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To: Frank Pembleton who wrote (25482)	1/13/2003 7:17:05 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 36161

Makes sense to me.

To: Frank Pembleton who wrote (25482)	1/13/2003 8:06:45 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36161

This was discussed a while back on BBR: Message 18396190 Message 18397851 Lots of other links and comments there. Very plausible but apparently still a pipe dream. EDIT Gotta go for supper yum !

To: Frank Pembleton who wrote (25482)	1/13/2003 10:31:21 PM
From: Roebear	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 36161

Frank and all, I can't believe I haven't heard anyone hear or anywhere else comment on the fact that this post writer knew nothing of history: Al-Asuquf: If we analyze history, we will see that all great wars, before they were started, were based on previously established concepts of war.... An example is the construction of the Maginot line by the French before the First World War, which, in reality, proved to be completely useless against the invading forces. Aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, and spy satellites will be useless in the next war. The Maginot Line was constructed by the French before THE SECOND WORLD WAR, not the First World War, construction started in 1929 and continued up to WWII. The post referenced above by Sinclair seems to me a hoax because several evident failures of logic and fact such as I've noted above. I am certainly not going to pay much attention to someone who lectures on history without knowing their historical facts. In effect the article really smells of a propaganda effort by some intelligence service, one that wasn't very intelligent. In any case I am surprised J Sinclair used it, linking Al Queda to goldbugdom is not a healthy thing for goldbugs in my book. There have been efforts to link gold trading (shorting also) to terrorism since 9-11, this could be the beginning of another such effort. IMHO, not a good thing for gold traders or investors. There was a similar post by the same name of Al Asuquf (spell it backwards: Fuq USA-lA, fancy that coincidence!) that has been labeled a hoax and probably the effort of someone's intelligence service/propaganda/misinformation campaign that sure looks to me like a fabrication based on a fanciful use of US public information and fears that verge on urban myths. That previous "fuqUSA" post had to do with ten atomic bombs being smuggled into the US disguised as refrigerators or something in containers through US ports. An elaboration was made as to when where and how these things would be set off. I would be tempted to label that one as an Al Queda wet dream... but more logical would be to label these posts as someone's effort to pray on war fears and anxieties. Not to say they are impossible scenarios, just rather improbable. My views on Sinclairs article does not mean I discount the reports about a gold dinar, that is a viable and probable effort reported widely in the news. Doesn't mean I discount Sinclair either, I just believe his use of this article to be unfortunate. And yes, I know there is disinformation in the news reports, one has to read between the lines and make their own decisions as to what is really fact and what is fiction. Best Regards, Roebear