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To: Stephen O who wrote (64803)2/28/2001 4:25:23 PM
From: long-gone  Respond to of 116845
 
Yes, but I'm sure this isn't any form of warfare, there have always been outbreaks in the UK from time to time, wonder how long until we stop ALL imports from there?



To: Stephen O who wrote (64803)2/28/2001 4:57:48 PM
From: barrcuda  Respond to of 116845
 
Stephen, you should write that up and send it to the producers of "The Lone Gunmen". I truly hope when gold takes off, it's not on the rumors of a conspiracy theory. In that way maybe the run will last more than two days.
By the way, I work at the Los Alamos National Labs and we have closed down area 51 at the test site and that's a battery charger in my garage, Not a transporter.



To: Stephen O who wrote (64803)3/1/2001 8:24:50 AM
From: Horgad  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 116845
 
I've always wondered why Iraq has not tried a balloon delivery system similar to what was attempted by Japan in 1944. Seems like it would be cheap and easy enough for Iraq to mass produce....

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In December 1944, Japan started a balloon assault on the U.S. by sending about 200 balloon bombs, but not germ bombs, to the west coast, each 30 feet in diameter and 91 feet round. They caused the deaths of 7 people. The person taking charge of the investigation of the balloons was none other than Murry Sanders, the man who was first sent to Japan to investigate Unit 731. Forty years later, Sanders recalled: