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To: TobagoJack who wrote (3660)	1/20/2006 11:47:29 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218005

Innovation and R&D. TJ that's the result when a country starts doing R&D. It's dual use. There are so much to build on top, that we need just a small R&D effort to get things implemented. Most is SW. It is not a big subterranean lab anymore, Is guys behid workstauons and super-computers. The US has been always wary of this. During the cold war technology was strongly protected because originated from the military establishment. Cold war ending opened up the Pandora Box.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (3660)	1/20/2006 11:50:56 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218005

Latest Bin Laden's tape was planted!! Bin Laden's Truce Rejected as U.S. Sees Al-Qaeda `On the Run' Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government rejected a purported offer by Osama bin Laden for a truce, saying leaders of his al-Qaeda terrorist network are ``on the run.'' ``We do not negotiate with terrorists,'' White House spokesman Scott McClellan said yesterday at a briefing in Washington. ``The al-Qaeda leaders and the terrorists are on the run. They're under a lot of pressure.'' The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency identified the voice speaking on an audiotape aired yesterday by the Qatar-based al- Jazeera television channel as that of bin Laden. The speaker warned of more al-Qaeda attacks against the U.S. Bin Laden was last heard in a December 2004 audiotape. He is thought to be in hiding in the tribal region of northwestern Pakistan after fleeing from the U.S.-led war on terrorism in neighboring Afghanistan in 2001. A U.S. missile strike a week ago on a village in the region may have killed three al-Qaeda leaders, the Associated Press cited unidentified Pakistani security officials as saying earlier this week. ``Al-Qaeda is not the same organization that it was when it attacked us on Sept. 11,'' McClellan said. ``But it is still a determined and lethal enemy. It is still an enemy that wants to inflict harm on the American people.'' Good Reminder The tape is a reminder of the continuing threat of terrorism and may prompt the U.S. to raise its terrorism alert, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said in an interview yesterday on CNBC. ``It's a good reminder for everybody that there is a serious threat out there,'' Cheney said. ``A lot of people have let down their guard and relaxed.'' The government is still analyzing the tape to ``see what it means,'' Cheney said. The U.S. Homeland Security Department isn't considering raising the threat level from the current ``elevated'' alert status, the mid-point on a five-tier scale, spokeswoman Michelle Petrovich said yesterday. Al-Jazeera aired several segments of the tape, which was addressed to ``the American people.'' The broadcaster didn't say how it obtained the tape or when and where the recording was made. In the audiotape, bin Laden offers a ``long-term truce'' linked to the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and Afghanistan. ``We are preparing new strikes,'' bin Laden said. ``You will see them sooner rather than later, as Iraq isn't the only battleground, as you have seen with other recent attacks in European territory.'' Missile Strike Those examining the recording consider it was probably made in December, a government counterterrorism official who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said yesterday. The U.S. government hasn't given any details of the missile strike on the village of Damadola, which Pakistani intelligence officials said was an attempt to target Ayman al-Zawahiri, the number two leader of al-Qaeda. Al-Zawahiri wasn't in the village when the attack took place, AP cited unidentified Pakistani intelligence officials as saying Jan. 15. Four or five non-Pakistani terrorists were killed in the incident. Their bodies were taken away by their companions, the AP report said, citing the officials. Those killed may include Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar, an al- Qaeda explosives expert with a $5 million bounty on his head, Abdul Rehman al-Maghribi, said to be al-Zawahiri's son-in-law, and Khalid Habib, the terrorist network's operations chief on the border with Afghanistan, AP cited the officials saying yesterday. Pakistan protested the attack and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz described the incident as ``very regrettable,'' The raid prompted anti-U.S. demonstrations in Karachi and other cities in the country. Pakistan Support President Pervez Musharraf has supported the U.S.-led war on terrorism with security forces arresting more than 600 suspected terrorists in Pakistan since 2001. Pakistan's army has been fighting insurgents linked to al-Qaeda and Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime in the tribal region since October 2003. Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for terrorist acts around the world, including the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the U.S. and the March 11, 2004, train bombings in Madrid. Bin Laden was last seen in a videotape aired in October 2004, just days before the U.S. presidential election. The al- Qaeda leader said for the first time that he planned the Sept. 11 attacks, and suggested the idea came to him when he saw the 1982 aerial bombardment of tall buildings in Beirut. To contact the reporters for this story: Paul Tighe in Sydney at ptighe@bloomberg.net; Jeff Bliss in Washington at jbliss@bloomberg.net. Last Updated: January 19, 2006 21:12 EST This tape was planted!!! It is not Bin Laden!

To: TobagoJack who wrote (3660)	1/20/2006 4:08:29 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 218005

<picture it, out of the silent night sky, enveloped within electromagnetic pulse mist, woosh, kaboom, and all ships gone, wherever they happen to be, at a few trinkets worth of cost, just like that ;0) followed by flowers on the streets, chanting folks happy to be liberated.> TJ, "All" ships gone would be a slight exaggeration. Anyway, even if "all" were gone, I doubt that all B52s would be gone too. Which could lead to something other than flowers on the streets and the chanting folks might be making different sounds than happy "liberated" singing, as the Japanese found when they tried "liberating" the USA and Asia. I don't believe in majority rule in the sense that you are using it. Slave drivers used to be in the majority. Taxation authorities are in the majority now. Of course I believe in tribe delineation by DNA. Mosquitoes, fleas, leeches, and other predators are the enemy. If that includes a particular DNA which makes the human carrier of it attack other people to steal their property, then that DNA needs to be eliminated too. Since adult humans are generally capable of and prefer to live in freely-trading voluntary association, it's obvious that that DNA is not an essential ingredient of being human so it's elimination wouldn't be a problem. If it exists, which I doubt. Mosquitoes have no choice but to bite and suck. Humans aren't mosquitoes. We do much better by co-operation in one big swirling gene pool. It used to be we did better in genocidal competition because that's how life was in the bad old days when women had 10 children and conquest was essential in hunter-gatherer overpopulated times to get resources and keep down numbers. You are medievil in outlook. The only liberation required to be done by China is liberation of people who are not on ships and living where your fantasy rockets are being made. Your concept of liberation is that of Adolf, who liberated various countries surrounding Germany, until too many people started to object to his freedom movement. We could have a global vote and see if 6 billion people are in favour of China "liberating" Taiwan. China could organize the referendum since they are keen on conducting the attack. That would be a LOT of fun. <you do not believe in tribe delineation, isn't that correct?> Correct in the usual geopolitical territorial alpha male dominance hierarchy found-wealth hunter gatherer kleptocratic genetic sense where Genghis fathers swarms of offspring to wreak havoc and slavery on all others. But incorrect in the human species tribal sense. I like the sexual selection/self-selection DNA filtering process within peaceful tribes who live by voluntary association and trade of value created. Tribe is a generic, amorphous word, prone to abuse and misuse. So is "majority rule". One can be for and against both, simultaneously, depending on the definitions. Just as one can have a trunk, while not having one, simultaneously. Elephants and trees and travellers all have trunks. Tribes are like trunks. Mqurice