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To: FaultLine who wrote (50516)10/9/2002 1:04:14 PM
From: Win Smith  Respond to of 281500
 
fl@youcan'tfightinherethisisthewarroom!.com

Seems quite appropriate for the moderator of this particular forum.

The print edition had a picture of Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley to go with this review, sadly missing on the web, though. nytimes.com

But IMDB does take us to the war room: i.imdb.com

images.google.com comes through in the clutch: indelibleinc.com
indelibleinc.com

Another recent ref:
rense.com

Sadly, Sellers and Pickens are long gone. Kubrick's gone now too, and somehow, Spielberg just doesn't cut it as heir.

Meanwhile, on the crazy gap question, friendsplace.com .



To: FaultLine who wrote (50516)10/10/2002 8:09:25 AM
From: stockman_scott  Respond to of 281500
 
An almost neutral paper -- Political Economic, Social, Cultural, And Religious Trends in the Middle East and the Gulf And Their Impact On The Energy Supply, Security, and Pricing

html "executive summary"

scoop.co.nz

original *pdf papers

rice.edu

an absolutely not neutral take on Iraq

sundayherald.com

Official: US oil at the heart of Iraq crisis

<<...The report, Strategic Energy Policy Challenges For The 21st Century, concludes: 'The United States remains a prisoner of its energy dilemma. Iraq remains a de-stabilising influence to ... the flow of oil to international markets from the Middle East. Saddam Hussein has also demonstrated a willingness to threaten to use the oil weapon and to use his own export programme to manipulate oil markets. Therefore the US should conduct an immediate policy review toward Iraq including military, energy, economic and political/ diplomatic assessments...>>