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To: LindyBill who wrote (53699)	10/21/2002 2:30:46 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Report from Iraq on the emptying of the prisons; Diplomats in Baghdad with memories of the rapid collapse of Communist power across Eastern Europe in 1989 said Mr. Hussein and his aging inner circle in the Revolutionary Command Council may be drawing on that experience, concerned that the specter of war with the United States could cause a crumbling of loyalties that could bring the government tumbling down from within. But the Eastern European example, and the scenes of frenzy that developed at Abu Ghraib, suggested that gestures by autocratic regimes to release pressure can have unexpected results, signaling to people who have lived for years in fear of the state that their rulers may be wavering, and that ordinary people, gathered in large numbers, can take power into their own hands. That lesson seemed unavoidable today, as the crowds forced some cell blocks open, while jailers mostly stood passively by. nytimes.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (53699)	10/21/2002 2:34:51 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Bad news for PM Sharon, Settlers continue to fight the IDF over the Gilad farm outpost: jpost.com The Left and Right wings of the unity government continue to snipe at each other over the illegal-settlement removal fight; now making noises of "it's him or me!" jpost.com Bibi just took over the Likud Central Committee jpost.com Not to mention another suicide bus bombing. PIJ claimed credit this time. It looks like PIJ is getting more professional from the size of this one: jpost.com You can bet that Sharon is waiting anxiously for Bush to hurry up and invade Iraq.