEAD_DRESSES... - carl.... - 9/16/2002 6:43:44 PM
- Re: Might require studying the religion/culture in question . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 7:05:32 PM
- Very brief summary - Mary Anne - 9/16/2002 8:30:23 AM

Your dosimeters calibrated, water supplies purchased, etc?... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2002 2:12:23 PM
- Re: well well - Raoul - 9/16/2002 4:44:11 PM
  - Good idea - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2002 5:35:25 PM
  - LOL Thanks Raoul, - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/16/2002 9:02:18 AM

A refresher on Democrat style mid-east politics - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2002 10:25:07 AM
- Re: Interesting piece -- but . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 5:01:38 PM
- weekly vs monthly polls - Buck Galaxy - 9/15/2002 2:19:18 PM
  - Dubya on Rushmore - You're too Late Buck! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2002 6:02:47 PM
- Hear, Hear & BTW - FrankC - 9/15/2002 10:57:30 AM
  - I think the DNC solicits right outside the INS! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/16/2002 8:55:53 AM
    - So does the RNC - Mary Anne - 9/16/2002 8:08:02 AM
      - You bet it is! (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2002 11:19:27 AM

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