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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DMaA who wrote (214753)	1/4/2002 3:11:43 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 769670

and suddenly it's the republican mantra....UNLIMITED SPENDING IN THE NAME OF SECURITY..... how about spending it on countries to PREVENT the mess we're in....anyone listen to the brilliant writer for Newsweek on the Lehrer report last night? too bad...best summation and understanding I've heard...period CC

To: DMaA who wrote (214753)	1/4/2002 3:32:27 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 769670

First enemy kill of US personnel. Hostile Fire Kills U.S. Soldier in Afghanistan Jason Pierce, CNSNews.com Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002 Nearly three months after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan began, the U.S. military Friday suffered its first death from hostile fire. "We had a Special Forces member killed earlier today by small arms fire," said Gen. Tommy Franks, commander of the military operation in Afghanistan. Franks said the soldier was killed in the town of Khowst, near the Pakistani border. "I am mindful of the cost that these great young people pay in order to support this very, very important campaign," Franks said. "Dangerous work, indeed." Franks said the name of the downed Special Forces member would be released after the family is notified of his death. Initial reports indicated the service member was killed at about 6:30 a.m. EST in an area that has undergone heavy U.S. bombing in the past few days. The invasion of Afghanistan was launched Oct. 7. A CIA operative was killed during a prison uprising in November. Copyright CNSNews.com