US Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites), right, meets Saeed Hussein Al-Sadr, a senior Iraqi Shiite cleric before private talks in Baghdad Sunday Sept. 14, 2003. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
Posted on 09/14/2003 8:17:06 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
US Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites), right, meets Saeed Hussein Al-Sadr, a senior Iraqi Shiite cleric before private talks in Baghdad Sunday Sept. 14, 2003. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
Anti-government demonstrators chant 'Down with President Jean-Bertrand Aristide!' as they wait to participate in an anti-government march in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. The march drew thousands of opposition supporters who protested President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government and clashed with a counter-demonstration in Haiti's second largest city. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
Anti-government demonstrators carry a man who was hit by a rock thrown by pro-government demonstrators during a march which demanded the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. The march drew thousands of opposition supporters who protested President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government and clashed with a counter-demonstration in Haiti's second largest city. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
Japanese Trade Minister Takeo Hiranuma, left, listens as Yoshiyuki Kamei, Japanese Agriculture Minister, speaks at a press conference following the World Trade Organization (news - web sites) meeting in Cancun, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003 after WTO talks collapsed. The talks, designed to change the face of farming around the world, collapsed Sunday amid differences between rich and poor nations, the second failure for the World Trade Organization in four years.(AP Photo/Laura Rauch)
Students gather around a burning tire during a demonstration supporting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) in the Rafah Refugee Camp, southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) greats thousands of supporters who packed into his compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah Sunday Sept. 14, 2003. 'Killing (Arafat) is also one of the options' open to the army after last week's decision by Israel's security Cabinet to 'remove' Arafat, Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Israel Radio Sunday. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Palestinian women carry AK-47 rifles during a demonstration supporting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) at the Palestinian refugee camp of Rashidiyeh near the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. Some 5,000 Palestinians living in the Rashidiyeh refugee camp demonstrated Sunday in solidarity with Arafat. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Palestinian schoolboys demonstrate in support of their leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) (portrait) in the Rafah refuge camp in the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites).(AFP/Said Khatib)
A Palestinian gunman from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade waves his gun on a roof overlooking hundreds of demonstrators marching in support of Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) in the West Bank city of Nablus.(AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
Palestinian youths throw stones at Israeli soldiers guarding the Kfar Darom Jewish settlement near Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip (news - web sites).(AFP/Hrvoje Polan)
Thousands of Palestinians who packed into Yasser Arafat (news - web sites)'s compound to support him, dance as a band plays traditional music in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. Israel's vice prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said Sunday that killing Yasser Arafat is an option being considered following a decision to 'remove' the Palestinian leader. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) fixes his headphones while listening to a question in Arabic during a press conference in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad September 14, 2003. Powell rejected a senior Israeli official's suggestion of killing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) and said it would cause the region to erupt in rage. Photo by Chris Helgren/Reuters
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) (R) flanked by Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (L) opens the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office September 14, 2003. Israel's vice premier said on Sunday killing Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) was an option in its threat to 'remove' him as an obstacle to peace. 'Killing (him) is definitely one of the options,' Ehud Olmert, a mainstream member of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's cabinet, told Israel Radio. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) opens the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office September 14, 2003. Israel's vice premier said on Sunday killing Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) was an option in its threat to 'remove' him as an obstacle to peace. 'Killing (him) is definitely one of the options,' Ehud Olmert, a mainstream member of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's cabinet, told Israel Radio. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) opens the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office September 14, 2003. Israel's vice premier said on Sunday killing Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) was an option in its threat to 'remove' him as an obstacle to peace. 'Killing (him) is definitely one of the options,' Ehud Olmert, a mainstream member of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's cabinet, told Israel Radio. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) opens the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office September 14, 2003. Israel's vice premier said on Sunday killing Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) was an option in its threat to 'remove' him as an obstacle to peace. 'Killing (him) is definitely one of the options,' Ehud Olmert, a mainstream member of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's cabinet, told Israel Radio. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) laughs with his Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the start of his weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office, in Jerusalem, Aug. 10, 2003. Olmert told Israeli radio on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003, that killing Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) is an option open to Israel following a decision to remove the Palestinian leader. