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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 - 08:23am Oct 13, 2002 EST (# 4838 of 4842)
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Bali Gu Talk | http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?50@@.3ba75da2/0

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One thing is certain. The biggest losers in a terrorist campaign on Bali will be the Balinese. The island derives a significant amount of its income from tourism, and bombing tourists will rapidly reduce that income to nil. ""

www.dfat.gov.au

lchic - 09:23am Oct 13, 2002 EST (# 4839 of 4842)
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Al_Q's economic theory would be interesting to see ... seems to be based on the UN Report re Arab Nations ... the race to be bottom of the pile.

Oil's spoilt little rich boys have
worldwide

Sent up the cost of :

Insurance
Freight & airPort security
Fuel

Increased resources to health provision - physical treatment, and,
psychological needs
Destroyed the economy of Bali (Indonesia)

JI(Jemaah Islamiyah), al-Qaeda's Indonesian branch office of terror

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/13/1034222674616.html

Al_Q's economic theory is RED & doubly underlined

lchic - 09:32am Oct 13, 2002 EST (# 4840 of 4842)
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Nuclear Cooperation and Safeguards Agreement between Australia and Argentina http://www.dfat.gov.au/security/ncs_agreement_aus_arg.html

lchic - 09:46am Oct 13, 2002 EST (# 4841 of 4842)
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Energy conservation

Becoming less dependent on oil can happen - it requires an energy assessment.

How can energy be 'saved'

Use less
Use renewable
remove systems that unnecessarily burn up the earth.

lchic - 10:15am Oct 13, 2002 EST (# 4842 of 4842)
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|> will delete Showalter

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