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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (174069)	8/18/2003 1:49:58 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576435

Ted, "We were all there, for at least half an hour. They knew we were journalists. After they shot Mazen, they aimed their guns at us. I don't think it was accident. They are very tense. They are crazy," said Stephan Breitner of France 2 television. If this guy really thought this was "no accident," he would be keeping his mouth shut, or else he's be next on the hit list of these so-called "crazy soldiers." It's very sad that a journalist died to friendly fire, but this guy is trying to sensationalize a tragedy for his own gain. I think you're taking the easy way out on this one. I think our guys are very tense. Its a 120º in the shade. They are more appropriately dressed for 40º. They haven't eaten decent food for months. People are gunning for them every which way they turn. The Iraqis hate them or are ambivalent. They were supposed to be heroes but they are treated like they're the enemy. They have been away from home for a long time. The journalists are reporting their every mistake. Its a bad situation. Under the circumstances, then why is what happened surprising? Its why they say war is hell! ted

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (174069)	8/18/2003 5:28:21 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576435

<font color=purple>Now this is the CA I know and love!<font color=black> ********************************************************* Party Unity Cracks in California SAN FRANCISCO (Aug. 18) - California's high-stakes recall election is producing fresh cracks in party unity, with the state's second-leading Democrat accusing Gov. Gray Davis of personal disloyalty and two leading Republicans bickering about which one hates taxes more. The new disputes erupted Sunday as the candidates intensified their campaigns for the Oct. 7 election, which will decide if Davis stays in office and who among 135 candidates will replace him if he's ousted. The Republican division arose when conservative candidate Bill Simon ran new radio ads accusing actor Arnold Schwarzenegger of being a liberal, and Schwarzenegger's spokesman fired back by comparing Simon to the Democratic gubernatorial incumbent. Hours earlier, Democrats had their spat on national television. On NBC's ''Meet the Press,'' Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante charged that Davis aides were trying to sabotage the lieutenant governor's efforts to serve as a Democratic fallback in case the governor is recalled. ''If some of the governor's minions would stop trying to undercut my efforts, I think we could have a very coalesced opportunity for Democrats ... and we have a possibility of having a win-win position on the ballot,'' said Bustamante, who has said he opposes the election but argues Democratic voters deserve a choice if the recall effort is successful. The Davis camp denied Bustamante's charge. ''As far as I know, and I think I would know, we're not engaged in that,'' said Steve Smith, Davis' campaign manager. ''From the governor on down, I think we've been fairly complimentary of the lieutenant governor.'' Republican Simon's campaign announced it was airing the radio ads after Schwarzenegger's top economic adviser, billionaire Warren Buffett, said he believed California's Proposition 13 had lowered the state's property taxes too much. ''Gray Davis tripled our car taxes, and now Arnold Schwarzenegger's team wants to triple our property taxes,'' Simon said in the ad. ''Which just goes to show you, don't send a liberal to do a tax-fighters job.'' Schwarzenegger spokesman Rob Stutzman accused Simon, who ran against Davis last year, of misrepresenting the actor's positions. ''Bill Simon looks like he learned a lesson from Gray Davis last year and is putting distortions on the air,'' Stutzman said. ''He knows as well as anyone that Arnold Schwarzenegger is a staunch supporter of Prop 13 and to say anything else is disingenuous.'' The latest polling suggests Davis is likely to be recalled and places Bustamante atop the field of replacement candidates. The nonpartisan Field Poll showed Bustamante had the support of 25 percent of likely voters, and Schwarzenegger 22 percent, with a margin of error of 5 percentage points. Other candidates all had single-digit support. AP-NY-08-18-03 0547EDT Copyright 2003 The Associated Press