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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 - 09:12pm Apr 2, 2003 EST (# 10971 of 10982)

War crimes: The Evidence - http://english.pravda.ru/world/2003/04/03/45502.html

Iraqi Foreign Ministry provides Pravda.Ru with evidence of war crimes committed by US/UK coalition forces. Numerous cases of the destruction of non-military targets by US/UK military forces inside Iraq and outside the auspices of the UNO have been cited by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, passed to Pravda.Ru through its Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal.

USA and UK lied to UNO - http://english.pravda.ru/usa/2003/04/03/45501.html

Falsification of documents to add to war crimes and murder The list of crimes committed by the United States of America and the United Kingdom does not cease to grow. Before the criminal attack against Iraq, a sovereign nation and member of the UNO, in which war crimes and murder are being committed on a daily basis, these two countries had desperately tried to create a causus belli where none existed.

jorian319 - 09:14pm Apr 2, 2003 EST (# 10972 of 10982)

Iraq, a sovereign nation and member of the UNO, in which war crimes and murder are being committed on a daily basis...

Well, you got that much right.

jorian319 - 09:55pm Apr 2, 2003 EST (# 10973 of 10982)

CNN reports "more Iraqi civilians killed by their own regime in the last 12 days than by coalition". Also, more evidence today of blatant breaches of UN 1441. Also, more atrocities by those nice Iraqi army gentlemen. Coalition troops within a virtual stone's throw of Bhagdad...

The best news, (for alarmst) Saddam's "spokesman" reliably informs us that "victory is at hand" for Iraq. Alarmst should be reeeeal pleased about that, since he believes anything they tell him.

lchic - 12:03am Apr 3, 2003 EST (# 10974 of 10982)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

This so called 'war' has pushed 'sport' off the front page for far too long .... will it never end?

lchic - 12:06am Apr 3, 2003 EST (# 10975 of 10982)
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Rummy --- Crumbs from thee Poet's Table

http://slate.msn.com/id/2081042/

lchic - 12:10am Apr 3, 2003 EST (# 10976 of 10982)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Opera

Conflict in the Gulf has only made things worse.

"What seems particularly potent is this fundamentalist, Old Testament rhetoric that is coming out of America and has been coming out of it in spades since Bush became president," she says.

The opera was written by the young Danish composer Poul Ruders

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/interviews/story.jsp?story=393020

lchic - 12:17am Apr 3, 2003 EST (# 10977 of 10982)
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Headers

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/

Fisk

http://www.independent.co.uk/search/search.jsp?keywords=Robert%20Fisk

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardian/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/0,6957,,00.html

"" Even critics of the war in Iraq have had to admit they're impressed by the British officers fighting it. Articulate, reflective and apparently decent, they exude authority and sang-froid. But, goodness, aren't they posh. Blake Morrison on the curious appeal of the 'tofficers'.

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