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LDP Loss Mixed Blessing for Koizumi . . . - D. Spires - 4/4/2002 12:39:15 PM

Hundreds Arrested in Kabul for Plotting to Overthrow Afghan Government . . . - D. Spires - 4/4/2002 12:09:28 PM

UNHCR Overwhelmed by Afghanis Wanting to Return Home . . . - D. Spires - 4/4/2002 11:47:54 AM

History: Arafat's return from exile - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2002 8:35:50 PM
- Re: History: Arafat's return from exile - Bowser - 4/3/2002 9:41:47 AM
  - Re: History - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2002 10:27:00 AM
  - Try reading the article again - Larry J - 4/3/2002 10:11:32 AM
    - Statistics - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2002 1:51:10 PM
    - I did! - Bowser - 4/3/2002 11:10:53 AM
      - It seems to me that the goal of the 1987 Intifada... - Larry J - 4/3/2002 11:36:53 AM
        
        About these ratios... - alcaray - 4/3/2002 12:13:23 PM
        
        Re: About these ratios... - Larry J - 4/3/2002 12:42:20 PM

Cripes...(if you'll pardon the expression) - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 6:26:28 PM
- Re: Cripes...(if you'll pardon the expression) - McFly - 4/3/2002 6:55:34 PM
- Power - Bowser - 4/3/2002 6:54:31 PM
  - Power corrupts, and absolute power...is pretty darn awesome n/t (n/t) - McFly - 4/3/2002 6:57:44 PM
    - Re: Yeah, I feel pretty corrupts already . . . - D. Spires - 4/3/2002 12:23:33 PM
- Well the possession of power can be abused, but... - Scott - 4/3/2002 5:45:00 PM
  - Republic and Empire - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2002 6:19:28 PM
    - Long live the Republic. n/t - Marcia - 4/3/2002 8:18:32 PM
  - Republic and Empire - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2002 6:19:28 PM
    - Oops... - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2002 6:20:30 PM
- Long live the American Empire - FrankC - 4/3/2002 9:47:37 AM

"It's a God-sent issue" - Larry J - 4/2/2002 11:00:24 AM
- Bowser! Quit sending them issues! n/t (n/t) - McFly - 4/3/2002 7:00:29 PM
- Re: Stupid . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 11:09:36 AM

Latest Democratic attack-on-Bush concept - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 7:44:05 PM
- Bull shit comes in all flavors - E.P. Grondine - 4/3/2002 10:09:59 AM
- I can see it now!!! - Bowser - 4/2/2002 8:34:40 PM
- To those who demand that Bush take a more active role - Larry J - 4/2/2002 7:53:28 PM
  - Bush Jr could allow a UN deployment - E.P. Grondine - 4/3/2002 10:16:38 AM
    - The UN isn't exactly rushing to deploy in the area - Larry J - 4/3/2002 4:52:13 PM
      - Jeb Bush will be #44 or #45 N/T (n/t) - Scott - 4/3/2002 6:18:31 PM
  - Until the petty tyrants and overblown egos tire of slaughter - ebnelson - 4/2/2002 8:43:34 PM
- Arab diplomacy - FrankC - 4/2/2002 10:20:55 AM
  - The Arabs and others have always accused the US of practicing Duplicity in its foriegn policy - Scott - 4/2/2002 11:01:44 AM
    - Re: Agreed -- and a twist the past didn't have . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 12:05:33 PM
- Photo-op for Lieberman and other pertinent issues - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/2/2002 10:19:44 AM

Start of oil move - E.P. Grondine - 4/2/2002 5:00:17 PM
- What stocks do you like, to take advantage of this? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/2/2002 5:37:17 PM
  - armaments n/t (n/t) - McFly - 4/2/2002 5:57:43 PM
    - I mean oil prices. - alcaray - 4/2/2002 6:03:50 PM
      - Re: I mean oil prices. - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 7:46:19 PM
      - Re: I mean oil prices. - McFly - 4/2/2002 6:17:12 PM
  - ADM - Scott - 4/2/2002 10:05:02 AM
    - I wonder if Republicans hate bidiesel as much as they hate gasohol? - alcaray - 4/2/2002 10:59:12 AM
      - ADM: Poster boy for corporate welfare. - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 2:17:15 PM
      - I don't hate gasohol. I do have a problem with the subsidies. - Larry J - 4/2/2002 11:35:14 AM
        
        Ethanol ain't perfect but I'll take it over petroleum from the Middle East - Scott - 4/3/2002 6:14:46 PM
      - I'm a Republican and I love gasohol - Scott - 4/2/2002 11:04:33 AM

