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Argentina: Governors In, Reforms Out . . . - D. Spires - 4/24/2002 3:26:57 PM
- Argentina is down for the count. - ebnelson - 4/26/2002 3:09:21 PM

U.S. Defence Secretary Rumsfeld Arrives in Kyrgyzstan . . . - D. Spires - 4/26/2002 9:30:02 AM
- Rumsfeld to Troops: 'Give Me an Easy One' . . . - D. Spires - 4/26/2002 2:07:57 PM
- U.S., Coalition Troops 'Stand Against Evil' . . . - D. Spires - 4/26/2002 1:46:31 PM
- U.S. Hasn't Seen bin Laden Since December . . . - D. Spires - 4/26/2002 9:38:54 AM

Spring Thaw Likely to Spark Attacks in Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 4/26/2002 1:54:01 PM

Guardian grumpy about Jenin investigation - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2002 1:31:11 PM
- Colin Powell: 'No evidence of massacre in Jenin' - Matt Burley - 4/24/2002 3:01:01 PM
  - And Powell was there exactly when? - Bowser - 4/24/2002 3:28:48 PM
    - Re: And Powell was there exactly when? - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2002 4:27:30 PM
      - Well said. - Bowser - 4/24/2002 4:49:44 PM
        
        Re: Spy satellites - SM - 4/25/2002 6:06:09 PM
        
        They don't work that way - Larry J - 4/26/2002 1:35:00 PM

Germany Arrests 11 Suspected Terrorists . . . - D. Spires - 4/26/2002 10:41:45 AM

EU Parliament Slams US Military Tribunals . . . - D. Spires - 4/26/2002 10:15:53 AM

Current Agency assessment - E.P. Grondine - 4/26/2002 9:36:57 AM

Sharon's dual objectives - E.P. Grondine - 4/26/2002 9:32:51 AM

Credibility gap - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2002 4:37:29 PM
- Wanting so much to be right - FrankC - 4/25/2002 6:16:31 PM
- Oh, Tom! - Bowser - 4/25/2002 5:36:43 PM
  - GIGO - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2002 6:11:23 PM
    - Give me a break! - alcaray - 4/25/2002 6:36:12 PM
      - Re: Give me another break! - D. Spires - 4/25/2002 7:05:19 PM
        
        Maybe "All the time" should read "very very often"? - alcaray - 4/25/2002 7:24:27 PM
      - Re: Give me a break! - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2002 8:21:08 AM
        
        The stuff here certainly seems to be presented as fact, for example - alcaray - 4/25/2002 8:58:59 AM
        
        Re: The stuff here certainly seems to be presented as fact, for example - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2002 9:21:42 AM
        
        Be not puzzled (if, indeed, you are) - alcaray - 4/25/2002 10:00:43 AM
        
        Re: Be not puzzled (if, indeed, you are) - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2002 4:21:28 PM
    - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2002 6:16:37 PM
    - Yes, the media do have a responsiblity, and they are not living up to it - E.P. Grondine - 4/25/2002 8:04:41 AM

Sharon plan vs. Abdullah plan - E.P. Grondine - 4/24/2002 8:02:43 AM
- The settlements are a cheap ass form of annexation - ebnelson - 4/24/2002 9:10:47 AM
  - Re: The settlements are a cheap ass form of annexation - Scott - 4/24/2002 10:24:53 AM
    - Israeli settlements. - Bowser - 4/24/2002 12:34:28 PM
      - Good editorial about this subject - alcaray - 4/25/2002 7:20:42 PM

France, Europe unite against monster from hell - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2002 5:48:09 PM
- Those communists will use the outcry against him - Scott - 4/25/2002 5:59:13 PM

The story on the new settlements our media refuses to cover - E.P. Grondine - 4/24/2002 5:50:18 PM
- There's an essential point left out. - Bowser - 4/25/2002 3:33:52 PM
  - Under Barak's so-called "land for peace" the level of settlement building INCREASED. - ebnelson - 4/25/2002 3:53:23 PM

