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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 - 10:29pm May 21, 2003 EST (# 11856 of 11881)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Russia France Germany -- get on board with Bush re future development of Iraq

US no longer regarded as an autistic superpower

UN involved

US has defined responsibilities

lchic - 12:22am May 22, 2003 EST (# 11857 of 11881)
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Ro_tten you've spammed that previously!

lchic - 12:26am May 22, 2003 EST (# 11858 of 11881)
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Iraqi folks are non too happy with the US army ... who 'march' into their bedrooms just before daylight!

lchic - 12:29am May 22, 2003 EST (# 11859 of 11881)
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'' Indonesian forces were yesterday accused of massacring civilians during a raid against separatist guerillas in Aceh province on Monday. The 18 killings, which included the reported shooting at point-blank range of two 12-year-old boys, happened during dawn raids in four villages in Bireuen district, villagers alleged.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/indonesia/Story/0,2763,960904,00.html

lchic - 08:40am May 22, 2003 EST (# 11860 of 11881)
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.... the leader of the opposition in Zimbabwe was currently on trial for treason based on English law.

Mr Robertson was opposing an attempt by the attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, to halt the newspaper's challenge to the 1848 Treason Felony Act, which makes it a criminal offence, punishable by life imprisonment, to advocate abolition of the monarchy in print, even by peaceful means.

Lord Goldsmith is appealing to the House of Lords against a ruling by three appeal court judges last year that the paper should be allowed to argue its case in the high court for a reinterpretation of the Treason Felony Act in the light of human rights law. Though last used in 1883, the act remains on the statute book.

The Guardian's challenge to the act followed the launch of its campaign in 2000 for the establishment of a republic by peaceful means in the UK.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/monarchy/story/0,2763,961095,00.html

rshow55 - 09:56am May 22, 2003 EST (# 11861 of 11881)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

I care about lchic's postings - they're very good.

Lchic (in older postings, lunarchick) makes postings that very often predate articles in the NYT and other media. She's a leader. Also one of the first rate minds around.

Few people anywhere condense and summarize as well as she - or see so many good connections.

Yesterday I made some postings - from 11846-11850 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.64dYapV0b3D.1332202@.f28e622/13460 that ought to matter to people who are proud to read (or write in) the New York Times. I appreciated lchic's excellent following question:

lchic - 08:25pm May 21, 2003 EST (# 11851

Showalter - when Casey said 'come in throught the NYT ... did he give you a picture of the 'back door' or 'the front' .. if the latter does it have a brass knocker with a komodo dragon on it?

Casey and I had a very high opinion of the New York Times - and didn't expect some problems that have happened.

11623 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.64dYapV0b3D.1332202@.f28e622/13231

- - I want to think carefully, and answer Lchic's question well.

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