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To: Road Walker who wrote (176812)	10/20/2003 6:04:05 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576400

John, its not something easily counted. However the estimates would seem to place it far below the amount of people Saddam's regime killed in an average year. Also the aid and the lifting of sanctions will save many Iraq lives and improve the wellbeing of other Iraqis. Tim

To: Road Walker who wrote (176812)	10/20/2003 6:08:35 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1576400

Do you have a count of the Iraqi's we've killed? Oh, that's right, they are not counting. Wonder why. It is too bad, but some Iraqis had to die. In the Gulf War, tens of thousands died because of Saddam. In the Iran-Iraq war, hundreds of thousands. This excludes the brutal murders of civilians for no apparent cause; there are hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who are missing. Every ten years or so Saddam had to get his fill. There will be no more Gulf Wars or Iran-Iraq wars, or attacks on Kuwait, or the Saudis. It is over. So, I don't know how one measures the value of a war, but it is reasonable to conclude that George Bush, by his courageous action, may have saved tens or hundreds of thousands of lives. Certainly, the United States will be a much safer place in the future.

To: Road Walker who wrote (176812)	10/20/2003 7:06:14 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576400

<font color=briwn> John, some good numbers coming out of TXN's earnings report.<font color=black> ******************************************************* Texas Instruments profit up, offers strong outlook SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Texas Instruments Inc. <TXN.N>, the top supplier of microchips for cellular phones, on Monday posted a sharply higher quarterly profit, helped by a sale of stock and strengthening demand for its semiconductors. The company also gave a bullish outlook for the current quarter's sales and earnings, citing improving demand for a range of semiconductor products. Shares of the Dallas-based chipmaker climbed almost 3 percent in after-hours trade on the strength of its outlook. Texas Instruments forecast fourth-quarter revenue in a range of $2.49 billion to $2.70 billion and earnings per share between 14 cents and 19 cents -- both ranges well above the average Wall Street expectation. The company posted third-quarter net income of $447 million, or 25 cents a share, including a $106 million contribution, or about 13 cents a share, from the sale of Micron Technology Inc. <MU.N> stock, compared with net income of $188 million, or 11 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 13 percent to $2.53 billion from $2.25 billion a year earlier. On Sept. 9, Texas Instruments, a rival of Intel Corp. <INTC.O>, Motorola Inc. <MOT.N> and STMicroelectronics <STM.PA>, had forecast third-quarter earnings per share of 20 to 22 cents, including a contribution from its sale of Micron common stock. Additionally, the company had forecast third-quarter revenue of $2.39 billion to $2.49 billion amid strengthening demand across a broad range of its chip products. "We're feeling better about the outlook and what the market has to offer," Texas instruments Chief Financial Officer Kevin March told Reuters in a telephone interview. Loop Capital Markets analyst Ren Zamora said Texas Instruments' third-quarter results and fourth-quarter outlook reflected an improving market for semiconductor makers. Texas Instruments' third-quarter semiconductor revenue rose 10 percent from the previous quarter and 16 percent from a year earlier, and the company's semiconductor orders increased 21 percent from the previous quarter and 29 percent from a year earlier. Shares in Texas Instruments jumped to $27.65 in after-hours trading on Instinet electronic brokerage system from $25.67 on the New York Stock Exchange. During the regular session, Texas Instruments' stock gained 71 cents or 2.84 percent. 10/20/03 18:58 ET Copyright 2003 Reuters Limited.