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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (365072)	3/1/2003 3:44:05 PM
From: RON BL	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Lizzie I don't have a lot of love for Bush. I am no cheer-leader for him. But the structural imbalance that took place in the last decade is not his makings. If I were him I would have sealed the borders the first day after 9/11. The troops in Germany and Korea would be there. I would then have told every department of government except the military your budget is cut by 15 %. Deal with it. Deal with it the way every family in the nation has to. A nation on the brink of financial collapse can't be handing out tax dollars to illegal immigrants. That would stop. Bush lacks the courage to do this. If Hispanics are that unpatriotic then this nation is toast. I would have eliminated almost all social spending and replaced it with a massive infra-structure jobs program that would employ people out of work. We need to get water out of flood zones to places with the problems of drought. There are many ways like this that instead of just handing out money and getting nothing in return we could do some long term good. And in the process the environmentalists would become advisors not religious fanatical dictators whose goal is mother earth minus human beings.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (365072)	3/1/2003 3:45:45 PM
From: RON BL	Respond to of 769667

Another terrist nation ? A court in Egypt has acquitted nearly all 96 suspects charged with atrocities in connection with violence that left 21 Christians and one Muslim dead in January 2000, reports Assist News Service. Citing information from Christian Solidarity Worldwide, ANS reports that one man was sentenced to 15 years for killing the sole Muslim victim, an increase of five years from a previous verdict. The other three men, all Muslims, received two-year and one-year sentences for setting a truck on fire. The verdicts came as the result of a retrial of suspects tied to violence that occurred in the Egyptian village of El Kosheh. According to the report, Egypt's Christian minority community is deeply disappointed by the verdicts, having hoped that a retrial would bring different results. Christian Solidarity Worldwide reports that Coptic Bishop Wissa of Baliana Diocese, which includes El Kosheh, articulated the dismay of many in the Christian community. He told CSW: "If those accused are really innocent, where are the real killers? The 21 Christians who were so brutally murdered in January 2000 did not kill themselves." Added Wissa, "If the perpetrators of the murders are allowed to walk free, it will be seen as a green light to kill Christians." According to the ANS report, attorney Mamdouh Nakhla spoke of police negligence and complicity, from the outbreak of violence itself to withholding vital evidence during the trials. "The killings occurred 48 hours after the police had imposed a curfew and 10,000 policemen were stationed in and around El Kosheh at the time," Nakhla told CSW. "Moreover, during the trials, the police suppressed vital evidence such as fingerprints and suspected murder weapons." Mervyn Thomas, chief executive of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, said: "We are shocked and dismayed at the latest turn of events. It is unacceptable for such brutality to go unpunished. We stand with the Christian community of Egypt in calling for the murderers of the 21 Christians to be found and brought to justice." The violence reportedly erupted due to a dispute between a Muslim trader and a Christian shop-owner on Dec. 31, 1999. Muslim-owned kiosks and Christian-owned shops were damaged or destroyed that day as the violence escalated, reports ANS. On Jan. 2, 2000, the violence resulted in the deaths of 22 people. Said CSW: "The Egyptian government tried to hide the sectarian nature of the incident. Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak blamed subversive foreign elements for instigating the fighting, saying that the culprits behind the clashes were 'pushed from abroad.'" The retrial, which occurred last year, was ordered after the first trial similarly resulted in a nearly mass acquittal. According to CSW, the El Kosheh massacre was Egypt's worst clash in decades between the country's predominantly Muslim citizens and Coptic Christians, who comprise approximately 10 percent of the population

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (365072)	3/1/2003 3:46:40 PM
From: RON BL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

GLOBAL JIHAD Report: Islamists planning 'large attack' Assault on American targets to coincide with Iraq action -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: March 1, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Islamist sources in London say terror network al-Qaida is preparing "a large attack" against American targets that will coincide with the expected U.S. war against Iraq, reports the London-based Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat. According to the report, which was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute, the sources refused to reveal the precise location of the attack, but said it is expected to take place in Asia. The story is similar to one reported by WorldNetDaily this week that an Islamist website is predicting an imminent terror attack against the U.S. The site published a religious exhortation on Monday claiming that "the train of death is on its way" within 10 days. The report in the Saudi paper said that a "London Islamist referred to an electronic message he received from Asia which calls for the glad tidings [Istibshar] of a forthcoming new operation by al-Qaida." The Islamist said the operation could be against U.S. military forces in Afghanistan, the purpose being "to mess up" American plans and to "incite Islamists everywhere to carry out suicide activities against the Americans at the outbreak of the war against Iraq." According to the report, the attack will be "huge and no small [sic] than the Sept. 11 operation." Sources said that terror leader Osama bin Laden will participate "only in [the operation's] funding." The sources reportedly told the paper that participants in future terror acts may not necessarily be "direct members of al-Qaida," but rather could simply be in agreement with bin Laden's principles. "It is likely that bin Laden has provided them with financial support without necessarily connecting them with al-Qaida," the report said.