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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 - 07:38am May 14, 2003 EST (# 11642 of 11661)
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the scholars in Saudi have 'uncommon' sense

were common sense to prevail

then the country would start to move forward

lchic - 07:49am May 14, 2003 EST (# 11643 of 11661)
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"" This century is marked by unparalleled human cruelty, mass violence, ethnopolitical conflict, and genocide. Government genocidal policies alone have resulted in over 210 million deaths - 80 percent of these are civilian deaths (170 million); nearly four times the number of individuals killed in combat during international/domestic wars during this same time period. These statistics do not include human rights violations and severely underestimate the additional toll on human life from physical and psychological scarring. ...

http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/monitoring/torturehandbook.html

http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/monitoring/torturehandbook.html

... contains documentation and background material relating to torture, torture prevention and treatment of torture survivors

http://www.irct.org/Publications/Torture_journal.htm

The Nazi primer;official handbook for schooling the Hitler youth. Fritz Brennecke

http://www.powells.com/subsection/CrimePrisonsandPrisoners.2.html

http://www.powells.com/subsection/CrimePunishment.html

lchic - 08:00am May 14, 2003 EST (# 11644 of 11661)
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Truth LIES deaths & Stakeknife

"" the case is sure to fuel calls for a wide-reaching public inquiry, and perhaps some sort of truth commission into all the goings-on in the security forces' so-called "dirty war" against terrorists.

Ministry of Defence nervousness that Stakeknife was about to be exposed has been growing for months.

Although Scotland Yard refused to comment on the weekend disclosures, a source close to the Stevens investigation said Sir John had been examining the extent of Stakeknife's activity since he discovered hundreds of army documents, including notes from the spy's handlers, a few months ago.

He will be irritated that his careful approach has been pre-empted by publicity.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,953960,00.html

Comment: American money funded the 'terrorist' IRA ... but that was OK!

lchic - 04:21pm May 14, 2003 EST (# 11645 of 11661)
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Iraq

It seems the local populous are busy cleaning out the torturers .... so says British_Tommy soldier (bbc report) kept busy restoring functioning of oil, water, banks and hospitals in Southern Iraq.

meantimes ... over in Moscow

Powell didn't have his way with Putin

"Russia is opposed to a resolution that affords such wide-reaching powers and also says that UN inspectors must be sent back into Iraq to verify that there are no weapons of mass destruction in the country."

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http://www.moscowtimes.ru/

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A new statue of Peter the Great has been erected in Moscow.

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lchic - 04:24pm May 14, 2003 EST (# 11646 of 11661)
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Russia desires to regain presence in Iraq

RosBusinessConsulting. Wednesday, May. 14, 2003, 7:02 PM Moscow Time

Russia will make efforts to reestablish its oil contracts in Iraq and "implement debt obligations", Russian Energy Minister Igor Yusufov declared at a news conference in Moscow. He noted that "Russia is going to increase its presence in Iraq". Speaking about world oil prices the minister admitted that the most suitable price corridor for both producers and consumers was between $24 and $25 per barrel. At the same time he stressed that Russia was not satisfied with gas prices from $100 to $110 for every 1,000 cubic meters of Russian gas exports to Europe. "This is due to the fact that gas is sold to ultimate consumers in Europe at prices 3 or 4 time higher", the minister specified.

http://www.moscowtimes.ru/

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