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To: jackjc who wrote (58354)	4/17/2006 2:39:38 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 110194

One sabotaged ship deliberately sunk in a critical spot would do it. arlingtoncemetery.net The sinking of the battleship USS Maine in Havana harbor on 15 February 1898 was the seminal event leading to the Spanish-American War. Although the cause of the explosion (whether a Spanish torpedo or an internal mechanical malfunction) has never been definitively determined, the event enraged American public opinion, and on 19 April Congress declared war on Spain. The Spanish forces were defeated with relative ease, and the United States eventually acquired Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines as colonies. Now why are you dredging up history? I thought we were talking about the present. hehe