Israel rejects UN Jenin probe. - Bowser - 4/23/2002 10:09:59 AM
- Re: Imagine this . . . - D. Spires - 4/23/2002 10:25:08 AM
  - I don't know of any of those guys. - Bowser - 4/23/2002 11:09:51 AM
    - Re: Of course you don't know of any of those guys . . . - D. Spires - 4/23/2002 4:23:20 PM
      - "Military" - Bowser - 4/23/2002 6:32:57 PM
        
        Re: Ah, like Afghanistan's Datsun Brigades . . . ? - D. spires - 4/24/2002 10:46:28 AM
        
        There is a police and military component to the UN delegation - Bowser - 4/24/2002 12:51:24 PM
        
        Re: Bowser, dead is still dead . . . - D. Spires - 4/24/2002 3:35:18 PM
        
        Let the sun shine in. - Bowser - 4/24/2002 4:14:47 PM
        
        Re: Let me know when you're finished adding stuff . . . - D. Spires - 4/25/2002 1:05:08 PM
        
        That's fair. - Bowser - 4/25/2002 3:12:16 PM
    - So anyone with military background is a war criminal? - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2002 11:23:25 AM

Saudis Desperate for Russian Help . . . - D. Spires - 4/24/2002 3:27:28 PM
- Making a statement - p - 4/25/2002 1:57:12 PM
- This analysis smells like Bull Shit to me - E.P. Grondine - 4/24/2002 6:06:02 PM
- Wonder what would happen? - Bowser - 4/24/2002 5:02:00 PM
- I seriously start to wonder if the Saudi family is going to last much longer. - ebnelson - 4/24/2002 3:45:54 PM
  - A completely worthless clan of despotic idiots - Matt Burley - 4/24/2002 4:06:00 PM

Chirac refuses to debate Le Pen - Clever, mistake or cowardly? Or all 3? - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/23/2002 10:48:42 AM
- Re: Wait ! You mean Le Pen isn't president of france? - SM - 4/23/2002 11:48:00 AM
  - Re: What contest exactly did Le Pen win to get so much attention? nt - SM - 4/23/2002 11:49:42 AM
- Re: Wouldn't judge him too harshly - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2002 11:03:10 AM
  - Oh there are ways of dealing with the "Carvilles" - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/23/2002 11:36:47 AM
    - Re: ways of dealing - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2002 11:55:52 AM
      - Re: ways of dealing - Bowser - 4/24/2002 5:31:32 PM
        
        Re: Le Pen is ten times worse than Carville (n/t) (n/t) - Raoul - 4/24/2002 6:42:58 PM
        
        Carville v. Le Pen - Bowser - 4/24/2002 7:07:40 PM

I wonder what to reasonably expect. - Bowser - 4/24/2002 5:29:19 PM
- Trouble sleeping? A little stress, perhaps? - E.P. Grondine - 4/24/2002 6:56:43 PM
  - By the way, it's not 2003 or 2004 that are critical, it's May, 2002 (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 4/24/2002 7:02:54 PM
- Think of how the allies looked at Japanese Kamikazees: - ebnelson - 4/24/2002 9:09:20 AM
  - This pretty much subverts what you were talking about - alcaray - 4/24/2002 9:31:14 AM
    - Crossbows, suicide bombers and Popes - Bowser - 4/24/2002 12:01:22 PM
      - Re: Crossbows - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2002 12:33:40 PM
        
        Oddly enough - Bowser - 4/24/2002 12:39:40 PM

Massacre in Palestine - p - 4/24/2002 12:35:02 PM
- A wonderful interest in fairness. - Bowser - 4/24/2002 5:07:53 PM
  - Re: A wonderful interest in fairness. - p - 4/24/2002 6:15:46 PM
    - "Right-wing death squads" - Bowser - 4/24/2002 6:26:48 PM
      - Re: - p - 4/24/2002 8:33:54 AM

The welfare cases are freaking out over Le Pen's strong showing - Lee - 4/24/2002 5:58:44 PM
- I think that Immigration is France's only hope for the future. - Scott - 4/24/2002 10:29:41 AM

