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To: NickSE who wrote (98936)	5/23/2003 1:08:19 PM
From: Sig	Respond to of 281500

Is proof of MWDS's in Iraq needed or not.? One day there was locked shed of dynamite in the California desert The next day there was nothing but a big hole in the ground and two hunters were missing Give me a logical explanation or proof of what happened... such as... 1. The two hunters merely got lost on the day the shed disappeared and are still missing today 2. They were respectfully inspecting the shed when a sudden bolt of lightning came down out of a blue sky and hit it 3. While the hunters were standing nearby, an earthquake struck and set off the extra- sensitive dynamite that had decayed from long storage. 4. A third hunter standing further away, called to them while they were standing by the shed door and challenged them to shoot the lock off the door to see what was inside Sig@goodluck.com

To: NickSE who wrote (98936)	5/23/2003 6:24:48 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

Baghdad Cleanup Great article, GH. "Good News" articles are hard to find. Articles about Iraqis digging up shards of Sumerian pottery to sell--which proves the occupation is going to hell--are considered much more interesting by the media.

To: NickSE who wrote (98936)	5/24/2003 11:52:08 AM
From: NickSE	Respond to of 281500

US army chief says Iraqi troops took bribes to surrender news.independent.co.uk Senior Iraqi officers who commanded troops crucial to the defence of key Iraqi cities were bribed not to fight by American special forces, the US general in charge of the war has confirmed. Well before hostilities started, special forces troops and intelligence agents paid sums of money to a number of Iraqi officers, whose support was deemed important to a swift, low-casualty victory. General Tommy Franks, the US army commander for the war, said these Iraqi officers had acknowledged their loyalties were no longer with the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, but with their American paymasters. As a result, many officers chose not to defend their positions as American and British forces pushed north from Kuwait. "I had letters from Iraqi generals saying: 'I now work for you'," General Franks said. [cont'd.....]