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To: BirdDog who wrote (7999)	10/28/2001 10:43:50 PM
From: SirRealist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Base of operations does not mean a military base. But certainly, our military and theirs have interacted. Well, CHKP is just one example of the net infrastructure. Here's the point I was trying to make: business2.com Best intentions and integrity are fine things, and may be part of the equation too. But I see little evidence of similar amounts of aid being utilized elsewhere where best intentions and integrity could help a lot, such as in Africa. The Jewish have suffered, but so have many other ethnicities and faiths; how can one be integrity and not the other?

To: BirdDog who wrote (7999)	10/29/2001 9:33:58 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I guess this is off topic, but since you brought it up, re: Israel and the Net - StarBand, innovative two-way broadband satellite internet, is from Gilat Satellites, which is Israeli. StarBand hasn't been a great investment but the customers like it. Satellite phones and satellite internet are popular ideas in the Middle East - one of bin Laden's brothers is (was?) a partner in Iridium (back from the grave!), the Sheik that Giuliani gave the check back to is a partner in Teledesic. Thuraya is a successful United Arab Emirates sat phone company. ACES is a successful Indonesian/Philippine/Thai sat phone company. Osama bin Laden has a sat phone.