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To: bentway who wrote (313807)	12/4/2006 10:10:45 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1585075

Annan: Average Iraqi's life is worse now Mon Dec 4, 6:29 AM ET LONDON - The level of violence in Iraq is "much worse" than that of Lebanon's civil war, outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in an interview aired Monday. Speaking to the British Broadcasting Corp., Annan agreed that the average Iraqi's life is worse now than it was under Saddam Hussein and called the situation in the country "extremely dangerous." "Given the level of violence, the level of killing and bitterness and the way that forces are arranged against each other, a few years ago, when we had the strife in Lebanon and other places, we called that a civil war; this is much worse," Annan said. Last week, when asked by reporters whether the fighting in Iraq could be considered a civil war, Annan said "almost." "I think given the developments on the ground, unless something is done drastically and urgently to arrest the deteriorating situation, we could be there. In fact we are almost there," he said last week. In the BBC interview, Annan agreed when it was suggested that some Iraqis believe life is worse now than it was under Saddam Hussein's regime. "I think they are right in the sense of the average Iraqi's life," Annan said. "If I were an average Iraqi obviously I would make the same comparison, that they had a dictator who was brutal but they had their streets, they could go out, their kids could go to school and come back home without a mother or father worrying, 'Am I going to see my child again?' "And the Iraqi government has not been able to bring the violence under control. The society needs security and a secure environment for it to get on — without security not much can be done — not recovery or reconstruction." He urged the international community to help rebuild the country, saying he was not sure Iraq could do it on its own. Annan's term as secretary-general ends Dec. 31.

To: bentway who wrote (313807)	12/4/2006 12:00:14 PM
From: Taro	Respond to of 1585075

When you drive 50 in heavy fog, drivers behind you follow your tail lights feel you are too slow, catch up with you in a jiffy and pass - only to step on the brakes when discovering they can't see squat! Sounds familiar? Taro

To: bentway who wrote (313807)	12/7/2006 4:06:04 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1585075

I had just come back to Oceanside from LA on my motorcycle on the 5 one night, where I had just driven through some of the heaviest fog I had ever experienced. I literally could just see about 20 ft ahead of me. Some drivers were STILL driving 70 mph, so I took to riding on the far left edge of the shoulder until I got home. Its the same with an LA cloudburst rainstorm........the water will be coming down in sheets.....visibility would be 10-20 ft. and these buttholes will come by doing 60-75 MPH. I never got what it was...a death wish, sheer stupidity, lack of experience, what? I flipped on the 10 o'clock news, and there was a breaking report of a huge pileup on the 5 right where I had just been! The next day the total came in, and it was 105 vehicles, piling into each other one after the other in the fog. Truth: the teenagers up here drive more defensively and safer than the adults in LA.