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites), right, listens to Vice Premier Ehud Olmert during a convention of his conservative Likud party in Jerusalem June 8, 2003. Olmert told Israeli radio on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003, that killing Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) is an option open to Israel following a decision to 'remove' the Palestinian leader. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A boy leaps over a burning tire as he holds a poster of Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) during a demonstration of students supporting the Palestinian leader in the Rafah Refugee Camp, southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites), right, lifts a child in the air while hundreds are gathered to support him outside his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Saturday Sept. 13, 2003 in this photo made available from the Palestinian Authority (news - web sites). On the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Oslo peace accords, Arafat urged Israel to return to peace talks, days after an Israeli cabinet decision threatened to send him into exile. (AP Photo/Palestinian Authority, Hussein Hussein, HO)
Palestinian employees of Kuwait-based Al-Arabiya satellite television channel carry destroyed equipment after masked armed men burst into the studios smashing equipment, before fleeing Saturday Sept. 13, 2003 in Ramallah. The men said they were from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, loosely linked to Yasser Arafat (news - web sites)'s Fatah (news - web sites) faction, but gave no reason for the attack. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)
A young boy carries an automatic rifle that was put around his neck at a pro-Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) rally in Gaza City, Saturday Sept. 13, 2003. Hundreds of people including gunmen took to the streets to support the Palestinian leader. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
A boy rides on a car bearing a poster of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) at a rally in Gaza City, Saturday Sept. 13, 2003. Hundreds of people including gunmen took to the streets to support the Palestinian leader. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
President Clinton (news - web sites) presides over ceremonies marking the signing of the 1993 peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians on the White House lawn with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (news - web sites), left, and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat (news - web sites), right, in this Sept. 13, 1993 file photo. On the 10th anniversary of an ambitious peace accord whose goals were never achieved, Arafat on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003, urged Israel to return to peace talks _ days after Israeli leaders threatened to send him into exile inresponse to Palestinian suicide bombings.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) is pictured during a meeting with a delegation of Israeli peace activists in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Saturday Sept. 13, 2003. On the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Oslo peace accords, Arafat on Saturday urged Israel to return to peace talks, days after Israeli leaders threatened to send him into exile. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)
Two Orthodox Jews talk under Israeli flags at the plaza of the Western Wall, Judaisms's holiest site, in east Jerusalem's Old City Friday Sept. 12, 2003. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) speaks at a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)
U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) waves after returning to the White House, September 14, 2003. The president and first lady spent the weekend at the Camp David retreat in Maryland. REUTERS/Mannie Garcia
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) waves as he exits Marine One helicopter with his pet dog Spot, after returning to the White House from Camp David, September 14, 2003. With Bush's poll numbers dropping, many of his fellow Republicans are uneasy about the state of the U.S. economy, rising budget deficits, and the U.S. military operation in Iraq (news - web sites). Photo by Mannie Garcia/Reuters
Former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) (L) shakes hands with Democratic California Governor Gray Davis after speaking against the California recall election and in support of Davis during a service at the First AME Church in Los Angeles, September 14, 2003. Davis faces a recall election October 7. (Pool via Reuters)
Former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) (L) speaks against the California recall and in support of Democratic California Governor Gray Davis (R) at a service at the First AME Church in Los Angeles, September 14, 2003. Davis faces a recall election October 7. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) waves as he exits Marine One helicopter with his pet dog Spot, after returning to the White House from Camp David, September 14, 2003. With Bush's poll numbers dropping, many of his fellow Republicans are uneasy about the state of the U.S. economy, rising budget deficits, and the U.S. military operation in Iraq (news - web sites). (Mannie Garcia/Reuters)
Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) speaks on NBC's 'Meet the Press' September 14, 2003 in Washington, DC. Cheney said he opposes a freeze on the tax cut for the top 1 percent of Americans, even for just one year to help fund the U.S. war in Iraq (news - web sites). (Alex Wong/Meet The Press via Reuters)
Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) makes a point on NBC's 'Meet the Press' September 14, 2003 in Washington, DC. Cheney dismissed suggestions the United States could not afford the mounting costs of the war in Iraq (news - web sites) but conceded the full price tag or duration of the operation was unknown. (Alex Wong/Meet The Press via Reuters)
California Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites) (R) and Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante appear on the podium before delegates at the California Democratic Party Convention in Los Angeles, September 13, 2003. Hundreds of Democrats meeting in Los Angeles agreed unanimously to back Davis in the recall, calling on Californians to vote no on the question of whether he should be booted from office only 10 months into his second term. (Jim Ruymen/Reuters)
