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An Act of Freedom The Net an open source to all to read to learn to change to better the world. You must create change with knowledge, you must free people without arms. Free is a word until you savor it on your tongue. If there was one right religion than those people would be immune to harm. SENIORS AT WORK The explosive growth of the Falun Gong in the early 1990s is a reflection of changes in Chinese society. Many adherents are older or middle-aged people who did not benefit from the country's economic boom of the last two decades and in fact may have suffered from economic reforms. The fact that they were able to organize reflects the great relaxation of party control in recent years. WHAT ARE U.N. SANCTIONS The Arab League said the first Western air strike in the vicinity of the Iraqi capital since December 1998 had violated international law and would stoke anger across the Arab world. SELF EXPLANATORY But U.S. ally Israel expressed understanding for the assault, saying the country that invaded and occupied Kuwait in 1990-91 still posed a threat as it was rebuilding its military. BLUFF Bush's decision to stick with Clinton's budget request for the Pentagon and not seek supplemental funding from Congress suggests that his first budget won't include the massive spending increases needed to put a multi-pronged missile defence system on a fast track. The defence budget for this year of $296 billion is expected to rise 5% to $310 billion next year. "This is where the rhetoric meets the road," says Joseph Cirincione of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "The Bush team came into office extolling national missile defence. Now they're confronted by hard realities. A lot of people bought into the conservatives' argument that the technology is here and all that's stopping it is the lack of political will. Now they're finding there is no national missile-defence system sitting ready on the shelf." FACT This is an effort to take control of the situation again," said Judith Yaphe, a former intelligence analyst now at the National Defense University in Washington. "For whatever reasons, a lot of violations had been ignored [and] nothing happened. We're putting him on notice again that he won't be able to cross any red lines and that he better reconsider his behavior." GREED The United States has just told him that we're not wedded to the previous lines in the sand," Alterman said. "They can move--and we'll be the ones to decide where they are." WRONG METHOD Several analysts suggested that the strong U.S. response might also have been intended to buy some time for the administration, which is still pulling together staff and is a long way from finishing its policy review. REASON OF BLUFF The Iraqi leader also has long wanted to shoot down a U.S. warplane for the propaganda value both at home and in the region. "If he had been successful at the beginning of the new administration," Barkey said, "he would have really embarrassed the new team and put it on the defensive." AHHAHA FREE MARKET AND WORLD