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Operation Anaconda Winds Down . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 3:59:08 PM
- U.S. Says More Operation Anaconda Winding Down . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 6:32:43 PM
- Fog of War Shrouds U.S. 'Victory' . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 6:23:51 PM
- Fighting Not Over, Top Officers Agree . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 4:10:19 PM
- Afghans Commanders Say 'Anaconda' Failed . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 4:04:56 PM
  - Some opinions from the PRO-American press... - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2002 7:08:22 PM
    - Re: Great pep-talk . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 8:03:10 PM
- Anaconda Over, but Operations Continue in Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 10:21:20 AM
- Anaconda Is Success; Enemy Killed Unknown, Say Officials . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 9:51:41 AM

Ashcroft oppressively forces his moral viewpoint down the throat of a group of voters... - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2002 11:48:01 AM
- Hell, Bowser is just happy they missed him. - ebnelson - 3/18/2002 2:19:20 PM
  - Poster Boy is at it again...... - Lindy - 3/18/2002 7:08:36 PM
  - Sometimes there's just no redeeming social value - Bowser - 3/18/2002 2:44:37 PM
    - And then other times, - ebnelson - 3/18/2002 5:09:15 PM
      - Nope. - Bowser - 3/18/2002 5:16:59 PM
- Nope - Bowser - 3/18/2002 12:36:54 PM

Two more American Heros in the War against Terrorism - Matt Burley - 3/17/2002 3:31:45 PM
- 2 Americans Among 5 Killed in Church Attack . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 4:47:16 PM
- No, no no! Islam is Love, Oprah said so... (n/t) (n/t) - PC police - 3/18/2002 1:13:03 PM

Helping Afghanistan Rebuild . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 4:31:58 PM

Terrorism Takes Center Stage at Model U.N. Forum . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 4:22:06 PM

Fighter Jet Patrols Over Large Cities to be Cut . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 3:41:19 PM
- Changed Security Environment Drives Combat Air Patrol Changes . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 10:25:11 AM

Planning Under Way For POW Trials . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 3:33:12 PM

Cheney in Qatar on Latest Stop in Mideast Tour . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 3:27:05 PM

Palestinians Trying To Draw Syria, Lebanon, Israel Into Conflict . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 3:19:47 PM

Nigeria, South Korea Voice Support for U.S. War on Terrorism . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 9:37:55 AM

!! Missile Test Successful !! - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2002 7:31:30 PM
- Missile Intercept Test Successful . . . - D. Spires - 3/18/2002 9:32:20 AM

Now a scholar claims that the Chinese beat Columbus to America. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/17/2002 8:59:24 PM
- Will the Chinese do to us what they did to Tibet? - ebnelson - 3/17/2002 2:29:19 PM
- It's St. Patrick's Day and no one has mentioned St. Brendan and his coracle? ;) (n/t) (n/t) - Mary Anne - 3/17/2002 11:05:05 AM
  - St. Brendan and his coracle - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2002 4:50:06 PM
  - St. Brendan's Day is May 16 - Fox - 3/17/2002 1:11:23 PM
  - St. Brendan did cross my mind today. *g* - Marcia - 3/17/2002 12:30:28 PM
    - I was referring to the astronaut. n/t! (n/t) - Marcia - 3/17/2002 12:43:30 PM
- The point is really moot - Larry J - 3/17/2002 9:29:48 AM
  - Re: The point is really moot. Yep, they were the descendants of Homo Erectus. n/t - Marcia - 3/17/2002 10:14:19 AM

Pickering Borking: "Everybody Does It." Not. - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2002 8:09:20 PM
- Now, now. - Bowser - 3/17/2002 8:23:58 PM
  - Hush, Bowser. Adults are talking. - ebnelson - 3/17/2002 2:30:06 PM
  - Name them. Give us a link. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2002 11:00:49 AM
    - Now that you've got 'em, what you gonna do? - Bowser - 3/17/2002 3:06:04 PM
    - Re: OK - Mary Anne - 3/17/2002 1:53:54 PM
      - Re: OK - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2002 5:51:33 PM

UN's 58th Session of the Commission on Human Rights to be held in Geneva on Monday, March 18th - April 26th of 2002. - Marcia - 3/17/2002 8:17:35 PM

