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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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lchic
- 07:27am Apr 9, 2002 EST (#1213
of 1228)
You should be in Israel, Moroccan king tells Powell
The
US secretary of state, Colin Powell, was yesterday publicly rebuked
by the Moroccan leader, King Mohammed VI, for his week-long delay in
going to Israel. http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,681192,00.html
... He arrived in Morocco yesterday on the first leg of his peace
mission, and will visit Spain and Egypt before going on to Israel.
... Anger among Arab nations at Israel and the US continued to grow
yesterday over Israel's refusal to withdraw. And nor did the US show
much sign of trying to bring Israel into line. Mr Powell said he was
not considering cutting back on the $2.7bn (£1.9bn) in aid the US
gives to Israel annually or to withhold military supplies.
What do USA tax payers think about their money being squandered
by Israel on weapons. They have 3 nuke subs!
lchic
- 08:22am Apr 9, 2002 EST (#1214
of 1228)
A tower of smoke uncoiled high above the rooftops of
Bethlehem yesterday, testimony to a fire burning by the church
marking the place of Christ's birth.
Witnesses said the fire burnt for an hour, destroying precious
altar cloths and furniture before the Israeli army allowed efforts
to put it out. Palestinian officials said Israeli troops started
it with a smoke grenade. A spokesman for the Franciscans, who run
St Catherine's, said equipment from the Israeli army was found
inside the compound, suggesting the fire was part of an attempt to
flush out the occupants.
Residents say that at night, the army has been letting off
sound grenades, coupled with loudspeaker demands for those inside
the church to leave. "Last night the Israeli army used ladders and
threw grenades on the church," the governor of Bethlehem, Mohammed
al-Madani told The Independent. Speaking by telephone from inside
the basilica he said: "They burnt a priest's room. The situation
is very dangerous. Israel should withdraw from Bethlehem and the
young men will go."
The Israeli army's spokes-man admitted that its forces used
smoke grenades
lchic
- 10:32am Apr 9, 2002 EST (#1215
of 1228)
The economic cost of war in the Middle East
ANALYSIS
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=13&id=380162002
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=13
http://www.thepaperboy.com/welcome.html
Brigadier General Ephraim Eitam, the new head of the National
Religious Party, views himself as having a divine responsibility to
lead the Jewish people towards "redemption". http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=380942002
ME http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articlelist.asp?catkey=773920&daysactive=365
lchic
- 10:54am Apr 9, 2002 EST (#1216
of 1228)
Reports of the destruction and suffering in Palestine border
towns .... wanton destruction of people, infrastructure, homes ....
people will be angry !
Raises the question is WalkerBush a strong or a weak leader?
Does he have foresight or hindsight?
King Canute couldn't stop the waves, Bush can't stop Sharon -
except the king knew his limitations!
mazza9
- 04:48pm Apr 9, 2002 EST (#1217
of 1228)
Louis Mazza
Yeah. I agree with lchic. If only those nasty jews would march in
lockstep into the Mediterrianean and drown, then those pleasant
suicide bombers could find another target for their extremism.
{dripping with sarcasm, for those of you who have no heart!}
LouMazza
lchic
- 08:28pm Apr 9, 2002 EST (#1218
of 1228)
Someone get's checked and then rewarded for, probably years of,
HARD work!
Known as Poincaré's Conjecture , the mystery centres on a
guess about the properties of multi-dimensional space made in 1904
by the great French mathematician Henri Poincaré.
Since then, Poincaré's guess has been proved correct for every
dimension of space but one: the three-dimensional space we
inhabit. Now Martin Dunwoody of Southampton University believes he
has found a way of polishing off this final gap in the proof.
His strategy is now being checked
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