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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR
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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (2492)1/20/2003 12:52:46 PM
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An oft-repeated story says Afghani fighters battling the Soviets in the 1980s would erect tents over areas they thought might contain gem veins. Then they’d hide and wait for the Soviets to bomb the tent, creating a small crater and revealing the gem reserves.
LOL! If that isn't true, it ought to be! :-)
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