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To: davemarkun who wrote (85520)	5/19/2002 7:30:08 PM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 116834

WRONG! WRONG!! WRONG!!! There you go again. As ever, you are hallucinating that Richnorth is donning his "Nazi" uniform and wearing his boots and colluding with E.C. and Doug on how to put the blame on the Jews for the latest bombing in Israel. In case you didn't know, it is not possible for anyone to PM me. Nor is it possible to PM Doug! So much for your flights of fantasy. At the present rate of increase of the world's population, the world's resources will be depleted sooner than you think with horrendous consequences for all. So, in this light, some folks dying in Israel and elsewhere is no big deal: fewer mouths to feed means prolonged life for the remainder. If you go ask the Palestinians in Ramallah, they will tell you the Jews were asking for it. But the Jews will say the Palestinians are mad and desperate ...... From the vantage point of being half a world away from the killing, I should say that where there is smoke there is fire and vice versa. Not until the warring parties recognize this fact and take positive measures to put an end to all the bombing, there will always be MAD (mutual assured destruction). No easy solution as the Jews have been perceived by the Palestinians to be sly, sneaky, unscrupulous, intransigent and predatory. Nor is your constant but groundless carping that Richnorth & E.C & Doug are anti-Israel going to help matters, let alone convince others you are sane and rational.

To: davemarkun who wrote (85520)	5/20/2002 6:13:20 AM
From: d:oug	Respond to of 116834

Just wondering, those threads with focus Middle East would be in my opinion be allowed to push to the limits the Si TOU guidelines, but here on this gold specific thread i would expect it not to be the case since these posts on this thread are quite off-topic. Sure would be nice if your next 10 days out of Si was a one-way ticket. Message 17489836

To: davemarkun who wrote (85520)	5/20/2002 7:04:07 AM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116834

If you are really as good as a shrink as you believe yourself to be, then go and HELP the Al-Qaeda men to change and start loving America. If you succeed you will be presented with a Congressional Medal of Honor! Go for it instead of wasting your and others' time here on this GPM thread. ========== straitstimes.asia1.com.sg Major Al-Qaeda attack in US a 'near certainty' White House warning follows reports that network is now planning to blow up apartment buildings in the United States By Louise Branson STRAITS TIMES UNITED STATES BUREAU WASHINGTON - US Vice-President Dick Cheney warned yesterday that the chances of another attack by the Al-Qaeda network were a near certainty, following reports that the terrorists were planning a new wave of attacks to blow up apartment buildings. 'I think the prospect of a future attack is almost a certainty. It could happen tomorrow, next week, next year, but they're going to keep trying,' Mr Cheney said. His remarks came after reports that Al-Qaeda may be planning an operation that could be equally devastating - or bigger - than last year's Sept 11 attacks. One possibility being raised by intelligence officials: the network might try to rent apartments in the US, plant explosives in them and blow the buildings up. American intelligence agencies warned of increased Al-Qaeda 'chatter' similar to that preceding Sept 11, indicating planned attacks 'of equivalent magnitude', in the United States, Europe or the Arabian peninsula. The warnings came as Bush administration officials scrambled to defend themselves against charges that there may have been a massive intelligence failure prior to the September tragedy. The new information came from government agencies listening to Al-Qaeda phone calls, as well as interrogations and informants. But the increased chatter was so general that the government could only take 'broad defensive measures'. Some officials speculated that the reports might only be bravado on the part of a crippled Al-Qaeda, or a ploy to increase American fears. Voicing a widespread consensus, Senator Charles Grassley said the reports should be taken seriously anyway. 'Considering what happened on Sept 11, we ought to take all of these seriously, and we should not have a lull just because there's lots of warnings and we haven't actually been attacked,' he said. The new wave of concern is certain to take some of the attention - and heat - from what was threatening to become a full-blown scandal over the possibility of an intelligence failure last summer. Democrats in particular are questioning a series of disclosures that President George W. Bush was briefed last August that terrorists could be planning a hijacking, and that little attention was paid to memos from FBI field offices that, combined, could have uncovered the plot. There will be congressional hearings on the matter soon. Administration officials say the system for coordinating information has improved measurably since September. In particular, the FBI and the CIA now feed reports into a system designed to put potentially smaller pieces of the puzzle into a bigger picture. But they report continued frustration, particularly over which reports to believe and which to discount.