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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (703578)	9/23/2005 12:50:09 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

HCA subpoenaed over Senate leader's stock news.yahoo.com Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed hospital operator HCA Inc. in connection with sales of stock held by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, the company said on Friday. Frist, a Republican from Tennessee, has come under fire in news reports about the sale of his stock in the company, which his father and brother helped to found, shortly before the company warned that earnings would miss expectations. The company said it is cooperating with the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York's request to produce documents. HCA and other hospital operators have been hurt by high levels of unpaid patient bills and lackluster admissions. Copyright © 2005 Reuters Limited.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (703578)	9/23/2005 12:51:10 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769670

guardian is nothing more than a left wing rag catering to you KofiKoolaid drinkers.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (703578)	9/23/2005 3:18:18 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Saudi says Iraq falling apart. Could that be a good thing for American interests, pitting Sunni and Shiite extremists against one another, ultimately discrediting BOTH sets of extremist fundamentalists and forcing the evolution of religious pluralism and moderation in the Middle East? Would the breakup of Iraq into it's constituent parts be any worse for the US then trying to hold together an unwieldy and unnatural confederation? Wouldn't getting US forces out of the target sights of the warring parties be a good thing? The fact that the Saudis seem to thing the trajectory towards a civil war would HURT SAUDI INTERESTS argues that that might be exactly the best thing for the US.... ================================================== Iraq Faces Disintegration, Saudi Says Friday, September 23, 2005; A18 washingtonpost.com Saudi Arabia warned yesterday that the situation in Iraq is moving "toward disintegration," with a growing danger that the country will dissolve into a civil war that will draw its neighbors into a broader regional conflict. During a visit to Washington, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Faisal told reporters that his government has also warned the Bush administration of the dangers of Iraq's unraveling because of tensions between rival ethnic and religious groups, which he said were never as bad during former President Saddam Hussein's rule as they are today. "The impression is gradually going toward disintegration. There seems to be no dynamic now that is pulling the country together. All the dynamics there are pushing the [Iraqi] people away from each other," Faisal said. As a result, Iraq is now a "very threatening" challenge undermining stability throughout the Middle East. "It will draw the countries of the region into conflict. That is the main worry of all the neighbors of Iraq," he said. Faisal warned that Iraq's further disintegration would also bring Shiite-dominated Iran more directly into support for Iraq's Shiite majority, while Turkey would "not allow" a Kurdish country to emerge on its border. It would also divide Iraq into three parts, all of which would vie for control of the oil resources. -- Robin Wright © 2005 The Washington Post Company