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almarst2002 - 12:05am May 29, 2003 EST (# 12146 of 12151)

The family of a Spanish television cameraman killed when a US tank opened fire on the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad during the Iraq war has asked a Madrid court to extradite and bring war crimes charges against three American soldiers. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/dailybriefing/story/0,12965,966005,00.html

lchic - 12:35am May 29, 2003 EST (# 12147 of 12151)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Arab map

http://www.arabbay.com/arabmap.htm

Yemen

http://www.war-news.com/news030.shtml

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A documentary film in Yemen showed that the 'person in the street' is 'for the terrorism' that the advanced_world is trying to supress ... let's have a rundown on the global economics of terrorism :

Share prices in travel and accommodation - DOWN

Services that promote human potential - DOWN .. spending to 'security'

Time taken to go from 'A to B' - UP decreasing efficiency

The gap between the Advanced and Retarded worlds - WIDENED

Intra-Cultural

• empathy - DOWN
• fear and suspiscion - UP

Raises the question

Why is the anti-advancement perspective so joyfully embraced by the person in the street in Yemen?

lchic - 12:40am May 29, 2003 EST (# 12148 of 12151)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Saddam - everyone will agree - was a tyrant and needed taking down.

The Westphalia stance is outdated.

International law has to be revised so that people within countries (that are rotten to the core) can appeal to an International Standard.

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A question to ask is

Why is it so important for muslim clerics to have 'complete' power over the people ....
• does their religion FALL OVER if people are allowed the free will to THINK

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