Just one damn thing after another... - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 6:14:10 PM
- Re: Just one damn thing after another... - Bowser - 4/3/2002 5:18:13 PM
- Re: Just one damn thing after another... - Buck Galaxy - 4/3/2002 4:46:22 PM
  - Re: Just one damn thing after another... - McFly - 4/3/2002 6:10:52 PM
- Good Luck Argentina..you'll need it! (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/3/2002 1:58:49 PM

Very good article on Special Forces operations in Afghanistan - Larry J - 4/3/2002 6:03:56 PM

Iran's Reformists Ponder the Unthinkable . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 12:28:03 PM
- meaningful reform? what a concept...n/t (n/t) - McFly - 4/2/2002 2:30:54 PM
  - A US Foreign policy with teeth - Scott - 4/3/2002 5:49:16 PM

Arafat's 30 years of terror - Larry J - 4/2/2002 3:44:15 PM
- Arafat turning the other cheek on teaching hate? - Marcia - 4/3/2002 9:36:11 AM
- Re: More Arafat - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 8:13:33 PM
  - Still seems to be a war. - Bowser - 4/2/2002 8:50:21 PM
    - Re: Still seems to be a war. - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 1:50:03 PM
      - 25-1?? n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 4/2/2002 2:40:11 PM
        
        Re: 25-1?? n/t - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 4:02:24 PM
        
        In relative peace, - Bowser - 4/2/2002 7:00:07 PM
        
        Re: In relative peace - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2002 5:16:10 PM
    - Compared to a 25:1 loss ratio, 3:1 is a big improvement - Larry J - 4/2/2002 9:15:33 AM
- An American administration finally getting a clue? - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 5:09:10 PM
- Here's another article from this year - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 3:56:31 PM
  - Look at the numbers. - Bowser - 4/2/2002 6:08:33 PM
    - cripes, I hate it when I can see his point n/t (n/t) - McFly - 4/2/2002 6:24:00 PM

A question on tactics - Bowser - 4/2/2002 12:14:28 PM
- Palestinians did destroy a Merkava tank in Gaza - Matt Burley - 4/2/2002 3:23:10 PM
- perhaps you've already answered your own question - McFly - 4/2/2002 2:26:18 PM
- Re: A question on tactics - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 2:10:15 PM
- Israeli Merkava tanks are very tough - Larry J - 4/2/2002 1:52:44 PM
  - Re: Breaking track buys time . . . - D. Spires - 4/3/2002 1:40:54 PM
    - "unass" the vehicle? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2002 4:38:08 PM
      - A perfectly legitimate Army term - Larry J - 4/3/2002 4:49:25 PM
      - Think mule ;-) (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/3/2002 4:47:32 PM
- Re: Sure . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 12:37:18 PM
  - Re: Sure . . . - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 1:56:47 PM
- Theatre of the absurd. - ebnelson - 4/2/2002 12:32:01 PM

U.S. Pursues Quiet Agenda With Syria . . . - D. Spires - 4/3/2002 1:29:17 PM

Rumsfeld Singles Out Iraq, Iran, Syria . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 4:06:25 PM
- Adding every other Moslem nation soon? - E.P. Grondine - 4/2/2002 5:05:43 PM
  - Re: So . . . - D. spires - 4/2/2002 5:28:25 PM
  - Re: Adding every other Moslem nation soon? - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 5:15:11 PM
    - Re: The Palestinians can get their state and peace as soon as they... - alcaray - 4/2/2002 6:01:27 PM
      - Re: So . . . - D. spires - 4/2/2002 7:52:51 PM
        
        Probably my fault you misunderstood me. - alcaray - 4/2/2002 8:53:42 PM
        
        Re: Agreed, but . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 10:26:15 AM
        
        you owe me $100K - p - 4/2/2002 8:25:23 PM
        
        Re: You're very right -- not about the money, though, sorry . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 8:44:08 PM

"History Isn't on the Palestinians' Side " - Larry J - 4/2/2002 3:35:39 PM
- Or maybe it's not on Israel's side. - Lee - 4/2/2002 8:13:29 PM
  - Re: Filler Matterial . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 11:00:20 AM

