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Taliban See Flood of Volunteers . . . - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 1:23:49 PM
- Good targets for cluster bombs & fuel air bombs - phil - 10/31/2001 1:51:02 PM
- Let ALL of the young punks who think the Taliban represents right go join up - ebnelson - 10/30/2001 2:11:23 PM
- Reminds me of an old Star Trek - FrankC - 10/30/2001 1:41:17 PM

We have the technology! - Larry J - 10/31/2001 1:46:49 PM

How to win this war? - Success_Machine - 10/30/2001 8:28:08 PM
- Because its not about parity - Tony - 10/30/2001 8:36:33 PM
  - Re: Vigilante Networks - Success_Machine - 10/30/2001 8:52:47 PM
    - Re: Yes . . . - D. Spires - 10/31/2001 1:40:13 PM
  - Re: Because its not about parity - phil - 10/30/2001 10:44:35 AM
- Tit for Tat - FrankC - 10/30/2001 9:28:26 AM
  - Re: No . . . - D. Spires - 10/31/2001 1:38:37 PM

Something a little different - FrankC - 10/30/2001 5:33:21 PM
- Re: How about that . . . - D. Spires - 10/31/2001 1:36:00 PM

Dawn breaks over CNN - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2001 6:11:02 PM
- Re: Thank you, Tom!! - D. Spires - 10/31/2001 1:32:22 PM

Eyewitness: Refugee Camps of Despair . . . - D. Spires - 10/31/2001 1:30:56 PM

After Initial Impact of September Attacks, Hopes of Upturn in Caribbean Tourism . . . - D. Spires - 10/31/2001 1:28:53 PM

Taleban radio reports 'panic' in west . . . - D. Spires - 10/31/2001 11:01:45 AM
- Why is that fvkking radio still on the air? - ebnelson - 10/31/2001 1:26:25 PM
- Re: Taleban radio reports 'panic' in west . . . - phil - 10/31/2001 11:04:11 AM

Anthrax Spreads to More U.S. Federal Buildings. . . - D. Spires - 10/31/2001 1:20:04 PM

2 months before - Raoul - 10/30/2001 6:38:29 PM
- Re: 2 months before - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2001 7:02:30 PM
  - Le Figaro - Matt Burley - 10/31/2001 1:03:35 PM
- Re: I meant: kidney problems (n/t) (n/t) - Raoul - 10/30/2001 6:41:00 PM

Philippines: Coup Rumors Likely False . . . - D. Spires - 10/31/2001 1:02:08 PM

BBC2 Enters The War Zone . . . - D. Spires - 10/31/2001 9:50:35 AM

Strange times - E.P. Grondine - 10/29/2001 4:00:11 PM
- Controlled Press - Dennis - 10/29/2001 5:14:51 PM
  - Much as I am loathe to agree with Tom and Phil - Tony - 10/29/2001 6:03:05 PM
    - Loons R Us - Dennis - 10/29/2001 6:16:53 PM
      - Re: Loons R U - Tony - 10/29/2001 7:29:02 PM
        
        Re: Loons R U - Dennis - 10/29/2001 10:55:55 AM
      - Flamers - Tom Brosz - 10/29/2001 6:41:40 PM
  - Gotcha! - Tom Brosz - 10/29/2001 5:22:17 PM
    - Oh , my God - Dennis - 10/29/2001 5:29:58 PM
  - Re: Controlled Press - phil - 10/29/2001 5:20:42 PM
    - Soul Mates - Dennis - 10/29/2001 5:32:28 PM
      - Re: Far as I know, Lindy was never banned . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/29/2001 5:44:23 PM
  - Poor Lindy/Dennis: dementia strikes hard - ebnelson - 10/29/2001 9:47:22 AM
    - Bad Mouthing - Dennis - 10/29/2001 10:41:57 AM
      - If you honestly believe that, then you're more deluded/deranged than I thought. - Larry J - 10/29/2001 10:51:43 AM
        
        Manipulation - Dennis - 10/29/2001 11:03:51 AM
        
        Re: Ri-i-ight . . . - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 8:53:27 PM
- Oligarchic Complacency - ebnelson - 10/29/2001 9:51:22 AM
  - Re: Oligarchic Complacency.......I Agree - Dennis - 10/29/2001 10:37:16 AM

Politically correct warfare - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2001 7:40:45 PM
- Re: Politically correct warfare - FrankC - 10/30/2001 8:35:38 PM
- Re: Terrorism Training, anyone? - Success_Machine - 10/30/2001 8:12:29 PM
  - Re: Terrorism Training, anyone? - Larry J - 10/30/2001 8:25:27 PM
    - Re: Terrorism Training, anyone? - Success_Machine - 10/30/2001 8:32:56 PM
      - Re: Terrorism Training, anyone? - Larry J - 10/30/2001 8:40:29 PM
        
