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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
- 08:57pm Mar 31, 2003 EST (#
10848 of 10879)
LIBERATORS BECOME ANGRY. WHERE ARE THE PROMISED FLOWERS
AND CANDIES?
GIVE ME A CANDY ... OR GIVE ME A LIFE...
ACTUALLY, WHY NOT TO TAKE BOTH?
U.S. Marines killed 12 civilians trying to flee the city on
a bridge at Nasiriyah -- an incident that marks the beginning
of a new attitude among the troops. Times (U.K.) reporter Mark
Franchetti's eyewitness account traces the transformation of
young jittery soldiers into angry killers: "The Iraqis are
sick people and we are the chemotherapy," said Corporal Ryan
Dupre. "I am starting to hate this country. Wait till I get
hold of a friggin' Iraqi. No, I won't get hold of one. I'll
just kill him." -
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/2003/03/000547.html
almarst2003
- 08:59pm Mar 31, 2003 EST (#
10849 of 10879)
Blair, if not resigned, risks to end up in Haage.
He should have know what kind of a company he was "willing"
to join.
almarst2003
- 09:29pm Mar 31, 2003 EST (#
10850 of 10879)
Since their own lives aren't that important, U.S. soldiers
are being asked to pray for George Bush. The Australian
Broadcasting Corporation reports that thousands of marines
have been given a mini prayer book which includes a tear-out
section to be mailed to the White House pledging the soldier
to pray for Bush. It says, "I have committed to pray for you,
your family, your staff and our troops during this time of
uncertainty and tumult. May God's peace be your guide." - http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/2003/03/000534.html
BUSH SURELY NEEDS IT.
almarst2003
- 09:45pm Mar 31, 2003 EST (#
10851 of 10879)
FINALLY! WE HAVE SOMTHING DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS FORUM
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While the U.S. military finds itself bogged down on the
road to Baghdad, the real hitch in Bush administration's grand
vision for post-war Iraq may well be the man slated to take
charge of it – arms-dealer and former "Star Wars" guru
General Jay Garner. - The Man Who Would Be King of Iraq -
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15512
almarst2003
- 09:56pm Mar 31, 2003 EST (#
10852 of 10879)
Casualties of Truth - http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15507
Reports from FAIR document how truth has been one of the
major casualties of the media's unquestioning reliance on
government sources. On March 20, reporters from NBC, NPR, ABC
and other outlets reported as fact the military's assertion
that the Iraqis had used banned Scud missiles. However two
days later the Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that in fact no
Scud missiles had been fired. Similarly on March 23 various
media trumpeted the government's claim that a chemical weapons
factory had been found near the town of Najaf, though a day
later that claim was totally debunked.
With increasing Iraqi civilian casualties and military
setbacks, however, the press is slowly being forced to admit
that things aren't all rosy.
"The recent reverses the U.S. has suffered have made some
of the coverage better than it might otherwise have been,"
noted Mark Crispin Miller. "Over the last couple of days
they've had to admit that the spin we're getting from
people like Rumsfeld is just false."
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