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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48160)	3/22/2005 2:39:58 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

THE ARNOLD REVOLUTION -The East Coast media has missed the full dimensions of the California governor's accomplishments and bold proposals. Together, they constitute one of the most astounding, imaginative and forward-thinking agendas in our recent history. Start with the War on Terror. While President Bush hunts the terrorists down and pressures nation-states to give up their sponsorship of terror gangs, Schwarzenegger is working to solve the problem of Islamic terrorism once and for all — by ending our dependence on foreign oil and stopping the worldwide economic and climatic distortions that global oil usage causes. He's doing it by providing aggressive state leadership to open the way for hydrogen fuel cell cars. While President Bush speaks of the advent of these vehicles in the indefinite future, Gov. Schwarzenegger is bringing them to the here and now by converting gas stations along California's interstate highways to provide hydrogen fuel as well as gasoline. With financing projected to come one-third each from federal, state and private sources, California will offer hydrogen fuel every few miles in urban areas and at least every 20 miles along the highway system by 2010. Eventually, he and the leaders of Washington, Oregon, Baja California and British Columbia will work together to create a "hydrogen highway" that will run from B.C. (British Columbia) to B.C. (Baja California). The Schwarzenegger plan calls for state-subsidized production of hydrogen and for tax incentives for those who purchase hydrogen cars. Replacing gasoline engines with hydrogen-fuel cells would eliminate two-thirds of America's need for oil — a demand that we could meet entirely with domestically produced oil. Since California accounts for 20 percent of U.S. new-car purchases, the tail will wag the dog and a national hydrogen grid will become almost inevitable. nypost.com

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48160)	3/22/2005 5:20:51 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

"Bashar told him, 'Lahoud is me,"' Jumblatt recalled in an interview. "Bashar told Hariri: 'If you and Chirac want me out of Lebanon, I will break Lebanon."' From threats to bombs: Hariri's fate By Neil MacFarquhar The New York Times Hariri - wearing an expensive blue suit and a white shirt, his tie loosened - lumbered over mutely and flung himself onto one of a dozen white plastic chairs, his head lolling back and his arms dangling over the edges. . After a few moments, he leaned forward and described how the Syrian leader had threatened him, curtly ordering him to amend Lebanon's Constitution to give President Émile Lahoud, the man Syria used to block Hariri's every move, another three years in office. . "Bashar told him, 'Lahoud is me,"' Jumblatt recalled in an interview. "Bashar told Hariri: 'If you and Chirac want me out of Lebanon, I will break Lebanon."' He was referring to President Jacques Chirac of France. . In the month since Hariri was assassinated, members of Lebanon's anti-Syrian opposition have pointed to that encounter Aug. 26 in Damascus as fateful. . Although opposition leaders acknowledge that they lack firm evidence tying Syria or its Lebanese agents directly to Hariri's assassination, they link that day to his slaying Feb. 14. . "To tell you the truth, when I heard him telling us those words, I knew that it was his condemnation of death," Jumblatt said. iht.com .