        Re: Terrorism Training, anyone? - Success_Machine - 10/30/2001 9:08:42 AM
      - A 2-day course - SDG - 10/30/2001 9:55:04 AM
        
        Re: Damn straight . . . - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 12:09:33 PM
- Fraom August 1939 until Spring, 1940 - ebnelson - 10/30/2001 5:15:41 PM

Opinions on using germ warfare on Afghanistan - Success_Machine - 10/30/2001 7:14:15 PM
- Go for it! - Justin Kelly - 10/30/2001 8:27:44 PM
- No way - FrankC - 10/30/2001 7:48:31 PM
- NO NO NO a thousand times NO! - Splinx - 10/30/2001 7:16:50 PM
  - Re: NO NO NO a thousand times NO! - Success_Machine - 10/30/2001 7:20:26 PM
    - Re: NO NO NO a thousand times NO! - Splinx - 10/30/2001 7:22:55 PM
      - Re: NO NO NO a thousand times NO! - Success_Machine - 10/30/2001 7:37:33 PM
        
        bbs record? - phil - 10/30/2001 10:13:09 AM
        
        Re: Why stop there, Phil . . . ? - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 11:42:14 AM
        
        Re: Good to be proven wrong - Success_Machine - 10/30/2001 11:48:53 AM
        
        Re: I don't know that many terrorist . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 12:11:28 PM
- No, but not worried about it. - alcaray - 10/30/2001 9:58:14 AM
- Never - Tony - 10/30/2001 9:51:43 AM
  - if Chinese backed terrorists had been flying those planes - FrankC - 10/30/2001 10:06:14 AM

Gore DID Win the Election - Dennis - 10/28/2001 4:15:03 PM
- Re: How much salt is required . . . ? - D. Spires - 10/28/2001 8:57:10 PM
  - Get off your high horse. - Tony - 10/29/2001 5:21:33 PM
    - Hit enter before I could finish........doh! - Tony - 10/29/2001 5:38:49 PM
      - Re: Still shaking it off . . . ? - D. Spires - 10/29/2001 12:31:04 PM
    - Re: My horse ain't been nowheres near that patch o' loco-weed . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/29/2001 5:24:03 PM
- Yes he did! And he is President, too,.... - Jacob Samorodin - 10/28/2001 8:09:15 PM
  - You're Right Jacob..... - Dennis - 10/28/2001 3:01:40 PM
  - LOL Jake...I laughed after every sentence. Thanks. nt (n/t) - Marcia - 10/28/2001 10:16:20 AM
- AAAaaaahhhhhhhh thats all I can stands I can't - Dan™ - 10/28/2001 6:59:30 PM
- Yeah, he sure did - E.P. Grondine - 10/28/2001 6:47:03 PM
- Unreal. nt (n/t) - Marcia - 10/28/2001 6:40:28 PM
- We ahould go to the Flame page so I can answer your lies effectively and clearly - ebnelson - 10/28/2001 4:30:17 PM
  - Re: Not lies when you believe it - FrankC - 10/28/2001 4:59:44 PM
    - Thanks for the clarification and good grace - ebnelson - 10/28/2001 6:26:57 PM
  - Re: We ahould go to the Flame page so I can answer your lies effectively and clearly - Dennis, the Purple Moron - 10/28/2001 3:08:32 PM
    - Maroon is what bugs bunny called the various idiots he drove to madness. - ebnelson - 10/28/2001 3:19:22 PM
      - Re: Maroon is what bugs bunny called the various idiots he drove to madness. - Dennis - 10/28/2001 3:56:37 PM
        
        Re: Really . . . ? - D. Spires - 10/28/2001 4:32:45 PM
        
        Re: Really . . . ? - Dennis - 10/29/2001 5:26:14 PM
        
        Re: Driving me? For all you know, I'm already there . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/29/2001 5:41:47 PM
- Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/28/2001 12:39:27 PM
  - Re: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. - Dennis - 10/28/2001 3:18:00 PM
    - Re: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. - Marcia - 10/29/2001 3:09:04 PM
      - You Have a Right to Your Opinion - Dennis - 10/30/2001 8:04:05 PM
    - Diamondbacks are winning 4-0 as I write... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/28/2001 3:41:53 PM
- Maybe this will sound clearer in hindsight: - Justin Kelly - 10/28/2001 10:38:42 AM
  - Re: As well as now-sight . . . - D. Spires - 10/28/2001 4:12:58 PM
- Re: Gore DID Win the Election - Buck Galaxy - 10/28/2001 8:54:22 AM
- And I am trying to be so nice and accommodating here! - Tom Brosz - 10/28/2001 8:40:56 AM
  - Philosophical Categories - Dennis - 10/28/2001 2:48:58 PM

