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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 - 01:44pm Oct 12, 2002 EST (# 4828 of 4842)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

SPUTNIK | 45 years on

http://www.silverdalen.se/stamps/bild/roumania/ro57_sput1.jpg
http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/dl/Sputnik/Sputnikdocuments.html

PUTIN | 2 years on

"" A popular joke captures the crux of the problem well. "Can you recommend a cost-effective way to protect fruit and vegetables from birds?" a reader asks the advice column of a newspaper’s gardening pages. "A life-size portrait of Vladimir Putin is really value for money," the columnist replies. "If you display the portrait prominently in your plot, the birds will certainly leave your produce alone. Some of them may even bring back last year’s harvest." The president (and former chief spy) may well appreciate the joke. Doubtless he does not mind being seen as a fearsome protector whose image frightens away bandits, mafiosi and profiteers. The problem is that without the backing of a free civil society, his autocratic management will not be enough to save Russia.

http://www.worldlink.co.uk/discuss/msgReader$1157?mode=topic
http://www.einnews.com/russia/

lchic - 09:37pm Oct 12, 2002 EST (# 4829 of 4842)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Triangulated Axis of Evil is now an ARC of EVIL

The arc curves around the Globe --- Gee Bushie Boy you're doing a grand job!

The NYT take on one bomb - should read 2 bombs, in 2 'facing' main street night clubs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/13/international/asia/13INDO.html

Police hunting for suspects in Bali blasts (10/13/2002 2:45:38 AM)
Bali blast toll reaches 60, more bodies buried under rubble (10/13/2002 1:58:08 AM)
12 dead, 120 wounded in Bali blasts (10/13/2002 1:18:13 AM)
Three dead, 100 hurt in blasts on Indonesia's Bali (10/13/2002 12:54:26 AM)
http://www.thejakartapost.com/headlines.asp
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20021013.@02&irec=1

Aussie's comment on Bali hospital -
"Get them home - I wouldn't put my dog in there"

lchic - 09:43pm Oct 12, 2002 EST (# 4830 of 4842)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Bali

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2002/10/item20021013061449_1.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/

"" US embassy in Jakarta had recently issued warnings of possible attacks by Islamic militants linked to al-Qaeda.

Australia's foreign minister said he was "almost certain" that it was terrorist attack.

"It's hard to believe there could be any other explanation for it."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia-pacific/2323293.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/?ok

lchic - 09:44pm Oct 12, 2002 EST (# 4831 of 4842)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

C A S T R O ~~~~ Barbara WALTERS

http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/article_1159.asp

lchic - 09:56pm Oct 12, 2002 EST (# 4832 of 4842)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

http://www.observer.co.uk/international/

http://www.observer.co.uk/

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Belafonte / Powell
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/12/1034222635504.html see also

mazza9 - 10:35pm Oct 12, 2002 EST (# 4833 of 4842)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

Condolences to our allies who suffered at the hands of the terroists.

No Truth or Justice in Bali!

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