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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (2334)	9/24/2002 9:08:18 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 6945

Don't think she lives in a tent. I have nothing against the lady. She's a Christian and I note "she was one of the signers of a statement calling for a halt in the suicide bombings". I don't think she is representative of her people unfortunately. If she was there would have been peace already, I suspect.

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (2334)	9/25/2002 3:13:09 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6945

Interesting piece of info: Libya was the first state to officially prosecute bin Laden on the charges of terrorism. Muammar Qaddafi filed a warrant with Interpol, but got no cooperation from America or Britain. commondreams.org interpol.int Tom

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (2334)	9/27/2002 12:41:06 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6945

Say speaking of tents and houses, here's a site with some satellite images of palaces Saddam has built for himself during a period when Iraqi children have supposedly been starving and dying from lack of medicines. usinfo.state.gov >>>Palaces and Oil Smuggling Summary Since the end of the Gulf War, Saddam Hussein has directed and sustained a multi-billion dollar palace construction program while pleading that the UN sanctions keep him too poor to feed and provide health care for his people. While he keeps Iraq's hospital shelves bare and shows them to journalists, Saddam restricts access to the new and ornate palaces to himself and his chosen admirers of any given moment. Moreover, Saddam fits out these monuments with the finest foreign materials — from golden plumbing to the finest European marble and crystal chandeliers — smuggled in despite the embargo that Baghdad propaganda falsely claims blocks the import of food and medicine. Saddam Hussein pays for these palaces with that part of the Iraqi national wealth that he has managed to keep under his control and out of the UN's mandatory oil-for-food program. <<<