Terrorism in our own back yard: 'Evildoers' train at Georgia camp - Greg - 10/30/2001 4:27:56 PM
- Re: Terrorism in our own back yard: 'Evildoers' train at Georgia camp - FrankC - 10/30/2001 5:25:13 PM
  - Re: Terrorism in our own back yard: 'Evildoers' train at Georgia camp - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2001 5:30:19 PM
- Re: Pure bunk . . . - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 5:22:04 PM
- Bunk. The School of the Americas is not training terrorists. And the school kept the commies from doing to all of Central America hwat they did to Cuba. - ebnelson - 10/30/2001 4:41:46 PM
  - More Bunk. - Tony - 10/30/2001 4:49:24 PM
    - Well, - Marcia - 10/30/2001 7:37:20 PM
    - Some School of the Americas graduates went on to do terrible things - Larry J - 10/30/2001 4:57:30 PM
      - Re: Some School of the Americas graduates went on to do terrible things - Tony - 10/30/2001 5:27:43 PM
        
        Re: Some School of the Americas graduates went on to do terrible things - Larry J - 10/30/2001 5:39:27 PM
        
        IRA = Terrorists - phil - 10/30/2001 5:43:37 PM
    - Re: Gee, it's so simple . . . - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 10:57:00 AM
- Re: Terrorism in our own back yard: 'Evildoers' train at Georgia camp - phil - 10/30/2001 4:32:45 PM

U.S. seeks to establish base in Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 4:04:11 PM
- Re: U.S. seeks to establish base in Afghanistan . . . - LJ - 10/30/2001 4:35:18 PM
  - Re: Peacetime Occupation . . . - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 5:11:08 PM
    - Military Base - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2001 5:27:57 PM
      - C-130s and A-10s can use pretty short runways - Larry J - 10/30/2001 5:50:40 PM
        
        Resupply - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2001 6:01:18 PM
        
        The Russians resupplied by air - FrankC - 10/30/2001 7:35:14 PM
        
        Resupply by air - Splinx - 10/30/2001 6:33:51 PM
        
        Make that Skyraiders, not Skyhawks (n/t) - Splinx - 10/30/2001 6:36:55 PM
        
        Re: Berlin Corridor comes to mind . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 6:32:33 PM
        
        Re: Resupply - Larry J - 10/30/2001 6:12:18 PM
        
        Re: Resupply - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2001 6:49:10 PM
      - Re: A stretch of road can be used . . . - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 5:42:01 PM
- Re: U.S. seeks to establish base in Afghanistan . . . - phil - 10/30/2001 4:12:03 PM

Human Factors Design Problem... - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2001 5:32:31 PM
- Don't eat yellow cluster bombs! n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 10/30/2001 6:53:30 PM

Pakistan Nuclear Scientist Held . . . - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 3:19:09 PM
- Re: Pakistan Nuclear Scientist Held . . . - Sennis - 10/30/2001 6:48:15 PM

FARC Guerrillas Ditch Accord and Issue a New Set of Conditions . . . - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 4:34:29 PM
- As if they were ever operating in good faith. - ebnelson - 10/30/2001 5:51:01 PM

Morbid ratings boost... - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2001 5:40:01 PM

Message of Hate for New Intake . . . - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 3:02:51 PM
- Re: Message of Hate for New Intake . . . - Dennis - 10/30/2001 3:12:25 PM
  - Cynical Ignorance does not improve the situation - ebnelson - 10/30/2001 3:17:26 PM
    - Situations - Dennis - 10/30/2001 3:31:08 PM
      - Dennis - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2001 5:20:02 PM

Bush Insults North Korean Leader - Dennis - 10/29/2001 7:48:54 PM
- North Korean despot loses opportunity to show he can be anything other than a repressive tyrant - ebnelson - 10/30/2001 3:12:27 PM
- Re: Bush Insults North Korean Leader - Justin Kelly - 10/30/2001 2:24:59 PM
- Why should we care if a barbaric, criminal dictator feels insulted? - Matt Burley - 10/30/2001 12:55:43 PM
  - Re: Why should we care if a barbaric, criminal dictator feels insulted? - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2001 5:16:40 PM
  - Re: Yes . . . - D. Spires - 10/30/2001 2:21:33 PM

Military quotes that have a bearing on current events - Justin Kelly - 10/30/2001 5:06:58 PM

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