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To: zonder who wrote (48915)	10/2/2002 11:01:32 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

Anything new? Two things I know are new - 1) the news that Iraq was trying to smuggle in special aluminum tubes that are used in gas centrifuges that concentrate uranium so it can be used as the core of a nuclear weapon. That happened this summer, and demonstrates that Saddam is trying to build a nuclear weapon; 2) the news that high level Al Qaeda are living in Baghdad. We got that from captured Al Qaeda members. There is a concept known as the "tipping point." Things accumulate, until suddenly they reach a point and tip over. What made the difference is relatively small, but the accumulated weight suddenly becomes unstable and shifts. Also known as the last straw that broke the camel's back. That's what happened, in my opinion.