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To: KLP who wrote (81560)3/12/2003 8:24:30 PM
From: Elsewhere  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Yesterday March 11th was indeed strange.

I don't think it was special.

Did Rumsfeld make a mistake?

He's just cultivating his image:
Rumsfeld 'Loose Cannon' as U.S. Woos Allies on Iraq
story.news.yahoo.com

Was it the President of Mexico was to have emergency back surgery?

Yes, he's already having interviews again.
Mexico's Fox in Surgery, Iraq Stance Unclear
nytimes.com

who is in charge while he is out?

From the above article: Fox's office said on Tuesday that Derbez would be in charge of Mexico's policy on Iraq until the president was well enough to work again.

What is prompting the Labour in the UK to rampage now?

The Labor anger has been building up for a long time.

Blackhawk down. Anyone know why yet?

It takes time to trace the probable cause. Last December a German Army helicopter (Sikorsky CH-53) crashed in Kabul, seven dead. Only after three weeks an interim report stated that a technician had wrongly assembled a part of the engine.

Nothing happening from the outside at the UN... so what else was new?

A couple of hundred FADG posts :-)