William H. Gates Sr., left, smiles while sitting next to his son, Bill, Microsoft co-founder and chairman, during the dedication and grand opening of the William H. Gates Hall, new home of the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Oxfam relief workers wearing fiberglass heads of G-8 world leaders 'see and hear no evil' near the Word Trade Organization meeting in Cancun Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. Groups like Oxfam accuse of rich nations of turning a deaf ear to the demands of poorer countries to stop subsidizing their farmers so foreign nations can compete. From left to right, Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, Jacques Chirac of France, and George W. Bush of the U.S. (AP Photo/Jaime Puebla)
Former U.S. President George Bush, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) laugh while walking around Putin's residence in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 14 , 2003. Former U.S. President George Bush, on a private visit to Russia less than two weeks ahead of his son's summit with Vladimir Putin, arrived Sunday in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi and was greeted warmly at the airport by the Russian leader. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service)
From right: former U.S. President George Bush, Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites), his wife Lyudmila Putin and Barbara Bush walk around Putin's residence in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Sunday, Sept. 14 , 2003, with the Putin's' Labrador, Conie. Former U.S. President George Bush, on a private visit to Russia less than two weeks ahead of his son's summit with Vladimir Putin, arrived Sunday in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi and was greeted warmly at the airport by the Russian leader. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service)
The expected path of Hurricane Isabel is shown as predicted by NOAA at 11 a.m., EDT on September 14, 2003. (Reuters Graphic)
This image captured using a 4D scanner suggests that unborn babies exhibit facial expressions as a reflex in preparation for birth, obstetrician Professor Stuart Campbell said in London, Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Create Healthcare who released this image Friday, claim that recent advances in ultrasound scanning have shown that babies smile, cry and blink inside the womb. (AP Photo/Create Healthcare/PA)
Albino gorilla 'Copito de Nieve' (Snow Flake) the only one known in the world, sits inside his cage in Barcelona zoo, September 14, 2003. Copito de Nieve was diagnosed as having skin cancer and vets think he has only two or three months to live. REUTERS/Albert Gea
This graphic released by the University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center shows the predicted path of Hurricane Isabel (Red indicator-C) currently in swirling in the Atlantic. Isabel is still several days from land and is moving toward the East Coast of the US packing 160-mph winds, making it a dangerous Category 5 hurricane.(AFP-UWSSEC)
Tennis star Serena Williams (news - web sites) and her Yetunde Price sister pose with the award Serena won for best female athlete at the 11th annual ESPY Awards, in this July 16, 2003 photo in Los Angeles. Yetunde Price, 31, an older sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams was shot to death shortly after midnight Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003, in the Los Angeles suburb of Compton following a confrontation with some residents, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Butler said. (AP Photo/Jerome T. Nakagawa)
NGO Oxfam aid group activists wearing fiberglass heads of the G8 world leaders (L to R) George W. Bush of the US, Jean Chretien of Canada, Jacques Chirac of France, Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, and German Gerhard Schroeder, swim in a pool outside of the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancun.(AFP/Luis Acosta)
US Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites), left, looks on as L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. civilian administrator for Iraq (news - web sites), greets with a kiss Saeed Hussein Al-Sadr, a senior Iraqi Shiite cleric before private talks in Baghdad, Iraq Sunday Sept. 14, 2003. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) YECK!!!!!
Twin beams of light form the 'Tribute in Light' at the World Trade Center site on the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003 in New York. The photograph was made from the Empire State Building. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey)
Former Miss Universe (news - web sites) Priyanka Chopra poses for a portrait during the shooting of Bollywood crime thriller "Plan" in Bombay.(AFP/File/Sebastian D'Souza)
Members of the British non-governmental organization Oxfam lampoon leaders of the G8 countries, from left to right, (Gerhard Schroeder of Germany, Jean Chretien of Canada, Jacques Chirac of France, Tony Blair (news - web sites) of Great Britain, Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, and George Bush of the USA) during an event held on the sidelines of the World Trade Organization (news - web sites) meeting in Cancun, September 14, 2003. Oxfam is trying to illustrate the G8's failure to listen to voices urging them to rewrite the rules of international trade. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate
First they postponed their wedding and now a magazine is reporting that Jennifer Lopez (news) and Ben Affleck (news) have split up - at least temporarily. The People magazine Web site, http://people.aol.com, quoted unidentified sources as saying Affleck decided he wanted out of the relationship, but it was not certain if the break-up will be permanent. The couple had planned to marry on Sept. 14, 2003, near Santa Barbara, Calif., but called it off because they didn't like the media frenzy that was developing. The couple is shown in a Feb. 9 photo. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld prepares to be interviewed on CBS's 'Face the Nation' in Washington Sunday, Sept 14, 2003. Regarding the White House request that Congress approve $87 billion for military and reconstruction activities both in Iraq (news - web sites) and in Afghanistan (news - web sites), Rumsfeld said Sunday that consultations are under way with lawmakers, and how long the $87 billion will last has not been determined. (AP Photo/CBS, Karin Cooper)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gives a thumbs-up sign to journalists gathered outside the CBS studio in Washington Sunday, Sept 14, 2003, after being interviewed on 'Face the Nation'. Regarding the White House request that Congress approve $87 billion for military and reconstruction activities both in Iraq (news - web sites) and in Afghanistan (news - web sites), Rumsfeld said Sunday that consultations are under way with lawmakers, and how long the $87 billion will last has not been determined. (AP Photo/CBS, Karin Cooper)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaks to journalists gathered outside the CBS studio in Washington Sunday, Sept 14, 2003, after being interviewed on 'Face the Nation'. Regarding the White House request that Congress approve $87 billion for military and reconstruction activities both in Iraq (news - web sites) and in Afghanistan (news - web sites), Rumsfeld said Sunday that consultations are under way with lawmakers, and how long the $87 billion will last has not been determined. (AP Photo/CBS, Karin Cooper)
