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To: tsigprofit who wrote (7375)	3/1/2004 5:38:39 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Bullet Magnets enroute to Iraq. guardian.co.uk <font color=brown>Their trainer calls troops like these "bullet magnets" - army reservists or National Guard soldiers, weekend warriors with minimal combat training pressed into service. Tens of thousands are on the move now as the Pentagon carries out the largest rotation of forces in its history, relieving battle-weary soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait with fresh forces. By late March, 130,000 troops will be leaving Iraq and 105,000, including some of the 319th, will arrive. As many as 50% of these will be reservists or National Guard. Some units, like the 319th, will be raised virtually from scratch. The signals battalion, based in Sacramento, California, was barely at half-strength when it was mobilised, and reservists have been drafted in from as far away as Puerto Rico, Delaware, and Georgia to be sent off to what the troops call the "sandbox" They are joining a different war from the one fought by the invading force that set off last year to liberate Iraq from Saddam Hussein. Today, the mission is far less clear, and more dangerous.</font> TP

To: tsigprofit who wrote (7375)	3/2/2004 10:28:17 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

HAITI Today: tsigprofit, Democracy NOW! is continuing its excellent coverage of the Haiti coup today. The segments with Rumsfeld, Powell, McClellan and the CEO of Steel Associates of San Francisco (Aristide's private body guards) were very "telling" of an attempt to create an Orwellian fog of denial with regard to the real actions of the Bushista Junta in the removal of Aristide from office. Aristide may have made a fatal error by speaking out from the Central African Republic. To cause such embarrassment to his captors cannot be wise. If the Bushies cannot destroy Aristide's credibility in the fawning and corrupt American media, the CIA may just have to take him out. Today's segment on Democracy NOW! will be available as an archival page in a couple of hours: democracynow.org