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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (555)	3/31/2003 5:22:08 PM
From: tsigprofit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7832

U.S. Forces Kill Seven Iraqi Women, Kids - today*** customwire.ap.org U.S. Forces Kill Seven Iraqi Women, Kids By ROBERT BURNS AP Military Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. troops killed seven Iraqi women and children at a checkpoint Monday when the Iraqis' van would not stop as ordered, U.S. Central Command said. Two other civilians were wounded in the incident at a U.S. Army checkpoint on a highway near Najaf in southern Iraq, according to a Pentagon official and a Central Command statement. The military is investigating, the statement said. The dead and wounded were among 13 women and children in a van that approached the checkpoint but did not stop, Central Command said. Soldiers fired warning shots and then shot into the vehicle's engine, neither of which stopped it, the statement said.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (555)	3/31/2003 5:23:33 PM
From: tsigprofit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7832

sounds like a nice suggestion. thanks. >> That the protests and/stopping the business of the country will force Congress to rescind the war authorization and/or impeach Bush.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (555)	3/31/2003 5:49:29 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7832

You keep seemingly insisting that, because they have no influence on Bush, they have no effect. Now, now. We were talking about the intent of the protesters to get Bush to stop the war. That there's zero chance of that happening is critical to analyzing that issue. The protesters are wasting their breath accomplishing nothing and, likewise, you're getting worked up over nothing. As for the protesters giving comfort to Saddam, we disposed of that very early in our colloquy. I agreed that they are of some comfort to Saddam. Perhaps Saddam thinks they will cause Bush to change his mind as you suggest but I doubt it. The most Saddam gets out of it is some propaganda fodder. I don't want to minimize that, only to point out that it will not stop our prosecution of the war. That the protests and/stopping the business of the country will force Congress to rescind the war authorization and/or impeach Bush. Pressing for a change of heart is not much of a strategy.