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To: greenspirit who wrote (301711)	9/28/2002 9:43:33 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769667

It seems to me the entire dumb-o-crat party leadership is imploding. Fuming hissyfits. It seems partisan pustules are breaking out all over their faces. If we get Republican takeover of the Senate in addition to the House, I figure the economy will be humming again by 2004 and the dumb-0-crats will be further marginalized.

To: greenspirit who wrote (301711)	9/28/2002 4:24:17 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769667

Oh well, the wise dems say there is not evidence. LOL WHAT TIMING..... Nuke Bombshell: Turk Police Seize Bomb Fuel Near Iraq... Nuke Bombshell: Turk Police Seize Bomb Fuel Near Iraq In a development that could put an end to the worldwide debate over whether the U.S. should strike Iraq preemptively, police in Turkey have confiscated 33 pounds of weapons-grade uranium hidden in a taxicab they intercepted just 155 miles from the Iraqi border. Had the enriched uranium reached Baghdad, it could have given Saddam Hussein the capacity to produce nuclear weapons within months, according to those familiar with Iraq's nuclear program. The nuke fuel is believed to have been smuggled from an Eastern European country and has an estimated worth of $5 million, Reuters reported Saturday morning, sourcing Turkey's state-run news agency Anatolian. Acting on a tip, police reportedly stopped the vehicle in the south-eastern Turkish city of Sanliurfa, discovering the weapons-grade uranium in a lead container hidden in a compartment beneath a seat. Two men have been detained in connection with the uranium seizure. Britain's International Institute of Strategic Studies' released a report earlier this month that argued Saddam could have the bomb within months if he could get his hands on enriched uranium. "We certainly believe he has the ability to put together a nuclear weapon very quickly, in a matter of months," the IISS's John Chipman, the report's author, told the BBC. The British weapons expert said that in order for Saddam to perfect the bomb that soon, he would have to "obtain fissile material from abroad, steal it or buy it in some way" - something the Turkish seizure suggests Hussein was trying to do. Dr. Khidir Hamza, who ran Saddam's nuclear program before he defected to the U.S. in 1994, said earlier this year that the Iraqi dictator was working on a Hiroshima-sized nuclear weapon and that he had all the components necessary except for enriched uranium. newsmax.com

To: greenspirit who wrote (301711)	9/28/2002 9:49:05 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Hussein has been contained for 11 years, and all of a sudden they are looking for reasons to change the subject of Al Quaeda, and jump into control of a trillion dollars worth of oil contracts under Iraq. The fact that it will cost the lives of your children and mine is beside the point, at least for the Geopolitical Nintendo players in Washington. They've already made the decision for you. Truth is, Junior wants carte blanche. Congress was about to give it to him until Gore went against the tide and made a not-very-good speech, that had the very good effect of opening the floodgates a little bit. Rumsfeld says he has proof, but he can't disclose it, trust him. Meanwhile, the reasons keep changing, but the goal is, and has been, war with Iraq, regardless of the reason. As far as attacking Democrats or Independents, or even the rogue Republicans, for opposing hasty warfare, that's a losing proposition. Arguing facts is not in the interests of the administration, but they'll be forced into it.