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To: MKTBUZZ who wrote (599009)	8/3/2004 4:12:16 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

I don't get how people can think that Kerry's 4 months in country as a junior lt. qualifies him for anything. I'm not taking away from the fact that he served; it's just the idea that what he did for a period of time that amounts to a summer job 35 years ago has any relevance to his qualifications today. I'd rather look at his lackluster Senate record and wonder why he did virtually nothing worthy of particular note in over 20 years. In his acceptance speech, Kerry himself could not come up with any real achievements since elected, so he was forced to tout his military service---a theme carried on throughout the convention. This from a man who detracted from Dole's service and said that military service and Vietnam should not even be mentioned as relevant during the Clinton years. Simply put, he touts his military service because he really has nothing else to say for himself. The Democrats could have put up anybody else to espouse the same old same old ideas Kerry outlined at the convention.

To: MKTBUZZ who wrote (599009)	8/3/2004 4:32:54 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 769670

Pakistan Won't Send Troops to Iraq Tue Aug 3,10:33 AM ET Add World - Reuters to My Yahoo! LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan will not send troops to Iraq (news - web sites), Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said Tuesday, hours after the prime minister said a decision would depend on what his people wanted. "We are not sending troops. Other countries are withdrawing troops so how can we send them?" Ahmed, the government's chief spokesman, told a news conference in the eastern city of Lahore. The government has long been undecided on sending troops to Iraq, an explosive issue in the Islamic nation where conservative religious groups strongly oppose President General Pervez Musharraf's support for the U.S.-led war on terror. The issue has become even more sensitive since the execution of two Pakistani migrant workers in Iraq last week. Critics have blamed the government for failing to make a categorical statement that it was not sending troops to Iraq. Such a statement could have saved the men's lives, they said. The official APP news agency earlier quoted Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as saying in Lahore that nobody was going to take a decision against the aspirations of the people of Pakistan. Hussain did not specify what he meant, but many commentators say the proposal could be put before parliament, where it would face a fierce challenge from the Islamic opposition bloc. But Rashid categorically ruled out such a move, saying that approaching parliament was not an option now. Pakistan's traditional foe India has already said it would not send troops to Iraq, while Spain and the Philippines have withdrawn soldiers posted there. Pakistan's foreign ministry Monday attempted to deflect criticism over the deaths of the two hostages. "Right now, the president of Pakistan has said this categorically, and we have been saying very categorically, that we are not sending any troops under the present circumstances," spokesman Masood Khan told a news conference. "And what are the present circumstances? The situation in Iraq is volatile and unstable," he added. Pakistan says it is still waiting to see the reaction of other Muslim countries to a Saudi Arabian proposal to send troops from Muslim countries to Iraq. Pakistan has said in the past it would only send troops to Iraq in a peacekeeping role, under the United Nations (news - web sites) umbrella, and if the Iraqis welcomed them. The Saudi proposal has won some backing in Washington, which is trying to involve Muslim countries in providing security for Iraq as its forces are bogged down by a bloody insurgency since Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s government was overthrown last year.