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To: steve harris who wrote (176798)	10/19/2003 10:12:42 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573731

It's sick how many US kids are dying in Iraq. What have we accomplished with those lives? Are OBL or SM, the real evil in this mess, dead? Who's war is this? 2 GIs Killed in Attack on Patrol in Iraq 23 minutes ago By TAREK AL-ISSAWI, Associated Press Writer FALLUJAH, Iraq - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and one was wounded in an ambush north of Baghdad, the military said, and insurgents attacked a convoy Sunday in this turbulent city west of the capital, setting off huge explosions in several vehicles. Latest headlines: · 2 GIs Killed in Attack on Patrol in Iraq AP - 23 minutes ago · Reservists Accused of Iraq Mistreatment AP - 59 minutes ago · State Dept. Study Foresaw Trouble Now Plaguing Iraq The New York Times - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago Special Coverage In a third incident, three apparent Iraqi attackers were also reported killed. There were no reports of casualties in the Sunday morning attack against what appeared to be an ammunition truck and two other American vehicles in Fallujah, 35 miles west of Baghdad in the "Sunni Triangle." Dozens of Iraqi youths cheered and danced in celebration as contents of the flaming vehicles continued to explode. The crowds scattered when two F-16 jets passed overhead. Witnesses said U.S. troops tried to approach the truck but withdrew after they came under attack with rocket-propelled grenades. U.S. troops and Iraqi police kept journalists away from the scene, but from a distance it appeared that the vehicles, which included a Humvee, were ablaze. There were conflicting reports whether the attack in the eastern end of the city was triggered by a roadside bomb or by rocket-propelled grenades. "Shells were flying everywhere, like fireworks," said Khalil al-Qubaisi, 45, a nearby shopkeeper. In the northern attack, an American mounted patrol was ambushed by rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire at 10:45 p.m. Saturday outside the northern city of Kirkuk, 159 miles north of Baghdad, said Maj. Josslyn Aberle, spokeswoman for the 4th Infantry Division. The patrol from Task Force Ironhorse — a force that includes the 4th Division — returned fire, but no additional enemy contact followed, Aberle said. In other action in the north early Sunday, U.S. troops were attacked by grenades and small arms and returned fire, killing three Iraqis near Hawija, 150 miles north of Baghdad, the 4th Infantry Division reported. Other American forces detained five attackers north of Beiji, 120 miles north of Baghdad, after a brief firefight. Resistance forces have mounted an average of 22 attacks a day on the U.S. occupation forces in Iraq (news - web sites) in recent weeks, mostly in the so-called "Sunni Triangle," a Sunni Muslim-dominated area stretching from the west of Baghdad to the north. The area was a strong base of support for Saddam's Baath Party regime toppled by the U.S.-British invasion earlier this year. Saturday's deaths came barely a day after four American soldiers were killed in a roadside explosion in Baghdad and a clash with Shiite Muslim gunmen in the southern shrine city of Karbala, on the deadliest day for the occupation force in a month.

To: steve harris who wrote (176798)	10/19/2003 12:39:15 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573731

it's sick how many Americans agree with Osama..... Its sick how fast and loose this administration is playing with our lives and $$$. They are not to be trusted. Why do you?

To: steve harris who wrote (176798)	10/19/2003 12:53:54 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573731

<font color=brown> So you don't think we need AA for minorities? You might want to think again! How about AA for short people? What do you think MLK would say? Do you think he has a dream for short people? Do you really know at all about what you are talking?<font color=black> ***************************************************** heraldsun.news.com.au When taller equals fatter pay packet Douglas Hanks 20oct03 FEELING shortchanged on salary? It could be because you're short. Offering a new and much more literal measuring stick for the corporate glass ceiling, a University of Florida study says tall people earn better pay than short people. Each inch, the report said, adds $783 a year to someone's income. The study, released this week, concluded height matters more in determining income than gender. Tall people beat short people on job evaluations and even fare better on seemingly objective measures, like sales performance. Researchers say the advantages probably come from an inclination to respect tall people and to view them as successful. Apparently, people look up to people they have to look up to. "It's kind of an implicit bias people have," said Timothy Judge, the six-foot-tall (183cm) University of Florida business professor who wrote the study with a six-foot two-inch colleague at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr Judge likes to quantify the role human nature plays in the business world, often confirming conventional wisdom. He once published a paper that concluded smart people make the best workers and criticized firms for not conducting IQ tests when screening applicants. He began exploring height's impact on salaries after seeing a news report on a police officer who said she was denied raises for being short. Mr Judge wondered if she had a point. He joined Chapel Hill professor Daniel Cable in analysing four large surveys in the United States and Britain that tracked thousands of people for a number of years and recorded myriad details from their lives. In previous research, Mr Judge found tall and short people were equals when it came to intelligence and self-esteem, leaving height as the main culprit in salary gaps. The average height for men in the US is 175cm; for women, just over 160cm. Mr Judge found height helped most with jobs requiring social interaction, like sales, but short people also earned less in solitary careers like computer programming. Apparently experience doesn't help, either. Short people in their 40s had the same disadvantage as short people in their 20s.** Part of the unequal treatment may be instinctive. Mr Judge said the earliest humans probably viewed height as an advantage when it came to survival. But those advantages, he said, had no place in the modern world. "I don't think you'll ever find a job description that says an applicant has got to be tall," Mr Judge said. "The fact that it's weighed in an employment situation is kind of troubling." The Miami Herald.