Donald Rumsfeld gestures before a news interview at the 2003 World Championships of Freestyle Wrestling Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003 at New York's Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
American soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Sept. 15, 2003, go over the fence at a suspected Saddam loyalist houses during a raid in the early hours of the morning. Five men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons and money were found during the raid. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
An American soldier from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Sept. 15, 2003, stands guard over a suspected Saddam loyalist during a raid in the early hours of the morning. Five men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons and money were found during the raid. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
American soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Sept. 15, 2003, search for weapons at a suspected Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) loyalist houses during a raid in the early hours of the morning. Five men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons and money were found during the raid. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Two American soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Sept. 15, 2003, question two suspected Saddam loyalist during a raid in the early hours of the morning. Five men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons and money were found during the raid. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
American soldier Cpt. Boyd, right, commander of C company from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Sept. 15, 2003, gives directions to an unidentified Iraqi translator during a raid at a suspected Saddam Huseein loyalist houses. Five men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons and money were found during the raid. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
U.S. Army Ssg Stephen Tofanea of the 101st Airborne Division guards coniscated arms during a raid in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. Two persons were arrested during the raid. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
U.S. Army soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division search a house during a raid in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. Two persons were arrested during the raid. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
U.S. Army Sgt Christopher Baldwin of the 101st Airborne Division holds confiscated AK47 as others search a house during a raid in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. Two persons were arrested during the raid. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
U.S. Army soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division guard a street during a raid in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. Two persons were arrested during the raid. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
U.S. Army soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division guard two Iraqi men arrested during a raid in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
U.S. Army Spc Temothy Lima of the 101st Airborne Division searchs a house during a raid in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. Two persons were arrested during the raid. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
U.S. Army soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division search a house during a raid in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. Two persons were arrested during the raid. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
U.S. Army soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division ready to break into a house during a raid in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. Two persons were arrested during the raid. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
U.S. Army soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division guard a house during a raid in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. Two persons were arrested during the raid. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
US Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites), right, puts on his interpretation headset next to L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. civilian administrator for Iraq (news - web sites), during a news conference in baghdad Sunday Sept. 14, 2003. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Taiwan's first female Vice President Annette Lu discusses political projects during an interview with The Associated Press on Sept. 10, 2003, at the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan. Lu spruced up the room with a massive self portrait nearly seven feet tall, right, that shows her dressed in white high heels, a red skirt and a bright orange blouse, seated in a beautiful flower garden. The picture is an unusual choice in a society that highly values modesty and discourages self promotion. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
US Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites), right, takes a question next to L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. civilian administrator for Iraq (news - web sites), during a press conference in baghdad Sunday Sept. 14, 2003 Powell arrived for his first visit since the U.S.-led ouster of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and said he was encouraged by progress toward self-rule. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
United States Army troops investigate the scene of a fatal blast as a destroyed Humvee vehicle is towed away near the restive central Iraq (news - web sites) town of Fallujah September 14, 2003. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) confronted the cost of the U.S.-led occupation head-on when he flew into Iraq on Sunday just an hour after a bomb attack killed another U.S. soldier. REUTERS/Akram Saleh
A US soldier from the 720 Military Police battalion checks through a window during a raid on a village near the Jabal Hambin ridge, 30 kilometers north-east of Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. The dawn raid which yielded 7 arrests, was launched to catch known highway thieves and car jackers was a joint operation between the Iraqi and U.S. military police. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
