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To: NothingMan
I would have guessed a sonic boom if not for the smoke . . .

I heard a sonic boom once in Lucern....fascinating. This sounded more "solid" like dropping a garbage truck off of a 4 story building. Anyway, no one seems worried about it. I called the non-emergency police # this morning and the gum-chewing dispatcher, who sounded not a day over 12 years old, said she hadn't even heard about it. My neighbors and I are mystified. A tranformer or something, maybe? Who knows.

You're clear on the Israeli issue, at least to me. Anyone accusing you of being a shill for anyone, hasn't seen your posts. ;-)

Eschatology? Hang on, checking dictionary: "A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment. " Ok, back to your post

And when the dust settles, the pieces may finally fall into place for the true and lasting peace all seek.

From your typing fingers to God's ears...

We are winning. And they know it.

How does this play out if they wait until just prior to the election to hit us? It's conceivable (shudder) that Kerry could win the election. Then what? I see Kerry throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

4,200 posted on 06/10/2004 1:34:38 PM PDT by Velveeta ("Do what's right......because it's right." President Ronald Reagan)
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To: Velveeta; All

Here is a tidbit from Mutter's:



North Korea Threatens 'Merciless Blows' if Seoul Violates Sea Border


Steve Herman
Tokyo
09 Jun 2004, 11:58 UTC



North Korea is warning of new clashes at sea, accusing South Korean naval vessels of violating their disputed maritime border. The charge comes just days after the two Koreas agreed on measures to prevent maritime disputes.

Communist North Korea says the South is engaging in reckless actions by deploying naval ships, patrol boats and helicopters along their common but disputed border in the Yellow Sea.

The official Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang Wednesday quotes the North Korean military command as saying if Seoul continues such acts, it will be forced to deliver what it called "merciless blows."

The report accuses South Korea of deploying the vessels as a pretext to tighten control over fishing boats and inspections.

It adds that the security and firing exercises of the South Korean Navy are "seriously getting on the nerves" of North Korean seamen.

The two Koreas, in what was heralded as a significant breakthrough, last week agreed on measures to reduce border tensions. Those pledges include sharing radio frequencies and other forms of communication to reduce the chances of confrontation.

Naval boats from both sides engaged in deadly clashes in 1999 and 2002 during the fishing season.

Regional analyst Robert Broadfoot, the head of Political and Economic Risk Consultancy in Hong Kong, says North Korea's latest rhetoric is nothing surprising.

"Talks are something that have been on and off for years and years," he said. "It's like spinning wheels. So to make any conclusions because North Korea makes some accusations after a set of talks, no one's going to lose any sleep over that."


Last Friday, Seoul said two North Korean patrol boats briefly crossed the disputed Yellow Sea border, just hours after the inter-Korean agreement.

The two Koreas technically remain at war since their 1953 armistice. The North does not recognize the de facto sea border - drawn up by the U.S.-led United Nations forces at the end of the Korean War. Pyongyang wants the sea frontier redrawn farther south.
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www.voanews.com/article.c...%20Pacific

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Just a thought on NK. If they were dealing with chem/bio tipped missiles, I would be willing to bet that Syria and Iran also have those tips, as well as the nuclear ones.






4,203 posted on 06/10/2004 1:40:08 PM PDT by jerseygirl
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