The Postmodern Amorality in the Middle East - Matt Burley - 3/30/2002 6:37:12 PM
- There are some who believe the Israelis didn't kill that boy - Larry J - 3/31/2002 7:26:05 PM
  - The Israelis didn't kill that boy - Tom Brosz - 3/31/2002 9:39:23 AM
- Re: Amorality in war? - Publius - 3/31/2002 3:20:39 PM
  - Some comments - Matt Burley - 3/31/2002 10:01:52 AM
- Discussion groups - FrankC - 3/31/2002 1:32:20 PM
  - Fascinating! - Bowser - 3/31/2002 1:54:56 PM
    - Maybe no-one else posts on the subject because you have beaten the dead-horse to death again and again, and agian... - Scott - 4/1/2002 5:57:46 PM
      - If America was occupied... - alcaray - 4/1/2002 1:27:21 PM
        
        Military vs. civilian - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2002 7:28:23 PM
    - As long as... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/1/2002 2:23:24 PM
    - Pretty amazing statement, Bowser - Matt Burley - 3/31/2002 4:40:32 PM
      - Another amazing statement, Matt - E.P. Grondine - 4/1/2002 4:26:42 PM
        
        Further... - alcaray - 4/1/2002 12:10:08 PM
        
        Re: Further... - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2002 7:31:04 PM
        
        There is no point in being subtle around here. - alcaray - 4/2/2002 5:16:07 PM
        
        Sorry... - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 7:57:57 PM
    - Re: Beyond Fascinating! - FrankC - 3/31/2002 3:36:50 PM
    - Quite fascinating. - Tom Brosz - 3/31/2002 2:29:55 PM
      - There are answers. - Bowser - 4/1/2002 5:20:53 PM
- Revisionism: Recounting history as a function of one's prejudices. - Bowser - 3/31/2002 12:05:45 PM
  - "Once more into the breech" or "Wasting time on a dull Sunday night" - FrankC - 3/31/2002 2:37:16 PM
    - Re: the link. - Tom Brosz - 3/31/2002 2:50:31 PM
- Solution remains the same: UN deployment - E.P. Grondine - 3/31/2002 10:06:58 AM
  - Why not, it can't hurt - FrankC - 3/31/2002 9:01:37 AM
    - I'm starting to agree with EP... - Scott - 4/1/2002 6:00:36 PM
- Re: multiculturalism - Raoul - 3/30/2002 7:26:33 PM
  - No, he's not supporting notions of racial/ethnic superiority like Le Pen - Matt Burley - 3/30/2002 9:42:48 AM
    - Re: Alain Finkielkraut - Raoul - 3/31/2002 9:43:34 AM
      - Sad but true - Matt Burley - 3/31/2002 12:45:14 PM
        
        Re: Also . . . - D. Spires - 4/1/2002 2:20:29 PM
    - Realistic? - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/30/2002 11:43:30 AM
      - Re: dependancy - Raoul - 3/31/2002 9:37:40 AM
        
        Re: dependency - Tom Brosz - 3/31/2002 9:43:24 AM
- Re: One way to cut the number of 'some' Palestinian deaths . . . - D. Spires - 3/30/2002 11:57:47 AM

Those Rotten Apples . . . - D. Spires - 4/1/2002 10:36:58 AM
- Re: Those Rotten Apples . . . - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2002 2:03:26 PM
  - In case this wasn't clear in the posts below: homosexuality pedophilia - alcaray - 4/2/2002 6:38:43 PM
    - Whoa! Talk about unclear! - alcaray - 4/2/2002 6:41:33 PM
      - Children under 12 not really the issue here - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 7:51:36 PM
  - The point is "repression" - Mary Anne - 4/2/2002 1:51:25 PM
    - Re: The point is - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 4:40:20 PM
      - Dan's Right! - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/2/2002 5:31:33 PM
        
        Re: Too much Heavy Metal Magazine in the 70s & 80s . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 6:57:06 PM
        
        The heck with Heston, I want HER in charge of the NRA! (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 7:53:46 PM
    - Re: The point is "opportunity" - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/2/2002 3:18:48 PM
      - Re: A little thick on the paranoia . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 3:34:55 PM
        
        LOL Paranoia.. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/2/2002 3:50:30 PM

Russian Taliban in Guantanamo: Will Washington Deliver Them . . . ? - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 5:21:23 PM

Georgian-Abkhazian Conflict: Time Out . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 5:05:03 PM

Taliban Plans Suicide Bombings . . . - D. Spires - 4/1/2002 5:46:30 PM
- Actually... - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2002 6:02:38 PM
  - Re: Suicide is a last-ditch effort . . . - D. Spires - 4/1/2002 6:16:25 PM
    - Suicide can be a very effective tactic - Larry J - 4/1/2002 6:41:10 PM
      - Re: Suicide can be a very effective tactic - Bowser - 4/1/2002 7:56:57 PM
        
