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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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fredmoore - 08:08am Jun 23, 2003 EST (# 12637 of 12690)

If truth were not subtle

all people, woman, man and beast

would'st take honours ere exams they sit

and Einstein was the least.

FM234

lchic - 09:11am Jun 23, 2003 EST (# 12638 of 12690)
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He was used as a propaganda tool.

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Helen Caldicott was speaking tonight regarding the end of the nuclear madness.

She thought the answer was/is EDUCATION

Once people know and understand they'll make the right choice - that's a NO to Nukes and TAKE THE WEAPONs DOWN!

The Nukes are pointing at 100 cities ... the slightest mistake ... their release .... and bingo NUCLEAR WINTER ... Darkness and earth freezes over .... the end of life.

Helen's web site

http://www.noradiation.org/caldicott/

New Book:

THE NEW NUCLEAR DANGER, GEORGE BUSH'S MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

http://www.noradiation.org/caldicott/

Nuclear Terrorism Solutions for the 21st Century Commentary: Today's Important Issues www.nuclearpolicy.org

lchic - 09:18am Jun 23, 2003 EST (# 12639 of 12690)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/default.htmGaza Strip.

Palestinian civilians live under constant threat of Israeli military attacks. Israeli settlers live in fear of suicide bombs.

Now it is not only Palestinians and Israelis who are dying. In recent weeks westerners have come under attack from the Israeli army.

In this report for Britain's Channel 4, reporter Sandra Jordan and producer Rodrigo Vasquez face gunfire and tear gas within hours of arriving at a memorial service for Rachel Corrie, the peace activist crushed by an army bulldozer two days before.

That sets the scene for the next five weeks during which they also document the grievous wounding of British peace activist Tom Hurndall, the death of award winning cameraman James Miller, shot as he filmed Israeli troops bulldozing Palestinian homes, and the killing and maiming of civilian residents of Gaza.

The Dispatches team reveal what life is really like in a war zone. They capture the aftermath of an Israeli missile attack that assassinates a leader of the deadly Hamas group. Children playing in the street nearby are killed or have limbs blown off.

They film the impact of an attack in which Israeli troops fire shells that explode in mid air above densely populated areas and spray thousands of razor sharp darts in a wide arc. The team also encounters sniper fire from Israeli watchtowers, and endures tank shelling alongside a class of cowering schoolchildren.

lchic - 09:27am Jun 23, 2003 EST (# 12640 of 12690)
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Truth-LIES UK 'downplaying evidence ... "

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,2763,983117,00.html

The sacked environment minister, Michael Meacher, heaped embarrassment on Tony Blair yesterday when accused the UK government of downplaying evidence that genetically modified crops could present a health hazard and of refusing to hold a debate.

In an article in the Independent on Sunday, he describes many of the tests carried out on GM crops as "scientifically vacuous" and notes that government-sponsored research that proved negative was "widely rubbished in government circles".

lchic - 05:28pm Jun 23, 2003 EST (# 12641 of 12690)
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dynamite | A seized ship carrying 680 tonnes of dynamite was destined for a company with a post office box in Sudan that did not exist

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,983517,00.html The ship was carrying ammonia dynamite, an explosive widely used in mining, as well as 8,000 detonators and fuses.

"It should have reported that it was sailing with an atomic bomb cargo," Reuters quoted Mr Anomeritis as saying, referring to the quantity of explosives on board.

"And according to the rule it should have reported its cargo 24 hours earlier."

The Comoros flag is considered a flag of convenience, enabling shipping companies to avoid tax and other regulations. The Baltic Sky was owned by a Marshall Islands-registered company named Alpha Shipping

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