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To: goldsnow who wrote (9456)	5/21/1999 6:27:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Finally, an excellent point from you!! Certainly the US is not going to just dole out its wealth without a few stipulations on how it is spent. Since many nations remain poor as a result of extensive corruption in their business sector and government, their "ability" to participate in the global economy is hampered by their internal issues. Re-distribution of wealth for the purpose of encouraging development in emerging and undeveloped economies will remain the major obstacle to world government. Before there is world gov't there has to be a relatively level playing field among economies. That's one of the reasons the IMF is selling gold to repay the debt of these poor countries while for the US to continue to keep their trade policies open even though we are suffering a tremendous trade deficit. Regards, Ron

To: goldsnow who wrote (9456)	5/21/1999 8:28:00 PM
From: truedog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

to:goldsnow from:truedog Goldie...Just what do you mean by"re-distribution of income"? It sounds like you mean take from those who earn it and give it to those who won't. I'm all for caring for those who absolutely cannot work,and I am refering to real handicaps,not those who contrived by so many to stay on welfare. I would appreciate your explantion because if the above is true,you are a communist. truedog

To: goldsnow who wrote (9456)	5/22/1999 6:33:00 AM
From: JBL	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

NATO Won't Release Korisa Evidence By Steven Pearlstein Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, May 21, 1999; Page A26 BRUSSELS, May 20—When NATO precision-guided bombs killed scores of ethnic Albanians in the Kosovo town of Korisa, alliance spokesmen blamed the deaths on Yugoslav authorities, claiming they had used the refugees as "human shields" by forcing them to spend the night next to a military command post and artillery bunker. But a week after the embarrassing mishap, NATO's military command today announced that it would not release surveillance photographs and summaries of intercepted radio transmissions to back up its claim that the site was a "legitimate military target." "Everything that's going to be released on that has been released," said Capt. Steven Warren, a spokesman for Gen. Wesley K. Clark, NATO's top military commander. Yugoslavia said 87 refugees were killed, making the attack the costliest NATO assault of the war in civilian casualties. The victims were part of a group of several hundred refugees who had been hiding in the Kosovo hills for 10 days. After the bombing, several group members said they had been directed by Serb police to spend the night at an agricultural cooperative. Contrary to the assertion of military spokesmen here and at the Pentagon, however, the refugees said they saw no signs that the compound was being used as a local military or police command center. Nor did they report seeing any of the artillery pieces located in bunkers that NATO claimed were destroyed in the attack. A Washington Post reporter who visited the scene and talked to survivors a day after the attack also reported seeing no evidence of recent military presence or pieces of bombed military equipment. NATO spokesmen have suggested Serbian forces removed military evidence from the scene before Western reporters arrived.