        Tell that to Rajiv Gandhi - Larry J - 4/1/2002 8:29:49 PM
      - Re: Japan was fighting a desparate war from the beginning . . . - D. Spires - 4/1/2002 7:35:07 PM
      - True, but... - E.P. Grondine - 4/1/2002 7:12:31 PM
    - Re: Suicide bombing highly effective as political weapon - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2002 6:38:32 PM
      - Re: Suicide bombing highly effective as political weapon - Publius - 4/1/2002 3:03:55 PM
        
        Re: Suicide bombing--some rambling thoughts - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2002 7:22:27 PM
- The Palestinians and Suicidal Lies - Matt Burley - 4/1/2002 3:45:55 PM
  - Re: Can's see the trees for the forest . . . - D. Spires - 4/1/2002 4:13:00 PM
    - I wonder - FrankC - 4/2/2002 4:16:07 PM
      - Re: I wonder - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 4:58:27 PM
      - Re: Turn off the tap to Iraq . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 4:33:41 PM
    - I think it's more a product of lengthy, elaborate brainwashing than an individual's desparation - Matt Burley - 4/1/2002 4:24:59 PM

Talking points for Arab Spokesmen - p - 4/1/2002 10:34:07 AM
- It's not an 'either-or', - Bowser - 4/1/2002 1:48:14 PM
- Re: Talking points for Arab Spokesmen - E.P. Grondine - 4/1/2002 12:57:20 PM
  - And what "stuff" would that be that we are "tolerating?" (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2002 2:05:57 PM
    - Annexation of the West Bank and Gaza(n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 4/2/2002 1:24:41 PM
      - Re: Conquest of the West Bank and Gaza - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2002 4:48:14 PM

"I need those letters of transit, Rick!" "Sit down and shut up, Yasser." - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2002 4:22:36 PM
- Solution remains the same: UN deployment - E.P. Grondine - 4/1/2002 4:32:05 PM
  - Israel is just a practise run... - p - 4/1/2002 5:15:01 PM
    - There's only one way for Israel to have peace. - Lee - 4/2/2002 11:35:56 AM
      - I don't think annexation will work - E.P. Grondine - 4/2/2002 1:56:54 PM
        
        Re: Good arguments . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 4:28:48 PM
    - Speaking about illusions - E.P. Grondine - 4/1/2002 5:55:48 PM
  - Could you show me some examples where UN deployment stopped this sort of thing? - Larry J - 4/1/2002 5:04:53 PM
    - Balkans? - E.P. Grondine - 4/1/2002 6:00:25 PM
      - Things aren't exactly peaceful in the Balkans - Larry J - 4/1/2002 6:04:13 PM
  - What makes you so sure - Buck Galaxy - 4/1/2002 4:58:01 PM
    - Not sure at all, but - E.P. Grondine - 4/1/2002 6:19:56 PM
  - Okay, one comment: - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2002 4:50:57 PM
    - Take away the motivation - E.P. Grondine - 4/1/2002 6:22:45 PM
      - Re: Take away the motivation - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2002 6:42:38 PM
        
        Re: Take away the motivation - E.P. Grondine - 4/1/2002 7:06:19 PM
        
        Motivation - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2002 9:23:13 AM
        
        Re: Motivation - E.P. Grondine - 4/1/2002 9:53:57 AM
        
        Re: Motivation - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2002 2:10:03 PM
    - Re: Okay, one comment: - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/1/2002 5:03:55 PM

Yes, it’s true – Saddam bankrolls Palestinian suicide bombers - Matt Burley - 4/1/2002 1:19:39 PM
- Compensation for Darwin Award winner's surviving families. - ebnelson - 4/2/2002 1:42:31 PM
- If this article is accurate, so do the Saudis - Larry J - 4/2/2002 10:52:40 AM
- It's a war. - Bowser - 4/1/2002 1:38:37 PM
  - "Does that make me superior?" God knows, Bowser... n/t (n/t) - McFly - 4/2/2002 4:14:09 PM
  - Re: Must be a new kick, I mean the idea that the Hammas and the duly paid suicide bombers are not members of a military regime . . . - D. Spires - 4/1/2002 2:15:28 PM

Osama bin Laden's Top Aide Held in Raid on Hideout . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 2:47:08 PM
- This one's very promising. (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/2/2002 4:12:06 PM
- Suspected terrorists arrested in Pakistan . . . - D. Spires - 4/2/2002 11:18:46 AM

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