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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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almarst2003 - 12:45am Mar 30, 2003 EST (# 10748 of 10762)

TO ALL THOSE KNIGHTS ON A WHITE HORSES GENEROUSLY SPREADING THE DEATH WITH A CHILD'S SMILE!

Right now, its not Saddam who suffers. Its millions of ordinary people - the entire nation - who are bombed into the second week.

HOW CAN'T ALL THE MORONS TO APPREHEND THE DEEPNESS OF THE WAR CRIME COMMITED RIGHT BEFORE THEIR OPEN EYES IF THE BOTHER WATCHING TV?

almarst2003 - 12:53am Mar 30, 2003 EST (# 10749 of 10762)

dccougar - 12:31am Mar 30, 2003 EST (# 10747 of 10748) - "Do you know how that feels, by the way?"

My Enflish undoubtfully makes it hardly possible to apprehend my thoughts. For some. I can understand. Sorry.

Now, back to your question - Feels what?

almarst2003 - 01:37am Mar 30, 2003 EST (# 10750 of 10762)

Anti-war anger around the globe - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2899827.stm

Some rummors say the "liberators" have the Nukes ready close to Iraq. I hope its just a propaganda war to frighten the population. I like to hope. But I am not sure Bush has any sence of reality left.

I watched the CNN claiming there are SOP in Bagdad on a mission to kill Saddam. For me, its a sign there very little of sense left in this Administration. Will they understand that in some times defeat is better then victory. They are out of their way (and obviously minds) to make a small durty dictator a GREAT HERO AND SYMBOL OF STRUGGLE OF ARAB NATION AGAINST NEW CRUSADERS.

almarst2003 - 01:55am Mar 30, 2003 EST (# 10751 of 10762)

U.S. Media Applaud Bombing of Iraqi TV - http://www.fair.org/activism/iraqi-tv.html

Any comments?

almarst2003 - 01:59am Mar 30, 2003 EST (# 10752 of 10762)

Michael Moore says his next film will examine the alleged 'murky relationship' between former President George Bush senior and the Saudi family of Osama bin Laden. - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/international/story/0,6903,925548,00.html

A LONG OVERDUE!

almarst2003 - 02:06am Mar 30, 2003 EST (# 10753 of 10762)

ANGELS OF "LIBERTY"! READ!

While we were looking at the crater, a man took us by the arm and led us through the dirt streets of the poor Shia neighbourhood, Al Shula. Inside a small, bare livingroom with two old wooden benches, a coffin lay covered by a blanket. The man took off the covering, opened the pine box and pulled a striped green blanket off a small body. The 12-year-old boy stared blankly, his arm folded awkwardly under him.

Mohammed Abdul Karim Hamid Al Kinari was out buying tea at the market around the corner when the missile hit. As stood in the living room, his mother Tisar reached into the coffin, grabbing hold of Mohammed and began calling him back from the dead. 'My baby, you are my only son,' she said as relatives pull her off the corpse. 'My baby, my son, my son.' When they closed the coffin, Tisar beat the coffin with her fists and wailed, pulling her hair.

Down the street, Hassien lay in bed with bandages around his feet. He and his brothers had rented a bicycle from a friend for a few minutes joy-riding around the market when the bomb exploded. 'My friend Marwan was killed,' Hassien said, naked except for his pink shirt. 'I was on a bicycle - it's a Kino - we paid 100 dinar for a few minutes.'

Hussein Khalife Ali's three brothers watched the missile explode from across the market but none of them were hurt. These are some of Baghdad's poorest. As Hassien lay on the floor, one of his brother slept beside him. In the small family room, his father and uncle insisted visitors drink a glass of tea. The walls of of their home were cracked and fallen stucco had left large patterns.

Late into the night the families of Shula visited friends and relatives and carried their dead from the mosque to their homes. In almost every block, the sounds of sobbing came from houses as crowds waited outside.

http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,925664,00.html

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