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To: hmaly who wrote (182817)	2/16/2004 3:29:57 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577887

Ted Re...Huh? What scandal started by Clark? From my original post to you. <font color=brown>Oh, this non event scandal. Your point was?<font color=black> ************************************************ Statement From Woman About Sen. Kerry 42 minutes ago By The Associated Press A statement released Monday by Alexandra Polier, who has been the subject of rumors linking her to Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites): "For the last several days I have seen Internet and tabloid rumors relating to me and Senator John Kerry. Because these stories were false, I assumed the media would ignore them. It seems that efforts to peddle these lies continue, so I feel compelled to address them. I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry, and the rumors in the press are completely false. Whoever is spreading these rumors and allegations does not know me, but should know the pain they have caused me and my family. I am in Kenya with my fiance visiting his family, and we ask that the press respect our privacy and leave all of us alone." A statement by Terry and Donna Polier, the parents of Alexandra Polier: "We have spoken to our daughter and the allegations that have been made regarding her are completely false and unsubstantiated. We love and support her 100 percent and these unfounded rumors are hurtful to our entire family. We appreciate the way Senator Kerry has handled the situation, and intend on voting for him for president of the United States."

To: hmaly who wrote (182817)	2/16/2004 3:48:16 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577887

<font color=brown>You know you and DR are right.......things are starting to calm down in Iraq. You guys should think about taking a pleasure cruise to over there. Things couldn't be cheaper and they just loooooooovvvvvveee Americans. Bon voyage! <font color=black> ***************************************************** 2 GIs and a U.S. Civilian Killed in Iraq By ROBERT H. REID, AP BAGHDAD, Iraq (Feb. 16) - Roadside bombs killed two U.S. soldiers in separate attacks Monday in Baghdad and a city to the northeast, the U.S. military said, and an American civilian was shot and killed in a weekend ambush. Also, a grenade exploded in an elementary school playground in a Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Baghdad on Monday, killing one child and wounding four others. The children apparently triggered the explosive, hidden in some garbage, while they were playing, Iraqi police said. In the ambush Saturday, gunmen in a white sedan opened fire on a taxi carrying Americans from a religious group from the site of the ancient city of Babylon to Baghdad, the U.S. Command said in a statement. It did not identify the group, but a number of Christian humanitarian organizations are working in Iraq. In one of Monday's roadside bombings an American soldier from Task Force Iron Horse was killed in the center of Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, the 4th Infantry Division said. Two Iraqis were arrested, one with a cell phone that may have been used to detonate the bomb, said Master Sgt. Robert Cargie, a division spokesman in Tikrit. The other fatal bombing occurred in the center of Baghdad about 9:20 a.m., killing one soldier from the 1st Armored Division and wounding another. The 1st Armored is due to leave Iraq in the coming weeks and be replaced by the 1st Cavalry Division. The latest deaths bring to 540 the number of U.S. service members who have died since the United States launched the Iraq war in March. Most have died since President Bush declared an end to active combat May 1. Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy chief of operations, reported an average of 17 engagements a day between U.S. soldiers and insurgents during the past week, down from about 22-24 the previous week. Meanwhile, in the northern oil center of Kirkuk, gunmen in a car opened fire at passers-by in a mainly Kurdish neighborhood Sunday night, killing one Kurdish man and wounding two other people, police said. The attackers escaped. Ethnic tensions are high in the oil-rich city, where Sunni Muslim Arabs, Kurds, Turkomans and others are vying for dominance. Attacks against the U.S.-led occupation force have continued unabated despite the capture of Saddam Hussein on Dec. 13 and the arrest of numerous figures whom the American military has identified as key figures behind the insurgency. U.S. officials are divided about whether Iraqis or foreign fighters are responsible for recent attacks, including last weekend's bold daylight assault against police and civil defense compounds in Fallujah in which at least 25 people were killed. But on Monday, Kimmett said it appeared all the attackers wounded or killed in Fallujah were Iraqis, despite initial reports that foreigners including Lebanese and Iranians were involved. He said a number of Iraqis were being questioned in connection with the attack, including the mayor of Fallujah who had submitted his resignation a few days before the Saturday assault. On Sunday, a special Iraqi police unit arrested a senior Baath Party leader on the U.S. military's most-wanted list during a raid on his home in a Baghdad suburb. The capture of Mohammed Zimam Abdul Razaq leaves only 10 top figures still at large from the list of 55 issued after Saddam's regime collapsed. Abdul Razaq was No. 41, and the four of spades in the military's ''deck of cards.'' Deputy Interior Minister Ahmed Kadhum Ibrahim touted the arrest as evidence that the still-rebuilding Iraqi police force ''can be depended upon in the fight against terrorism'' - looking to give his troops a boost following the rout of security forces in Fallujah. The United States plans to transfer security responsibility to U.S.-trained Iraqi forces after the handover of sovereignty by July 1. However, the blueprint for the handover is in doubt after the country's leading Shiite Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, demanded early elections to choose members of a provisional legislature. The legislature will in turn select a government to take power June 30. The Americans say early elections are not feasible because of the country's security situation and the lack of voter rolls. The Americans want the legislators selected in regional causes rather than by the voters. On Sunday, however, the top U.S. administrator in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, suggested that the Bush administration would be open to compromise. ''The U.S. is here for a long commitment,'' he said on ABC's ''This Week.'' ''The job is to get a democratic, stable, unified Iraq at peace with itself and with its neighbors. And that will take time. It isn't going to end on June 30.'' 02/16/04 07:20 EST Copyright 2004 The Associated Press.