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To: RetiredNow who wrote (219331)	2/15/2005 9:03:13 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574851

mindmeld, your sparing partners are hung up on the Newsweek article on Sistani I posted recently........ Message 21022261

To: RetiredNow who wrote (219331)	2/15/2005 10:10:56 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574851

re: looks like I was right. You are always right, until you change your mind. A strong candidate to replace Allawi is Dr. Ibrahim Jaafari, a Shiite who is virtually unknown in the United States but ranks as one of the most popular figures in Iraq. Head of the Dawa Party, Iraq's oldest Shiite party, he was among the first exiled leaders to return to Iraq after the 2003 invasion and has since reached out to Sunnis and other minorities. Jaafari is backed by Iraq's most popular leader, the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. On the downside, as far as the White House is concerned, he spent part of his exile years in Iran and is said by detractors to retain shadowy ties to that country. Were Jaafari to become prime minister, some fear Iraq could tilt toward Iran at a time when U.S.-Iranian relations are even worse than usual because of Iran's purported development of nuclear weapons. pqasb.pqarchiver.com It's funny how selective you are in your confidence. John

To: RetiredNow who wrote (219331)	2/16/2005 1:14:36 AM
From: SilentZ	Respond to of 1574851

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To: RetiredNow who wrote (219331)	2/16/2005 11:42:05 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574851

Social Security funding hard under pay-go-Greenspan Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:13 AM ET WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday that he has always supported fully funding Security Security, but that was difficult under current financing rules. "We've had in recent years some slowing down in population growth, but a remarkable increase in life expectancy after age 65. That's created a very major problem for (the) pay-as-you-go system," he told the Senate Banking Committee. yahoo.reuters.com