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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 - 01:53pm May 7, 2003 EST (# 11489 of 11500)
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Ro_tten go play elsewhere.

lchic - 01:55pm May 7, 2003 EST (# 11490 of 11500)
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Sydney Morning Herald - Tape

""Talib al Shar'aa, a law professor at Baghdad University, told the Herald:

"We are not experts. We have known many many similar voices to Saddam Hussein to appear in the past few years, and similar faces as well.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,950872,00.html

jorian319 - 02:00pm May 7, 2003 EST (# 11491 of 11500)

Lchic,

You should write notes to those "sponsors" of Ro_tten's website and let them know how they tarnish themselves by association. I'm sure that once they start threatening to stop supporting Ro_tten, he'll be playing elsewhere in a hurry.

lchic - 02:01pm May 7, 2003 EST (# 11492 of 11500)
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Iraq has it's bottom fifty carded, whereas Germany, who has known her bottom fifty, is looking for it's top ten greats of all time,

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,947148,00.html

lchic - 02:03pm May 7, 2003 EST (# 11493 of 11500)
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Ro_tten is a 'thread terrorist' ... isn't there a department that deals with it?

lchic - 02:05pm May 7, 2003 EST (# 11494 of 11500)
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America on line? .... not any more for Ted Turner!

How's his 'anti-nuke' effort going?

lchic - 02:17pm May 7, 2003 EST (# 11495 of 11500)
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Rummy congratulated the Iraqi's as they enjoyed their new found freedom, looting public buildings in Iraqi cities.

The 'looting' mindset now includes stealing water pumps --- preventing clean water reaching needy people.

Cholera -- Transmission

Cholera is spread by contaminated water and food. Sudden large outbreaks are usually caused by a contaminated water supply.

Cholera -- Treatment

When cholera occurs in an unprepared community, case-fatality rates may be as high as 50% -- usually because there are no facilities for treatment, or because treatment is given too late.

Epidemic Control and Preventive Measures

When cholera appears in a community it is essential to ensure three things: hygienic disposal of human faeces, an adequate supply of safe drinking water, and good food hygiene.

http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact107.html

http://www.who.int/en/ - WHO propose to JUMP START - iraq

lchic - 02:26pm May 7, 2003 EST (# 11496 of 11500)
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SARS and Cholera don't figure here as yet

http://www.who.int/gb/

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