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To: Win Smith who wrote (148899)	10/24/2004 11:36:03 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Respond to of 281500

United Nations weapons inspectors had monitored the explosives for many years, but White House and Pentagon officials acknowledge that the explosives vanished after the American invasion last year. Yes, just another example of how the world, and Iraq, is safer. I've lost track of the number of reported screw ups - they are coming in so fast now the mind reels...

To: Win Smith who wrote (148899)	10/25/2004 10:34:26 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Whom is al-Qaeda voting for? . . . From al-Qaeda's point of view, the US leaving Iraq would be a major victory. And the US staying in Iraq - bleeding thousands of men and billions of dollars in the hands of a national guerrilla struggle - is also a major victory. So al-Qaeda does not bother to vote Bush or Kerry because the main sticking point - US policy in the Middle East, the thirst for oil, the one-sided support for Israel - will still be there. But in terms of accelerating a clash of civilizations - a total polarization between the Muslim world and the Christian world - of course al-Qaeda prefers a fundamentalist like Bush. atimes.com