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Moscow Gets New Tool for Money Monitoring . . . - D. Spires - 11/6/2001 10:31:02 AM

I think we stopped a major highjacking attempt - ebnelson - 11/5/2001 5:26:01 PM
- Re: I think we stopped a major highjacking attempt - Marcia - 11/5/2001 6:21:55 PM
  - Private security - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2001 6:29:07 PM
    - Re: Private security - Marcia - 11/5/2001 7:52:14 PM
      - Not an easy job... - Marcia - 11/5/2001 10:57:18 AM
- Where were the henchmen? - FrankC - 11/5/2001 6:03:05 PM
  - Yes....inquiring minds want to know. Also, whatever happened to the stow away Egyptian in the fancy cargo container? - ebnelson - 11/5/2001 7:55:33 PM

Bin Laden's health - LJ - 11/5/2001 7:18:11 PM
- HTML screwups - LJ - 11/5/2001 7:29:24 PM
- If he is sick, that could make him all the more dangerous. - Larry J - 11/5/2001 7:22:40 PM
  - Re: If he is sick, that could make him all the more dangerous. - LJ - 11/5/2001 7:34:25 PM

U.S. Hopes to Use Tajikistan Bases . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2001 1:08:53 PM
- I heard that the Tajikistan bases are in very poor shape - Matt Burley - 11/5/2001 1:52:38 PM
  - Re: I heard that the Tajikistan bases are in very poor shape - Larry J - 11/5/2001 2:05:40 PM
    - Re: I heard that the Tajikistan bases are in very poor shape - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/5/2001 7:02:19 PM

Bin Laden and Colin Powell..... - Sounds Like a Payoff to Me - 11/4/2001 1:33:24 PM
- "Crap" - Dennis - 11/5/2001 6:21:17 PM
  - Responded to at the flame board n/t (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 11/5/2001 11:08:16 AM
- Shall I delete all this crap? - Justin Kelly - 11/4/2001 2:04:34 PM
  - Re: Shall I delete all this crap? - Dennis, the lone nut - 11/5/2001 5:18:09 PM
    - Crap? - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2001 6:44:15 PM
    - Re: Discouraged - Raoul - 11/5/2001 5:49:17 PM
  - Re: At the moment, we do outweigh the culprit . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2001 3:40:47 PM
  - Re: Shall I delete all this crap? - Jeff B. - 11/5/2001 10:54:25 AM
    - R2D2? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2001 4:51:54 PM
  - No problem so far... - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2001 3:49:21 PM
    - Besides.... - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2001 3:51:49 PM
      - Tom, Tom Tom.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/4/2001 7:24:15 PM
        
        SDAI, SDAI, SDAI....... - Dennis - 11/5/2001 6:02:41 PM
        
        Evil Conspiracy - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2001 4:50:17 PM
  - I say delete the neverwuzzers who can't even tell the difference between policy and payoff. - ebnelson - 11/4/2001 3:45:14 PM
    - Re: I say delete the neverwuzzers who can't even tell the difference between policy and payoff. - Jeff B. - 11/5/2001 11:00:43 AM
  - Maybe just the unsigned stuff - Larry J - 11/4/2001 2:16:38 PM
- And the Bed was still Warm..... - Another Conflict of Interest? - 11/4/2001 1:46:34 PM
  - There is a lot that needs to be revealed - ebnelson - 11/4/2001 3:28:55 PM

Apaches are active as far as Kabul - Larry J - 11/5/2001 3:56:14 PM
- New airfield - LJ - 11/5/2001 4:40:53 PM
- Re: Apaches are active as far as Kabul - McFly - 11/5/2001 4:09:44 PM
  - The camera does not love him. - FrankC - 11/5/2001 5:02:09 PM
    - Re: The camera does not love him. - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2001 6:37:12 PM
    - I think he has deteriorated since 11 Sept. - ebnelson - 11/5/2001 5:09:40 PM
  - Maybe it's time for him to lead by example... - Larry J - 11/5/2001 4:15:49 PM

