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To: JohnM who wrote (576)	5/6/2003 11:24:16 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793903

Taliban Has a Resurgence I am not surprised. It is to be expected. Wahaabism is still strong in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and always will be. The difference will be between religious observance and Terrorism. We will have SO and CIA and FBI in both countries for the forseeable future. When needed, we will use persuasion or force. That is why the War on Terrorism will be ongoing. But, we are seeing the Afghans running Kabul wanting to keep them down, and the Pakistan Military does not want the Wahaabis to rule.

To: JohnM who wrote (576)	5/6/2003 6:13:46 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793903

Dean, Kerry Tied in New Hampshire Poll FOXNews.com WASHINGTON Democratic presidential rivals John Kerry and Howard Dean are tied in the latest poll of likely New Hampshire voters. The survey by Franklin Pierce College, conducted April 27-May 1, found the two candidates at 23 percent, with Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut far behind at 9 percent and Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri at 8 percent. The results were similar to a survey by the same organization in early April. A Mason-Dixon (search) poll released this weekend, however, showed Kerry at 28 percent and Dean at 21 percent. Beyond the support numbers in the Franklin Pierce poll, Kerry had a favorable rating of 64 percent, the highest of the Democrats, and just 4 percent didn't know the Massachusetts senator. Dean had a favorable rating of 49 percent and 18 percent did not know about the former Vermont governor. The poll of 600 likely primary voters had an error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The competition between Dean and Kerry has been fierce, with the two candidates and their respective campaigns at odds over a number of issues, including national security, the U.S.-led war against Iraq and the long-term strength of the U.S. military. In the poll, two Democrats who have not announced -- former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart and retired Gen. Wesley Clark -- were at 2 percent. Democrats who are running for president -- North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, Florida Sen. Bob Graham, Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich and former Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley Braun -- were at 1 percent and Al Sharpton was at 0 percent. Almost a third of those surveyed, 31 percent, were undecided, down from 38 percent in the early April poll foxnews.com

To: JohnM who wrote (576)	5/7/2003 10:14:29 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793903

SLATE A frontpage piece in the LAT tries to get more dirt on Richard Perle, who resigned his post as chairman of a Pentagon advisory board (he remains on the board itself) after the NYT and New Yorker questioned apparent conflicts between his advisory duties and his role as a partner of an investment firm connected to the defense industry. The LAT doesn't significantly forward the story. It found that three weeks after the Defense Intelligence Agency (which the LAT juvenilely describes as "super-secret"), gave Perle and others on the Pentagon board a talk about the prospect for conflict with North Korea, Perle held a conference call with investors entitled, "Implications of an Imminent War: Iraq Now. North Korea Next?"http://slate.msn.com/id/2082660/