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To: geode00 who wrote (25702)	9/27/2004 10:09:50 PM
From: Ron	Respond to of 173976

Crude oil hit 50 dollars a barrel tonight in post market trading. An airline pilot friend says "Bad.. real bad. Here come more layoffs, more Chapter 11s and probably more Chapter 7s in the aviation business." Interesting to note the monthly Unemployment rate update will not be released this Friday, October 1st, but is being delayed to Friday, October 8. And I bet the jobless numbers have moved higher in the last month. Jimmy Carter was right. He was just too early. Now, a gazillion bigwheel SUVs later, we still aren't thinking seriously about alternative energy. I guess old Dubya still has some debts to pay back to the oil boys.

To: geode00 who wrote (25702)	9/28/2004 8:35:40 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Straits Times, 12/24/03 Iraq war swayed Gaddafi's WMD decision Libyan leader urges other nations to follow his action and pressure Israel to reveal nuclear capabilities TRIPOLI - Colonel Muammar Gaddafi said the war in Iraq may have played a role in his decision to dismantle Libya's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programmes. In an exclusive interview with CNN on Monday, he also said that although Libya has certain programmes and machines, it has no chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear arms. Advertisement 'We have not these weapons,' he said, adding that the programmes he was prepared to dismantle 'would have been for peaceful purposes - but nevertheless we decided to get rid of them completely'. The interview came three days after United States President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that following months of secret meetings with US and British officials, Tripoli had agreed to dismantle its programmes and allow United Nations weapons inspectors access to key sites. Col Gaddafi said the inspectors would see 'we don't have anything to hide', reported CNN. Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said he imagined 'Gaddafi could have been scared by what he saw happen in Iraq'. Asked about his decision, Col Gaddafi acknowledged that the Iraq war may have influenced him, but he insisted that he wanted to focus on the 'positive'. He said the world is a changed place in which his country can feel safe without weapons of mass destruction. He told CNN that other countries had set a positive example by dismantling weapons of mass destruction programmes peacefully and urged other nations to follow his action. 'In my opinion, they should follow the steps or take the example of Libya so that they prevent any tragedy from being inflicted on their peoples,' he said. He did not refer to any other Muslim nations but said such openness would put pressure on Israel to reveal its nuclear capabilities, AP reported. Israel is the only Middle East nation believed to possess nuclear arms. 'This would tighten the noose around the Israelis so that they would expose their programmes and their weapons of mass destruction,' he said. A Bush administration official said Libya's nuclear weapons programme was 'much further advanced' than US and British intelligence had thought, and included centrifuges and a uranium-enrichment programme, all necessary components in making a nuclear weapon. US officials said Libya also has a stockpile of chemical weapons and dual-use facilities that could be used to create biological weapons. The Libyans said they no longer have programmes to produce chemical or biological weapons and they have a largely dormant programme to develop medium-range missiles based on Scud technology. CIA and British intelligence officials met Col Gaddafi and other senior Libyan officials as the three governments negotiated the deal under which the Libyan government would give up its weapons of mass destruction programmes, US officials said. CIA officials also visited key sites in Libya during nine months of negotiations that started with meetings in various European capitals. Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said he could make his trip to Libya next week. straitstimes.com