LOLROTFL!!! Taliban challenges Bush and Blair to a duel! - Matt Burley - 11/5/2001 5:38:33 PM
- Illustrates a point I have made in the past - FrankC - 11/5/2001 6:19:10 PM
- Just playing to the crowd - Larry J - 11/5/2001 6:05:33 PM
  - Re: Just playing to the crowd - FrankC - 11/5/2001 6:21:42 PM
    - Re: Just playing to the crowd - Larry J - 11/5/2001 6:30:01 PM
- Re: Choice of Weapons . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2001 5:57:07 PM
  - Re: Choice of Weapons . . . - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2001 6:26:28 PM

A Deliberate Strategy of Disruption - Larry J - 11/5/2001 3:20:51 PM
- A point on Japanese internment - FrankC - 11/5/2001 5:38:26 PM
  - Those Japanese did more than just support America... - Larry J - 11/5/2001 5:53:32 PM
- Re: Yes . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2001 5:33:19 PM
- Japanese internment in WWII - LJ - 11/5/2001 4:56:34 PM

The Taliban are becoming complete morons - ebnelson - 11/5/2001 5:13:08 PM

From Pournelle's web site - Tom Brosz - 11/5/2001 4:46:24 PM
- Pournelle is a bit mechanistic about history, but I think I like the policy ideas, on balance. - ebnelson - 11/5/2001 5:07:43 PM

Federalizing airline security is no cure-all. - Tom Brosz - 11/2/2001 10:27:23 AM
- AP's - Splinx - 11/3/2001 10:08:59 AM
  - Then who will guard the Air Force bases? - Larry J - 11/3/2001 1:16:06 PM
    - Not a big problem - Splinx - 11/3/2001 3:59:01 PM
      - The Air Force implemented "Stop Loss" in early October - Larry J - 11/4/2001 1:44:53 PM
        
        Re: The Air Force implemented - Splinx - 11/5/2001 4:48:41 PM
- Israel uses private security companies at their airports ... - Larry J - 11/2/2001 10:38:20 AM
  - Your subject line alone tells the whole story. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/2/2001 10:42:55 AM

Afghan Refugees Waiting For Hope . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2001 3:12:57 PM
- Re: Corrected URL here . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2001 3:22:42 PM

U.S. Beefing Up Special Forces in Afghanistan, "Hurting" Taliban . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2001 3:17:56 PM
- Re: Wrong URL -- sorry . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2001 3:20:40 PM

Arab Press Slams Washington's Mideast Stance . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2001 3:03:05 PM

Arab Politicians Reject Bin Laden's Call to Arms, Support Palestinians . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2001 2:47:37 PM

Policy discussion... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/5/2001 2:08:24 PM

The CNN War Room . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2001 1:21:31 PM

I think the war is going to be much shorter than generally believed - ebnelson - 11/4/2001 3:43:25 PM
- The key will be splitting the true Afghan Taliban from the fanatical Arab and Paki (foreign) Al Queda - Matt Burley - 11/5/2001 1:17:08 PM

FBI: Airport Weapons Incident Likely Not Terrorism . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2001 1:00:28 PM

U.S. Inserts More Special Forces into Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2001 12:49:07 PM

Bin Laden’s band marry off their women - FrankC - 11/5/2001 12:47:18 PM

Winter Threatens Afghan Aid . . . - D. Spires - 11/5/2001 12:38:58 PM

Osama Bin Doggy Dogg in Da House!! - Matt "T-Dog" Burley - 11/5/2001 11:51:45 AM

For cat lovers - FrankC - 11/5/2001 9:37:42 AM
- And for the rest of us... - Larry J - 11/5/2001 10:06:32 AM

Judicial Watch - Greg - 11/4/2001 11:51:49 AM
- Everything an administration does eventually becomes public - Matt Burley - 11/4/2001 8:59:50 PM
  - What a difference a couple of years makes! n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 11/5/2001 9:44:36 AM
- Re: Judicial Watch - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2001 8:16:21 PM
- Re: Judicial Watch - Dennis - 11/4/2001 5:45:02 PM
  - That's just your upper lip (nt) (n/t) - FrankC - 11/4/2001 6:12:40 PM

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