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To: S. maltophilia who wrote (252701)	7/28/2003 10:12:14 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Good GOD! Even the Onion couldn't come up with something that bizarre!<NFG> OTOH, they've gotta "balance" the budget somehow, don't they? Casino action works for 'em in the stock market, this is the next logical step! WASHINGTON - The Pentagon (news - web sites) is setting up a stock-market style system in which investors would bet on terror attacks, assassinations and other events in the Middle East. Defense officials hope to gain intelligence and useful predictions while investors who guessed right would win profits. Two Democratic senators demanded Monday the project be stopped before investors begin registering this week. "The idea of a federal betting parlor on atrocities and terrorism is ridiculous and it's grotesque," Sen. Ron Wyden (news, bio, voting record), D-Ore., said