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To: Ilaine who wrote (2673)	11/9/2002 4:39:57 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6901

CB, Osama and co hit a double jackpot with the Twin Towers. The Pentagon attack was successful, but lacked the stunning quality of the Twin Towers. Keeping in mind that they had only box-cutters, it was very much a lucky day for them. Before the third aircraft could get anywhere, the jig was up and a few cellphone calls later, that was the end of the attacks. Richard Reid had only a bang in his shoes and was defeated. Really, in the grand scheme of things, this is not even as bad as the AIDS epidemic, which, while terrible for those affected and damaging to the rest of us, is not as bad as wars and famines of even recent times. What makes it so horrific is that it is human malevolence and live on tv. If we add up the mess and compare it with other messes, it's no big deal. Just another thing to deal with each day. We should probably worry more about tuberculosis than Osama and his Moslem Head-Hacker mates. Try having a nightmare about antibiotic resistant tuberculosis. Throw in a meteorite for fun [much, much more terrible than Osama can be even in your wildest dreams - unless he controls a meteorite and deflects it, or them, into the Atlantic and Pacific. I think Condoleezza is going to have to wave a stick in East Timor soon. NZ troops have arrived home today and apparently the Moslems are not as nice as they were before 911 [which wasn't especially civilized]. She's well-informed about East Timor [if I remember rightly] so will have a good grasp of the situation. Megawati and Mahathir don't seem too worried about Moslem terrorism. Maybe Condi can explain some house rules to them. Mqurice