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To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (140084)	7/13/2004 11:24:58 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

So far...he has been more correct than you know who. Not according to the findings in the Kay report....stockpiles have not been found...true enough....but the intent to have the weapons and programs designed to keep those aims warm until we were no longer looking were in place.....

To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (140084)	7/13/2004 1:15:25 PM
From: Rascal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Tabby Gets Military Rank After Iraq Tour Tue Jul 13, 8:56 AM ET COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Fort Carson Staff Sgt. Rick Bousfield of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team had a mission: Saving Pvt. Hammer. Pfc. Hammer is an Iraqi tabby cat the unit adopted after he was born last fall at a base in Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad. When Bousfield found out his unit was leaving Iraq (news - web sites) in March, he decided he couldn't leave a member of his team behind. "He has been through mortar attacks," said Bousfield, a 19-year Army veteran. "He'd jump and get scared liked the rest of us. He is kind of like one of our own." Pfc. Hammer got his name from the unit that adopted him, Team Hammer. Soldiers would tuck Hammer in their body armor during artillery attacks, and in return, Hammer chased mice in the mess hall. "He was a stress therapist," Bousfield said. "The guys would come back in tired and stressed. Hammer would come back and bug the heck out of you. He wiped away some worries." The kitten earned his rank after nabbing five mice. When Bousfield learned his unit was going, he sent an e-mail to Alley Cat Allies, a national clearinghouse of information on stray cats, asking for help bringing Hammer along. Alley Cat Allies raised $2,500 for Hammer's shots, sterilization, paperwork and a plane ride to the United States. Hammer left Iraq with his unit in March, then flew from Kuwait to San Francisco in cargo-class. He traveled first class with an Alley Cat Allies volunteer to Denver. Bousfield met the kitten at the airport. news.yahoo.com Rascal