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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Enigma who wrote (7793)	4/4/2003 6:43:41 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Hmm... The Iranian gov't has progressed a small distance from the Islamic Fundamentalists, but is still a close relative. And the Saudi gov't is the grandfather, somewhat unhappy with the grandkids, but still its kids. Most of the gov'ts there pay close ateention to the Islamic Terrorists and try not to offend them. Most wil willingly give them aid if they think they can get away with it.

To: Enigma who wrote (7793)	4/4/2003 7:33:24 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21614

Wonder if this is true? Islamist: al-Qaida holds coalition troops April 2, 2003 LONDON, April 2 (UPI) -- A Muslim fundamentalist source claimed Wednesday that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network captured five coalition troops in Iraq. The source who requested anonymity told United Press International by telephone that the kidnapping of four U.S. troops and a British soldier, took place last Saturday in al-Zubair region of southern Iraq, close to the Kuwaiti border. He said the "kidnapped troops will be equally treated as al-Qaida prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay." He said al-Qaida will soon release a videotape of the captured soldiers and will ask to swap them with al-Qaida suspects being held by the United States. washingtontimes.com

To: Enigma who wrote (7793)	4/4/2003 7:33:53 PM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 21614

Terrorism and governments. Hmmm. I suppose, just for purposes of good debate, one could argue that the folks who dumped the tea into the Boston harbor and those who snipered off British soldiers were, themselves, terrorists of a kind. Were those who overthrew the Shah of Iran akin to the Contras? I guess it's a matter of whose good and whose bad we're operating from. Why can't it all be just one great party, people of all kinds participating and gettin' down and having some good human fun--lol! And just to make the debate more lively, maybe the time has come to consider a maximum wage, instead of getting bogged down in political rhetoric over whether a minimum wage is needed, or not.