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To: Bilow who wrote (17545)1/29/2002 8:40:57 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Heard on the radio this afternoon that the death rate from smallpox for the military during the Revolutionary War was close to 50%, so that might explain the 43% death rate for prisoners of war.

Just saw this: >Saudis Want [Saudi] Detainees Turned Over<<.

With one of the famous photos of them kneeling, shackled.

cbsnews.com

Nice of them to take an interest in these fellows, finally. My husband asks, "do they want them back dead or alive?"


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