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To: Ilaine who wrote (81561)	10/29/2004 10:33:55 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793840

Nobody's going to attack New Orleans, except Formosan termites. You'd be surprised at how strategic NO really is. 1.- The Huey P. Long Bridge is one of the major railroad bridges crossing the Mississippi; perhaps the most strategically significant. 2.- Blocking Head of Passes downriver could stifle shipping and commerce up and down the Mississippi for a long time. Recall that the NO-Baton Rouge corridor is the largest port in the world. 3.- There's a nuclear power plant very close by. 4.- Although only somewhat near, the LOOP facility is one of the major oil-offloading facilities servicing the US. NO is unfortunately a critical choke point. And so lackadaisial in attitude. I see very few local signs that its strategic significance is understood.