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To: 4figureau who wrote (4117)4/14/2003 9:44:09 AM
From: 4figureau  Respond to of 5423
 
Debka Update:

UK and Saudi diplomats step in Monday to avert US-Syrian military clash. Saudi FM Al Faisal and British FO Minister O’Brien call on Assad Monday to persuade him to give up fleeing Iraqi leaders, Saddam’s WMD arsenal and its military-scientific operators.

DEBKAfile reported signs of imminent US military action against Syria – striking at Iraqi and other targets. Bush and other US leaders issued repeated warnings to Syria in view of discovery that Assad hiding Iraq's WMD to deny US justification for war on Iraq.

Top Israeli official warns Damascus not to play with fire in response to Syrian FM Sharah’s threat to harm Israel if attacked by US

Sunday, black armor-plated Iraqi limousines lined up at Syria's military airports as thousands of Saddam’s regime officials fled country.

In face of Syrian denials, Iraqi Republican Guards Gen. Ali Al-Jajjawi reveals Baath leader Izzat Ibrahim and other top Iraqi figures fled to Syria last week.

Hizballah opens third round of shelling over northern Israeli in 24 hours.

Israel downgrades missile alert, cancels gas masks and sealed rooms directives, releases 12,000 reservists. Air Force, Arrow and Patriot anti-missile systems remain on the ready.
debka.com



To: 4figureau who wrote (4117)4/14/2003 1:32:55 PM
From: russet  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 5423
 
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A telling portrait of gold's performance emerges when viewed during a 200-year period, according to Jeremy Siegel, a finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and author of the best-selling "Stocks for the Long Run."

According to his calculations, a dollar invested in the stock market from 1802 to 2001 would have grown to $599,605. A dollar invested in gold during that period would be worth -- 98 cents.