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To: tejek who wrote (215223)	1/17/2005 2:37:01 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574499

Every time you turn around something new and worse is happening over there. Vatican Says Archbishop Kidnapped in Iraq VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Catholic archbishop of the Iraqi city of Mosul was kidnapped Monday in what the Vatican (news - web sites) called an "act of terrorism." Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls told Reuters the Holy See had received news of the kidnapping of Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa in Mosul. The spokesman demanded his immediate release but gave no details of the abduction. "We have received news of the kidnapping of the ... Archbishop of Mosul, Basile Georges Casmoussa," Navarro-Valls said. "The Holy See deplores this act of terrorism in the firmest manner and demands that the worthy pastor is swiftly freed unharmed to continue to carry out his ministry," the spokesman said. According to the Vatican yearbook, Casmoussa was born in Qaraqosh, Iraq (news - web sites).

To: tejek who wrote (215223)	1/17/2005 7:34:52 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574499

Yes, it is scary as hell how wars know no bounds. That is why wars should always be the last resort. However, if you decide to wage one, then you have to wage it to win. To win, we need to make it clear that we may lose in the Middle East, but the people in power today will lose their power as well. That is the only language these type of power hungry people understand. Saddam may gloat that we're losing in Iraq, but he will never again hold power. If we make the same threat to Bashar Assad and to Khomenie, they might take us seriously. They will only take us seriously after we have flouted their sovereignty and attacked them inside their own countries, just as they are flouting Iraq's sovereignty and supporting the insurgency within it.