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To: Road Walker who wrote (213451)	12/15/2004 7:10:31 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576159

re: War funding request may hit $100 billion That will bring it to what? ~$300B total? We're getting there.......and its only year two. Imagine what the total will be by year 5 or year 10. And the jack asses want me to spend my tax dollars to send their jack ass kids to some jack ass private school, 'cause the public schools I support just are not good enough for their jack ass kids. Tell 'em to " uck off", OK? You know if you tell them to "uck off", they will just start whining. They always do! And then they'll complain about the use of swear words! <g> ted

To: Road Walker who wrote (213451)	12/15/2004 9:10:39 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576159

Iraqi insurgents changing tactics effectively U.S. military sees attacks increasing in frequency, complexity By Jim Miklaszewski Correspondent NBC News Updated: 7:47 p.m. ET Dec. 15, 2004A bomb blast Wednesday at the gate of one of Shiite Muslims’ most holy shrines in Karbala, Iraq, killed eight Iraqis and wounded 32 more. It was an apparent assassination attempt by Sunni insurgents against a senior Shiite cleric. The attack comes exactly one month after U.S. military officials claimed their assault on Fallujah had broken the back of the insurgency. But Wednesday, U.S. military officials conceded that, far from broken, the insurgents are actually getting better at devising new, more efficient methods of killing. "A very, very sophisticated enemy — an enemy that does not have a conscience," says Maj. Gen. Stephen Speakes, deputy commander for operations of the Third Infantry Division. Their most lethal weapons are still suicide car bombs or IEDs — improvised explosive devices — planted in the road. But the bombs are now much bigger, and the insurgents are constantly changing triggering devices to thwart any U.S. countermeasures. "They may use doorbells today to blow things up," says Lt. Gen. Lance Smith, deputy commander of U.S. Central Command. "They may have remote controls from toys tomorrow. And as we adapt, they adapt." continued...................... msnbc.msn.com