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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (86585)	3/26/2003 2:25:41 PM
From: RealMuLan	Respond to of 281500

No, they are not! I am not sure why many Americans do NOT understand that when the conflict between nations emerged, then the conflict between the class (in this case, between people and Saddam) will have much lower priority. And that is why many Iraqis and Arabians from other Arab countries join the fight.

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (86585)	3/26/2003 2:57:35 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Oh, my God, Karen! We are using dolphins to find minds! Call PETA! This is the end of the world! CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar ? Allied forces have some unlikely help in their fight against Saddam Hussein -- sea lions and Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphins. In an effort to clear deadly mines from the waters around Iraq, coalition naval forces are using underwater, flippered friends equipped with cameras and specially trained to spot mines.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,82178,00.html

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (86585)	3/26/2003 4:05:56 PM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The caption under a picture of a bombed out, ruined home reads: Any chance that tribespeople in this rural area south of Baghdad would look kindly on the impending arrival of American troops may have vanished in a cloud of collapsing rubble and twisted steel. I still remember the quote from an Afghani whose home was accidentally bombed with some of his extended family inside (some died). He essentially said 'It'll be worth it if the Americans actually help us'. Or, in another example, many WWII concentration camp internees prayed that the Allies would bomb their camp. Clark

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (86585)	3/26/2003 9:18:38 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 281500

IRAQIS FIRE ON AID QUEUE The distribution of humanitarian aid to civilians in the southern Iraqi town of Al Zubayr has been halted after Iraqi forces fired mortar rounds into crowds. Reporter Ian Bruce, who is travelling with Scots unit Black Watch, said troops had established a strong but not yet secure foothold in the town - a known Iraqi militia base - and were to begin distributing aid to its people. The troops were greeted by cheering crowds of several hundred people as they arrived western edge of the town, he said. Sniper But before any food or water could be handed out, snipers opened fire and two mortars shells fell into the crowd. The civilians scattered to escape a hail of bullets and mortar rounds which followed in quick succession and the relief effort was abandoned. Bruce reports Black Watch's Delta Company had fought their way into the battered town early on Tuesday against fierce opposition, which they thought had collapsed under the fire of their Warriors' 30mm cannon and chain guns. The decision to enter the town, believed to be the nerve centre of guerrilla activity in the south east of the country, was taken after intelligence reports that large numbers of young men of military age were trying to flee north to Basra in a fleet of minibuses. Intelligence sources also identified but did not name the Iraqi commander who recaptured Basra after its seizure by Iranian revolutionary guards during the 1980-88 war between the two countries. Shelled He is thought to be the organiser of sniping and rocket attacks that have killed one Black Watch soldier and wounded several others in the British sector in recent days. Bruce adds that Intelligence has confirmed that riots broke out inside Basra on Tuesday and that mobs had looted and burned the city's Baath party headquarters and a number of other government buildings. There is also some evidence that army and militia units loyal to Baghdad have executed civilians in reprisal for the uprising. British and American artillery targeted Iraqi gun positions and military equipment in the city throughout Tuesday night. The Black Watch's Bravo Company had earlier been shelled and its men forced to withdraw temporarily from positions overlooking the city. The battle group is now poised to enter Iraqi's second largest city, possible as soon as Thursday, Bruce reports. sky.com