Unbelievable... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/23/2002 3:55:24 PM
- Not Much Difference........where have you been? - Cato - 4/24/2002 3:35:19 PM
- Whether to debate or not - alcaray - 4/24/2002 3:35:16 PM
  - Sorry! Previous post was to wrong thread! (n/t) - alcaray - 4/24/2002 3:40:01 PM
- Re: Unbelievable... - Raoul - 4/23/2002 5:53:46 PM
- What if.... - ebnelson - 4/23/2002 4:45:24 PM

Fidel's elevator not quite making it to the penthouse anymore - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2002 9:20:46 AM
- "For what it's worth" department - Bowser - 4/24/2002 1:17:19 PM
  - Re: Cuba - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2002 1:43:01 PM
    - Re: Cuba - Bowser - 4/24/2002 3:38:44 PM
- An account that addresses the issue - alcaray - 4/24/2002 9:49:08 AM
  - Re: An account that addresses the issue - Scott - 4/24/2002 10:15:14 AM

Power Sharing Deal Weakens Uganda's Hold on DRC . . . - D. Spires - 4/24/2002 3:27:57 PM

Bush-Kennedy Educational Legislation--the inevitable backstabbing - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2002 5:41:20 PM
- re backstabbing, did you read this part? - alcaray - 4/23/2002 8:39:00 AM
  - Re: backstabbing - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2002 11:17:47 AM
    - I read Kennedy's statement to mean... - alcaray - 4/24/2002 3:27:57 PM

A very wise friend of mine from Mexico, who follows Latin American Politics noticed something about Chavez: - ebnelson - 4/23/2002 7:42:31 PM
- It seems about right. - Bowser - 4/23/2002 8:53:28 AM
- Re: It happens . . . - D. Spires - 4/23/2002 8:37:14 AM

Le Pen to lead France out of EU - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/22/2002 3:02:30 PM
- Re: Le Pen to lead France out of EU - Raoul - 4/23/2002 5:03:58 PM
- Le Pen won't lead France anywhere - Matt Burley - 4/23/2002 11:50:59 AM
  - Exactly. - Bowser - 4/23/2002 5:13:02 PM
- How can Britain call anyone "fascist"? - Lee - 4/23/2002 8:21:54 AM
- Re: England freaking out... - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2002 3:30:08 PM
  - Re: It's pluralism v one party - Raoul - 4/23/2002 10:22:15 AM
    - Re: It's pluralism v one party - gbaikie - 4/23/2002 3:59:15 PM
  - I Love It !!!! - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/23/2002 9:35:21 AM
  - Re: England freaking out... - Raoul - 4/22/2002 5:37:27 PM
    - Sorry, Raoul, but unless you deliberately excise Russia from Europe - ebnelson - 4/23/2002 6:03:40 PM
      - Re: I did say Western Europe in my post. (n/t) (n/t) - Raoul - 4/23/2002 9:46:52 AM
    - Seems a little provincial to me... - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2002 3:32:37 PM
      - Re: Seems a little provincial to me... - Raoul - 4/23/2002 4:03:01 PM
        
        Communists getting kid glove treatment in Europe. - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2002 4:36:18 PM
        
        Re: Communists getting kid glove treatment in Europe. - Raoul Lannoy - 4/23/2002 5:21:35 PM
        
        Re: Kibbutz? Now you're reaching. - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2002 6:22:01 PM
        
        Rule of law - alcaray - 4/23/2002 4:57:19 PM
        
        Re: Rule of law - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2002 5:02:34 PM
        
        No, I understood exactly what you meant, except... - alcaray - 4/23/2002 7:31:36 PM
        
        "Non-kid-glove treatment" - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2002 8:01:46 AM

The "Devastation" of Jenin - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2002 8:28:30 AM
- Call me old-fashioned. - Bowser - 4/22/2002 8:50:30 AM
  - That is a "detail" of the Barak offer that is easily over looked. - ebnelson - 4/23/2002 6:29:01 PM

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