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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (140540)	7/15/2004 9:06:36 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 281500

LOL, good find! Shaggy hair, grey/brown coat, wild eyes...very funny. You really should consider your own magazine column.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (140540)	7/16/2004 8:55:26 AM
From: Noel de Leon	Respond to of 281500

Pity CB hasn't posted her picture. Probably with a halo, wings, and a pink tutu. Didn't agree with your thoughts on history education. Thought your most recent analysis of Saddam's actions prior to invasion are realistic(I came to the same conclusion so I figure that I must be right with your analysis).

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (140540)	7/17/2004 6:29:11 AM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 281500

NZ investigating desecration of Jewish graves By JPOST.COM AND AGENCIES Jul. 16, 2004 8:38 \| Updated Jul. 16, 2004 19:45 jpost.com New Zealand Jewish Council President David Zwartz inspects damage done to graves in Wellington. Historic headstones smashed in Wellington's Jewish cemetery Photo: Channel 2 WELLINGTON, New Zealand Wellington Police are investigating the desecration of 16 Jewish graves in the city's old cemetery. Vandals smashed historic headstones and cut a swastika into a lawn at a Jewish cemetery overnight, authorities said Friday. The attack came just hours after two Israeli men were imprisoned for passport fraud and named as spies by the New Zealand government. "Someone's used some sort of stick or tool to gouge swastikas into the grass around the graves. Words like 'Sieg Heil' have been scratched into the footpath," a city council spokesman said. "People are speculating the attack may have been sparked by the two Israeli men and the passport case," the spokesman added. Wellington Botanic Gardens manager David Sole said the Jewish section of Bolton St. cemetery near the center of the New Zealand capital was a sea of broken marble and overturned tombstones when he visited Friday morning. Jewish Council President David Zwartz said there was a direct connection between the case and "people here feel they can take it out on Jews." "It seems to me that it's Israel-bashing one day, Jew-bashing the next day," he told National Radio. Rabbi Antony Lipman said the desecration on the graves, some of them 100 years old, had shocked New Zealand's Jewish community. "We hope Wellington is not going the way of some other communities in the world, where this has unfortunately become a frequent occurrence," he said. Rabbi Lipman said he made no connection between the Israeli men sentenced to six months in prison in Auckland Thursday and the smashing of the headstones."Only the criminals who have done this would know their own motive," he added. Prime Minister Helen Clark said it was "not an open and shut case" that the attack was linked to the spy case. "We condemn without reservation people desecrating graves, it is a horrible thing to do," she told National Radio. Regarding the alleged spy case, the New Zealand Dominion Post on Friday reported that the Wellington government has held discussions with the Israeli embassy in Canberra, Australia. The Canberra embassy is in charge of ties with New Zealand. New Zealand's embassy in Turkey, responsible for ties with Israel, has likewise been in contact with Israeli officials to try and defuse the row over the alleged Mossad attempt to illegally obtain New Zealand passports. Australia would consider helping New Zealand and Israel to patch up relations, Prime Minister John Howard said. Howard told Australian radio that he did not want interfere in the affairs of other countries, but added that he had good relations with Clark and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.