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To: carranza2 who wrote (37596)	8/13/2002 12:51:57 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Iran accuses US of 'angry' policy Posted: Tuesday, August 13, 8:26am EDT Christian Science Monitor President Mohammad Khatami, paying the first visit to Afghanistan by an Iranian head of state in 40 years, accused the United States on Tuesday of pursuing an "angry approach" to foreign policy since the attacks of Sept. 11. Khatami, speaking at a press conference with US-backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai, promised to help rebuild this country and said the only justification for any foreign presence in Afghanistan was to bring peace after nearly a generation of war. "The American administration has a misunderstanding about their own power and their own interests," Khatami said. "Since Sept. 11, this administration has taken an angry approach to foreign policy." Khatami did not offer specific examples, nor did he cite US threats to force the ouster of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, with whom Iran fought a long war in the 1980s. Last week the Iranian parliament approved $500 million in reconstruction aid for war-shattered Afghanistan. Iran also recently handed over 16 suspected al-Qaida fighters to Saudi Arabia at that country's request.

To: carranza2 who wrote (37596)	8/13/2002 1:46:51 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

HERF weapons have been in the design (production?) phase for some time. I question their ability to interdict an Fiber Optic communications network unless it's at the switch or electrical power supply of a SONET network. But I haven't kept pace with recent developments. Hawk

To: carranza2 who wrote (37596)	8/14/2002 7:03:18 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 281500

Right, Lindy, but the bit which was imaginative had to do with destruction of fiberoptic communication cables via Ebombs. Something to the effect that we have the capability of having a bomb sniff out the cables, then destroy them. Fiber optic cables and the data travelling on them aren't affected by electromagnetic interference. Data on the "wire" is light travelling in glass. An EMP weapon WILL affect the ELECTRONICS used to route the data on the fiber "wire" however. :) Derek