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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
- 06:13am Sep 24, 2002 EST (#
4498 of 4505)
Saddam has "military plans" for chemical and biological
weapons - dossier http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=336177
F I S K
Prosecute Sharon for war crimes,
Israeli women say
24 September 2002
In an astonishing
letter to the Palestinian survivors of the 1982 Sabra and
Shatila camps massacres, nine Israeli wo-men's peace groups
have told Palestinians in Beirut that they support their
efforts to indict the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon,
for "war crimes'' committed against them almost exactly 20
years ago.
A Belgian court ruled earlier this year
that it could not indict Mr Sharon for the killings, but more
than 20 survivors of the massacre, whose lawyers include Mr
Mallat, are now appealing against this decision.
Up to 1,700 Palestinians were butchered in the massacre by
Lebanese militiamen allied to the Israelis. Israeli troops
surrounded the camps as the killings went on but were told by
their commanders not to interfere. Mr Sharon was Israeli
Minister of Defence at the time and was forced to resign after
the Israeli Kahan commission condemned him and several senior
Israeli officers for not preventing the slaughter.
http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=336097
Bush’s administration is attempting to garner support for a
tough new resolution threatening Mr Hussein with dire
consequences if he fails to comply. Meanwhile, if a renewed
stream of leaks from senior officials is to be believed, it is
making military preparations and plans for the day—presumably
not very far off—when diplomacy fails.
That day seemed to come even closer at the weekend, when,
following a meeting between
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lchic
- 09:36am Sep 24, 2002 EST (#
4499 of 4505)
Interesting how the 'dots' don't really play out until a
sense of 'fairness', a feeling of justice being enacted, an
attempt to set things right - for the record, has been played
through.
If the call to 'tidy-up Iraq' were to come from countries
of similar culture - then the polarised mindsets planning
retribution might refocus on the issues not the players.
lchic
- 09:53am Sep 24, 2002 EST (#
4500 of 4505)
Checking out the above-4499 using word tools one notes:
Flesch reading ease ~~ 49.4
Flesh-Kincaid ~~ grade
scale 12 Does this have significance?
The matter of importance read:
Refocus on the issues, not the players!
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Amusing myself in this deserted nuclear wasteland
Results for this post4500 are:
Flesch reading ease 62.8
Flesh-Kincaid grade scale 5.8
Suggesting communication with a wider readership - age ten
up. Let's hope this message gets home.
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