A US soldier from the 720 Military Police battalion kicks in a door during a raid on a village near the Jabal Hambin ridge, 30 kilometers north-east of Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. The dawn raid which yielded 7 arrests, was launched to catch known highway thieves and car jackers was a joint operation between the Iraqi and U.S. military police. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
US soldiers Master Sgt. Generali, left, Sgt. Laws right, from the 720 Military Police battalion and an Iraqi police officer all look at a of a photo of a suspect during a raid on a village near the Jabal Hambin ridge, 30 kilometers north-east of Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. The dawn raid which yielded 7 arrests, was launched to catch known highway thieves and car jackers was a joint operation between the Iraqi and U.S. military police (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Sgt Laws from the 720 Military Police battalion finds weapons hidden under blankets during a raid on a village near the Jabal Hambin ridge, 30 kilometers north-east of Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. The dawn raid which yielded 7 arrests, was launched to catch known highway thieves and car jackers was a joint operation between the Iraqi and U.S. military police (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
US soldiers from the 720 Military Police battalion look over a village near the Jabal Hambin ridge, 30 kilometers north-east of Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003, after a dawn raid with the Iraqi police. The dawn raid which yielded 7 arrests, was launched to catch known highway thieves and car jackers was a joint operation between the Iraqi and U.S. military police . (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Two Iraqi police officers stand guard during a raid on a village near the Jabal Hambin ridge, 30 kilometers north-east of Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. The dawn raid which yielded 7 arrests, was launched to catch known highway thieves and car jackers was a joint operation between the Iraqi and U.S. military police. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
A US soldier center, from the 720 Military Police battalion places weapons on the ground for the Iraqi police to inspect during a raid on a village near the Jabal Hambin ridge, 30 kilometers north-east of Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. The dawn raid which yielded 7 arrests, was launched to catch known highway thieves and car jackers was a joint operation between the Iraqi and U.S. military police. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
US soldiers from the 720 Military Police battalion after a raid on a village near the Jabal Hambin ridge, 30 kilometers north-east of Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. The dawn raid which yielded 7 arrests, was launched to catch known highway thieves and car jackers was a joint operation between the Iraqi and U.S. military police. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
A book serialised in a London newspaper claims that Foreign Secretary Jack Straw advised Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) against sending Britain to war in Iraq (news - web sites).(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is said to have advised the prime minister against committing British troops to the Iraq (news - web sites) war effort.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)
U.S. Army's 101st Airborne division officers, soldiers with Iraqi police officers patrol an outdoor market in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
An American soldier from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Sept. 15, 2003, stands guard over a suspected Saddam loyalist during a raid in the early hours of the morning. Five men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons and money were found during the raid. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
American soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, Sept. 15, 2003, go over the fence at a suspected Saddam loyalist houses during a raid in the early hours of the morning. Five men were taken into custody and a large cache of weapons and money were found during the raid. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
"I was in Vietnam you know?"
"I ought to be in a mental institution you know?"
US Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) makes a point as he speaks on NBC's 'Meet the Press' during a taping at the NBC studios in Washington, DC.(AFP-Getty Images/Alex Wong)
President Bush says.....
"I think I'll beat all these goobers!"
NY POST.com: "NYPD BLUE SAFETY SNAFU" by Murray Weiss (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A dozen high-tech, blank NYPD security identification cards used to gain access to the nerve center of Police Headquarters have been missing for months, The Post has learned. Four of the missing cards were found on the sidewalk near Ground Zero by a person attending Thursday's somber 9/11 ceremonies. The civilian handed them over to an auxiliary transit cop around 9:30 p.m., and that officer turned them in to police brass, sources said. An NYPD police spokesman acknowledged that a "small amount" was missing from a shipment of 20 boxes each containing 500 sequentially numbered blank security cards.") (September 14, 2003) (Read More...)
NIPC.gov - NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY CENTER (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY) - Information Bulletin: "POTENTIAL TERRORIST USE OF OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION, UNIFORMS, OR VEHICLES" (July 22, 2003) (Read More...)
SUN-SENTINEL.com - South Florida's Latest News: "BOMB FOUND IN BREVARD POSTAL BOX" by Pamela J. Johnson (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A pipe bomb powerful enough to kill someone was discovered inside a post office drop box in Brevard County on Thursday, and similar suspicious packages were found at a business several hours later.") (September 12, 2003) (Read More...)
The cycle of violence continues. Arafat must go.
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Army Sgt. Osvaldo Ortiz sleeps next to the transfer case and gear of his fallen friend aboard a C-17 Globemaster III bound for Dover Air Force Base, Del. Ortiz is accompanying the remains to the base and eventually back to the fallen soldier's home in Puerto Rico. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Rimar)
Maybe Hillary can get to the bottom of this.
Great pictures of Pres. Bush. Doubt we will see them elsewhere.
Also, another Arafat-the-Egyptian-murderer DEAD ZONE moment
as the murderous coward uses human child shields.
Arafat would absolutely HATE this (as would Jon Lovitz) but I think Lovitz could easily "play" a younger Arafat. 
Yeah, that's the ticket!
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