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

To: epicure who wrote (20731)	3/14/2003 6:42:38 PM
From: coug	Respond to of 25898

Thanks X, And it is nice to be back.. Back to taxes now, <g,ng>.. So if you see me posting in mid-afternoon, for the next week or two, it is because, I am taking a break from my tax prep.. But it is also good to get away and vacation AND get my own take on the situation, this time from south of the border like I mentioned to Pat last night. Today, I happened to catch a interview on the Press/Buchanon show on MSNBC with an anchor from Telemundo, the Spanish language TV network. And he said pretty much what I wrote last night. About 70% of the Latin Americans don't trust the Bush GOVERNMENT on many issues..from the war to immigration.. And that's what this administration has squandered so much of for our country in two short years throughout the world....Trust and Faith.. Probably the two hardest things to win back and worth far more than a few years worth of oil reserves.. m

To: epicure who wrote (20731)	3/14/2003 11:49:02 PM
From: coug	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

Hi X, We are so proud, when we picked up our mail after our trip, was an alumni magazine from Washington State University, and it featured Patty Murray, Senator, Democrat, WA,, a COUG .. We didn't know she was an alumus.. 1972... It showed her relating to farmers of Dayton, Walla Walla, etc.. the wine industry along the Columbia river, and discussing security at the Port of Tacoma.. A wonderful person, a diverse person that understands ALL.. To quote her, "We've such a diverse state, from dense forests to remote rural areas, high tech to agriculture" And to carry that further, paraphrasing, "we've such a diverse WORLD, from dense forests to remote.."" What can I add to understanding beyond that.. Since WE ARE great supporters, We add the most ADMIRABLE Patty Murray to our Cougar Hall of Fame: to join Edward R. Murray, Phil Abelson, Gary Larsen, Paul Allen, Keith Jackson, etc.. to name a few.... yours truly (just kidding).. So to tour the Cougar Nation cyber on line.. A link I picked up on SI btw.. (They use it for reference here) users.pullman.com Just some promotional material for a great place and thinking about a wonderful, kind person that should be President.. Maybe someday in a better world.. or better yet, NOW to help BETTER THE WORLD.. Just our hopes and dreams, m

To: epicure who wrote (20731)	3/15/2003 7:09:13 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

Senator Seeks FBI Probe of Iraq Documents By Ken Guggenheim Associated Press Friday 14 March 2003 The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee asked the FBI on Friday to investigate forged documents the Bush administration used as evidence against Saddam Hussein and his military ambitions in Iraq. Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia said he was uneasy about a possible campaign to deceive the public about the status of Iraq's nuclear program. An investigation should "at a minimum help to allay any concerns" that the government was involved in the creation of the documents to build support for administration policies, Rockefeller wrote in a letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller. Secretary of State Colin Powell has denied the U.S. government had any hand in creating the false documents. "It came from other sources," Powell told a House committee Thursday. "We were aware of this piece of evidence, and it was provided in good faith to the inspectors." Rockefeller asked the FBI to determine the source of the documents, the sophistication of the forgeries, the motivation of those responsible, why intelligence agencies didn't recognize them as forgeries and whether they are part of a larger disinformation campaign. The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The documents indicated that Iraq tried to by uranium from Niger, the West African nation that is the third-largest producer of mined uranium, Niger's largest export. The documents had been provided to U.S. officials by a third country, which has not been identified. A U.S. government official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said it was unclear who first created the documents. The official said American suspicions remain about an Iraq-Niger uranium connection because of other, still-credible evidence that the official refused to specify. In December, the State Department used the information to support its case that Iraq was lying about its weapons programs. But on March 7, Mohammed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told the U.N. Security Council that the documents were forgeries. Rockefeller said U.S. worries about Iraqi nuclear weapons were not based primarily on the documents, but "there is a possibility that the fabrication of these documents may be part of a larger deception campaign aimed at manipulating public opinion and foreign policy regarding Iraq." At a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing Thursday, Powell said the State Department had not participated "any way in any falsification." Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin, the committee's top Democrat, noted a Washington Post report that said a foreign government might have been conducting a deception campaign to win support for military action against Iraq. When Obey asked Powell if he could say which country that was, Powell replied, "I can't with confidence." The Niger documents marked the second time that ElBaradei has challenged evidence presented by the United States meant to illustrate Iraq's nuclear weapons program. He also rejected the U.S. position that aluminum tubes imported by Iraq were intended to make nuclear bombs. ElBaradei has said his inspectors have found no evidence that Saddam has revived its nuclear weapons program. truthout.org