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To: AK2004 who wrote (767)	7/6/2002 6:12:44 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3467

albert, Re: 1) it was done before recount that actually added to Bush's lead You are wrong (as usual) the program was broadcast on Feb 15, 2001. Re: 2) The guy was comparing american democracy to british one. It is funny that bbc reporter does not know that England is not a democracy but a constitutional monarchy Both Bush and Blair use the rhetoric of "democracy" when they are on the stump demagoguing so you're simply being precious with your specious "distinction without a difference". Re: 3) I specially liked the note about "innocent democrat voters". Such a flare for drama Perhaps the term "naive" would have been more precise. They certainly weren't aware until election day that they had been effective disenfranchised by the GOP swindle. Re: where do Ray finds those morons, he obviously prefers reading at his own intellectual level <gggg> I'll leave the copy of Hustler at the newstand for you. So you can read at your level. "Naval gazing for (deleted)." BTW, I find these "morons" everywhere these days. GWB is certainly ending up on the endangered species list much quicker than he ever thought possible: salon.com He certainly knows how to bring out the best in Americans. I've learned more about his violations of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution in the last nine months than I ever expected to be possible. -Ray

To: AK2004 who wrote (767)	7/6/2002 6:32:29 AM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3467

I've never seen anyone who can post such drivel... he posts more words than anyone else, yet says absolutely nothing..... GZ

To: AK2004 who wrote (767)	7/7/2002 5:04:13 AM
From: chalu2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3467

Pakistan Gang-Rape Suspect Arrested Two Men Held in Connection With Rape; Police Searching for Two More Suspects By KHALID TANVEER .c The Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (July 6) - A suspect in the gang rape of an 18-year-old girl as part of a tribal punishment was arrested Saturday after surrendering to a local newspaper, police said. Faiz Bakhsh Mastoi was the second man arrested in connection with the June 22 rape in the past two days. Police are searching for two other suspects. Bakhsh Mastoi went to the office of a local newspaper in Multan, a regional center in Punjab province, and identified himself as one of those wanted in the case. ``I'm surrendering at the newspaper office because I'm afraid that police may kill me in a fake encounter,'' Bakhsh Mastoi told reporters. Police have been under pressure to capture the rapists after Pakistan's Supreme Court accused local officers of negligence for failing to arrest them immediately after the crime. Police said the woman was raped by four men after a tribal council in Meerwala village ordered that her family be punished after her 11-year-old brother was seen walking unchaperoned with a girl from a different tribe. Police say the tribal verdict was illegal. But Pakistan has a tradition of tribal justice in which crimes or affronts to dignity are punished outside the framework of Pakistani law. The rape has outraged rights groups, which have demanded an end to punishments by tribal councils. The Pakistan government has given the family $8,000 as compensation and says a school will be built in Meerwala and named for the victim. The alleged rapists were well known in the village, and several of their relatives have been detained by police to pressure them to surrender to police. Police said the suspects fled the village after the rape was reported to avoid arrest. The first man arrested was discovered Friday at a friend's farm in southwestern Baluchistan province. The victim's mother, Allah Bachai, said on Saturday that the family had been threatened by relatives of the alleged rapists for reporting the crime. Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered police and local officials to give it updates on the investigation. After criticizing police at a hearing on Friday, the chief justice ordered investigators to return to court July 11 to give a progress report, court officials said. 07/06/02 14:05 EDT