A serious question. - Bowser - 3/15/2002 6:47:20 PM
- Re: A serious question, rephrased - Fox - 3/15/2002 8:00:28 PM
  - Re: A serious question, rephrased - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2002 12:01:29 PM
    - I think this forces some questions. - Bowser - 3/16/2002 8:53:47 PM
    - Ethical relativism - Fox - 3/15/2002 7:05:18 PM
      - Re: Ethical relativism - D. Spires - 3/17/2002 8:12:22 PM
- Serious Answer: - ebnelson - 3/15/2002 7:32:41 PM
- Well, let's see... - E.P. Grondine - 3/15/2002 7:27:53 PM

Sure, we have our share of problems here... - Larry J - 3/17/2002 1:23:42 PM
- Religious asininity reigns supreme (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/17/2002 7:09:45 PM

Cheney working his rear off... - SDAi-Tech1 - 3/16/2002 7:10:46 PM
- Oh...forgot the link ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/16/2002 7:20:10 PM
  - Re: And what''s it about? - Raoul - 3/17/2002 11:13:20 AM
    - Chess match - FrankC - 3/17/2002 1:43:02 PM

Growth of Republican party in Calif..... - Publius - 3/17/2002 9:37:07 AM
- Doggone it!!!! - Bowser, formerly - 3/17/2002 9:44:55 AM

Good Job Texas - FrankC - 3/15/2002 10:09:04 AM
- Where else? - Bowser - 3/16/2002 8:22:24 PM
- Re: Good Job Texas - R.L. - 3/15/2002 5:48:05 PM
- I heard that this woman is so doped up on medications - Matt Burley - 3/15/2002 4:20:43 PM
- Completely predictable - Larry J - 3/15/2002 10:13:33 AM

This shocked me when I first read it; I still have difficulty believing it... - Jacob Samorodin - 3/15/2002 7:07:57 PM
- Not a serious concern, just some fringe nuts - Matt Burley - 3/16/2002 6:53:08 PM
- I have *much* difficulty believing it... - Fox - 3/15/2002 8:26:20 PM
  - Re: I have *much* difficulty believing it... - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2002 12:25:24 PM
- Re: This shocked me when I first read it; I still have difficulty believing it... - Bowser - 3/15/2002 7:55:55 PM
  - Maybe much ado about nothing, unless they start resorting to guns, bombs, terrorism, guerilla tactics... - Jacob Samorodin - 3/15/2002 8:07:38 PM
- This only becomes a problem in 25 years... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2002 7:55:01 PM
- Just another extremist group - FrankC - 3/15/2002 10:36:18 AM
- Re: I saw the movie . . . - D. Spires - 3/15/2002 9:40:34 AM

As Usual...Colleges to blame... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/16/2002 9:23:34 AM
- Re: The story attacks the INS, and pretty quickly backs off the college-andle . . . - D. Spires - 3/16/2002 6:32:05 PM
  - Maybe universities should be made to feel the heavy hand of government... - Larry J - 3/16/2002 9:55:32 AM

AA and the loss of tens of thousands of jobs - p - 3/16/2002 4:08:08 PM
- The majority of the jobs will be created by the survivinlg firms. - ebnelson - 3/16/2002 5:18:06 PM
  - Re: The majority of the jobs will be created by the survivinlg firms. - p - 3/16/2002 5:34:00 PM
    - The democrats own and protect INS - ebnelson - 3/16/2002 3:27:45 PM
      - Re: The Democrats own and protect INS - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2002 5:46:00 PM
    - Jobs will be saved only if AA can be sold quickly to a White Knight - Matt Burley - 3/16/2002 2:32:29 PM
      - Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain... - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2002 5:52:31 PM
- AA is only one of them. - FrankC - 3/16/2002 11:45:41 AM

Serb Arrest Points to Coup Against Djindjic . . . - D. Spires - 3/16/2002 5:50:53 PM

Village Voice tells lefties where to attack US govt bunkers... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/16/2002 9:34:57 AM
- Re: I've known about Site R since 1974 - Mary Anne - 3/16/2002 1:31:52 PM
- Scroll up on the link... (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/16/2002 9:36:36 AM
  - Re: The one you linked to was pretty interesting, Tech1 . . . - D. Spires - 3/16/2002 5:46:09 PM

Afghan tribal elders: Don't isolate king - Bowser - 3/16/2002 10:39:39 AM
- Re: Mm-hm . . . - D. Spires - 3/16/2002 4:23:54 PM
- It's clearly going to take a few years - Matt Burley - 3/16/2002 12:37:30 PM

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