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To: Ilaine who wrote (86295)	11/15/2004 2:03:48 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 793759

Terror attack foiled in the UK: news.yahoo.com LONDON - Police and intelligence agencies have prevented international terrorists from striking Britain by disrupting their planned attacks, but the danger isn't over and the need to stay vigilant remains, top security officials said Sunday. "Al-Qaida and the international network is seen to be, and will be demonstrated through the courts over months to come, to be actually on our doorstep and threatening our lives," Home Secretary David Blunkett told British Broadcasting Corp. TV. He was referring to several terror suspects expected to go on trial in the coming year. "They may be found not guilty. But our security and policing services have been securing our well-being over the last few years," said Blunkett, who is in charge of law enforcement. Earlier Sunday, Metropolitan Police Commissioner John Stevens said London's police have "thwarted a number of attacks." "There's a large number of people going through the courts," he told BBC TV. "We can't talk about the details of that, which is slightly frustrating. "But we have had considerable successes and that's been the result of working extremely hard with the intelligence services." Discussing the cases of alleged terrorists in detail could compromise any future trial, Stevens has said previously. Five days after the March 11 train bombings in Madrid, Stevens said a terrorist attack in Britain was "inevitable." On Sunday, he said the terrorist threat remained "real." "When I said attacks were inevitable, during that period of time there was an attack taking place on London. But we are there to ensure that that attack does not take place, and thank God up to date we have been successful," he said. He didn't give details of the planned attack. However, in late March police arrested six men and seized 1,300 pounds of potential bomb-making fertilizer. The men have been charged with conspiring to cause an explosion and their trial is tentatively set for September 2005. Stevens said cooperation between European countries on combating terrorism had improved "massively" in the last nine months

To: Ilaine who wrote (86295)	11/15/2004 2:20:25 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793759

Oh, I see. I thought you were talking about substance, not grammar. Grammar? If there's a grammar issue, it's not mine. It is obvious that what is intended is to replace social security, at least in part. They're talking about individuals diverting some of their FICA tax moneys into private retirement accounts which would provide a substitute source of retirement income. The word, replacement, is an apt word to describe that. Like, duh. How can anyone make that into an issue?