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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (12271)	2/24/2003 1:25:40 AM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Not at all. I blame Bush for where America is today. I do not wish to live under a domestic and international military state, and this is precisely what Bush has given us. Are you better off today than you were two years ago? Is the country? Is the world?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (12271)	2/24/2003 1:30:45 AM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 25898

B-52s begin Gulf training runs February 24, 2003 US strategic bombers capable of launching cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs had begun practice runs over the Gulf region, ramping up psychological pressure on the Iraqi Government of Saddam Hussein, the military said. The first training flight of a B-52 and its crew took place over an unspecified area "in the North Arabian Gulf region", according to the US Central Command. The duration of the flight was not disclosed. "The missions will be conducted on a recurring basis and are designed to maintain aircrew proficiency and familiarisation," the command said. Lieutenant Commander Stephen Franzoni, a spokesman for the command, would not say if the bomber, often referred to as a flying fortress, had penetrated Iraqi airspace on its mission. But he said none of the B-52s involved in the training were based in the United States. "They are flying from the region," he told AFP. The practice runs come amid a continuing US military build-up in the Gulf region in anticipation of possible military action against Iraq that US President George W Bush says may be necessary to rid Baghdad of its suspected weapons of mass destruction. theaustralian.news.com.au