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To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (32888)	12/17/2003 7:40:28 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 89467

How Not to Bring Democracy to Iraq: "A disturbing new phenomenon in this environment of growing military violence has been the appearance of hooded and masked gunmen - working for the Americans - on road checkpoints north of Baghdad. Five of them now check cars on the Tigris river bridge outside Samarra, apparently fearing their identities will be discovered if their faces are not concealed. They wear militia uniforms and, although they say they are part of the new American-backed "Iraqi Civil Defence Corps", they have neither badges of rank nor unit markings. The same hooded men are now appearing on the streets of Baghdad." Message 19604996

To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (32888)	12/17/2003 8:00:50 AM
From: Rick Faurot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Material Girl covers Clark with praise Tuesday, December 16, 2003 Posted: 6:43 PM EST (2343 GMT) LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The Material Girl has stepped onto the political stage and endorsed Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark. "I think he has a good handle on foreign policy, I think he's good with people, and I think he has a heart and a consciousness," pop singer Madonna said. "He's interested in spirituality -- I mean, those things mean a lot to me." The singer and children's book author met Clark a few weeks ago for over an hour. In an interview recorded last week with CNN's Denise Quan, Madonna said they discussed his becoming president. The singer told Quan she had decided to support the former general and she felt Clark was a natural-born leader. "As it stands right now, he's got my support," Madonna said. The two were introduced by "Bowling for Columbine" filmmaker Michael Moore, who was an early supporter of Clark. Madonna said she saw a few television interviews with Clark and wanted to meet with him herself. "I think to be the general for as long as he's been, this is a man who knows how to deal with pressure and make decisions under pressure," Madonna said. Clark, a retired Army general, was NATO's supreme commander during the 1999 air war against Yugoslavia. He testified Monday and Tuesday in the war crimes trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, now held in The Hague. (Full story) "We're delighted with the endorsement of a superstar for our four-star," said Matt Bennett, a Clark campaign spokesman.

To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (32888)	12/18/2003 12:55:30 AM
From: Edscharp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

It's small wonder that you didn't provide a link to this 'article' as it was written by David Walsh who publishes for the World Socialist Website. Walsh has a vested interest in hating America and his highly opinionated article slamming America comes as no surprise and with even less objectivity. It may interest you to know that a lot of countries carried 24 hours news coverage of Hussein's capture, but we wouldn't know that by reading Walsh's diatribe. What next? Will you be publishing articles from Nazi websites next? They hate us too.