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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (391027)	4/12/2003 5:53:41 PM
From: DavesM	Respond to of 769670

Since most of the antiwar organizations are also for 3rd world debt relief, I doubt that the Germans and French are laughing too loud. "German involvement outstripped that of all the other countries put together, the paper said. During the period to 1991, the German authorities permitted weapons co-operation with Iraq and in some cases "actively encouraged" it, according to the newspaper which cited German assistance allegedly given to Iraq for the development of poison gas used in the 1988 massacre of Kurds in northern Iraq. It said that after the massacre America reduced its military co-operation with Iraq but German firms continued their activities until the Gulf War... American weapons experts have recently voiced concern that the German Government has permitted Siemens to sell Baghdad at least eight sophisticated medical machines which contain devices that are vital for nuclear weapons. The machines, known as "lithotripters", use ultrasound to destroy kidney stones in patients. However, each machine contains an electronic switch that can be used as a detonator in an atomic bomb, according to US experts. Iraq was reported to have requested an extra 120 switches as "spare parts" during the initial transaction... " - The Independent 12-2002

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (391027)	4/12/2003 7:19:09 PM
From: Srexley	Respond to of 769670

"I think I can hear them laughing at us in Paris and Berlin" Why do you hate our country so much that you trust the country that started the last two world wars and the one the WE saved more than our own country? Along with Russia and China. The hatred that you idiot lefties spew towards our country disgusts me. The misery you guys constantly seem to be in is the only part of your hatred of America that brings me any comfort. Fortunately you are part of a tiny minority that is getting smaller every day.