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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 - 09:03am Sep 15, 2002 EST (# 4322 of 4329)

Iraq - Debate

http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/transcript_1145.asp
http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/article_1145.asp
http://www.abc.net.au/am/s676258.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/am/s676257.htm

lchic - 10:22am Sep 15, 2002 EST (# 4323 of 4329)

THE HALLELUJAH KIDS
(BBC Wales, UK)

Preacher Man Mike Walters travels the USA mid-West Bible Belt with his two boys Shaun (19) and Jake (10) 'selling' their hot-gospelling brand of circus-tent Christian evangelism. Along the way we look into the dark heart of Bible Belt devotion and its human cost.

John Parker Editor/awardWinning (bbcWales) Everyman documentary programme - The Hallelujah Kids

A kid of ten is ordained as a preacher ... his brother was also a 'young' preacher

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Sheds light on the polarised thinking of young kids - and their use/abuse(?) by parent.

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Offers insights that can be compared against abuse and polarisation of 'other kids' in 'other countries'.

Shows the need for the USA to have and enforce standards!

lchic - 10:26am Sep 15, 2002 EST (# 4324 of 4329)

Iraq's arsenal
http://www.economist.com/world/africa/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1329830

lchic - 08:09pm Sep 15, 2002 EST (# 4325 of 4329)

How to think of Iraq

A country made up of the competing needs and demands of 20 million individuals bullied and dominated by the power of ONE.

How to think of America

A country made up of ......

lchic - 08:22pm Sep 15, 2002 EST (# 4326 of 4329)

Give USA Infants a quizz on Missile Defense - how would they go ?

Put Sesame Street and Missile Defense into a browser ...

"" There are a lot of absurd things about the current situation, including the bizarre and hilarious appearance of Bert, a Sesame Street puppet, on pro-bin Laden posters in Bangladesh (three cheers for Dada cultural imperialism).

http://www.spectatoronline.com/2001-10-17/notebook_metrocolumn.html

MD is a MIND-game .... has to be, when Missiles just can't be used!

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