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To: Poet who wrote (3910)	3/21/2002 8:37:08 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 21057

Saudi newspapers broke custom to criticize the religious police for letting 15 little girls die in a school blaze in Mecca. Hey, here's a bit of progress. A very little bit of progress. Karen

To: Poet who wrote (3910)	3/21/2002 12:49:32 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

You shouldn't use the words "Maureen Dowd" around me. It's like tossing a match on a pile of gunpowder. Although she's actually not up to her usual incendiary standards in that piece. the repression of women, even American servicewomen, by our allies the Saudis. Whereever the US has military personnel, those people are mostly required to play by the rules of the surrounding country when they are off US bases. Just another example At the same time, Saudi newspapers broke custom to criticize the religious police for letting 15 little girls die in a school blaze in Mecca. Saudi Arabia is run by crazed idiots. JLA and I have both been there and you'll get no argument from either of us. And neither of us has any desire to go back.