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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (126220)	3/15/2004 12:26:36 AM
From: quidditch	Respond to of 281500

<The analogy is even closer than that. The crucial resource which Japan needed, and which a U.S.-organized embargo was denying them, was........oil. Japan felt they needed to occupy the oil fields in Indonesia....> Actually, I think it was scrap that was needed for the Emperor's war machine and the US Navy was effective in denying the Japanese access to scrap. As to oil from Indonesia and elsewhere, I think the Japanese were getting their supplies. Obviously, they perceived a threat to both, but scrap was being cut off. quid I'll come back to you on Spain, the PP and Kerry.

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (126220)	3/15/2004 10:36:28 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

France: Bin Laden Nearly Caught in Afghanistan 2 hours, 50 minutes ago PARIS (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) has escaped capture in Afghanistan (news - web sites) several times and may be linked in some way to the Madrid train attacks that killed 200 people, France's chief of defense staff said Monday. Gen. Henri Bentegeat said about 200 French troops were operating with U.S. forces in southeastern Afghanistan against the Taliban and bin Laden's al Qaeda. The Saudi-born militant is thought to be there or just across the border in Pakistan. news.yahoo.com