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<p>BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Interior Ministry dismissed as "stupid" a report in a local newspaper on Wednesday that said three nuclear missiles had been found near the town of Tikrit.</p> <p>A senior U.S. military official told reporters he had no information on the report in the newspaper al-Sabah. He said officials were checking the report.</p>

BAGHDAD, July 21 (UPI) -- Iraqi security reportedly discovered three missiles carrying nuclear heads concealed in a concrete trench northwest of Baghdad, official sources said Wednesday. The official daily al-Sabah quoted the sources as saying the missiles were discovered in trenches near the city of Tikrit, the hometown of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. "The three missiles were discovered by chance when the Iraqi security forces captured former Baath party official Khoder al-Douri who revealed during interrogation the location of the missiles saying they carried nuclear heads," the sources said. They pointed out that the missiles were actually discovered in...

*NATO LEADERS DON'T MENTION MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ STATEMENT *NATO ALLIES `UNITED' IN COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT UN EFFORTS *NATO LEADERS CALL ON IRAQ TO COMPLY `FULLY AND IMMEDIATELY' *NATO LEADERS PLEDGE `FULL SUPPORT' TO UN IRAQ RESOLUTION

10:48 *IRAQ ACCEPTS UN RESOLUTION ON INSPECTIONS, IRAQI ENVOY SAYS

*SECURITY COUNCIL VOTES 15-0 TO ADOPT U.S. RESOLUTION ON IRAQ

I have been a lurker for 5 years (only had a sign on for 2 years) and I do not post much so please bear with me. The election has me all worked up. It seems like the Republicans have/had a great chance to take back the Senate but the 4th quarter lead seems to be slipping away. Its like a bad movie script and I am the only one that can see the ending. I think MO, NH, GA,TN CO, AR and AK can really go either way and it looks likely that the Senate will remain in the...

I posted an article yesterday from the Washington Post titled 'The Crusaders' Giant Footprints After a Millennium, Their Mark Remains' and it disappeared without a trace? Is the Washington Post off limits? My posting expirience is limited...please help if you can. Thanks.

Washington The first thing to do when trying to understand 'Islamic suicide bombers' is to forget the clichés about the Muslim taste for martyrdom. It does exist, of course, but the desire for paradise is not a safe guide to what motivated the appalling suicide attacks on New York and Washington last week. Throughout history, political extremists of all faiths have willingly given up their lives simply in the belief that by doing so, whether in bombings or in other forms of terror, they would change the course of history, or at least win an advantage for their cause. Tamils ...

Bush's Command, Clinton's Lost Legacy: David DeRosa (Correct) (Commentary. David DeRosa is president of DeRosa Research & Trading and manages an investment fund. He is also an adjunct finance professor at Yale School of Management. The opinions expressed are his own. Corrects discount rate in paragraph one) New Canaan, Connecticut, Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President- elect George W. Bush received unexpected vindication on Wednesday from the Federal Reserve in the form of surprise cuts in two key interest rates. The Federal Reserve lowered its target for overnight interbank lending by half a percentage point, to 6 percent, and the discount ...

Bush's Command, Clinton's Lost Legacy: David DeRosa (Commentary. David DeRosa is president of DeRosa Research & Trading and manages an investment fund. He is also an adjunct finance professor at Yale School of Management. The opinions expressed are his own. Corrects discount rate in paragraph one) New Canaan, Connecticut, Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President- elect George W. Bush received unexpected vindication on Wednesday from the Federal Reserve in the form of surprise cuts in two key interest rates. The Federal Reserve lowered its target for overnight interbank lending by half a percentage point, to 6 percent, and the discount rate ...

Bush's Command, Clinton's Lost Legacy: David DeRosa (Commentary. David DeRosa is president of DeRosa Research & Trading and manages an investment fund. He is also an adjunct finance professor at Yale School of Management. The opinions expressed are his own. Corrects discount rate in paragraph one) New Canaan, Connecticut, Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President- elect George W. Bush received unexpected vindication on Wednesday from the Federal Reserve in the form of surprise cuts in two key interest rates. The Federal Reserve lowered its target for overnight interbank lending by half a percentage point, to 6 percent, and the discount rate ...

The Associated Press Saturday, Dec. 30, 2000; 9:06 a.m. EST KUWAIT –– If Israel were to attack Syria or Lebanon, Iran would retaliate in an "astounding and unexpected" way, Iran's defense minister said in remarks published Saturday. In an interview with the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Watan, Rear Adm. Ali Shamkhani said Iran would not leave its "strategic ally Syria" or Lebanon to face Israeli attacks alone. "This is very normal and our response would be astounding and unexpected," he said. Shamkhani did not say what form the retaliation might take, but added that "not all what is known could be said, ...

Bush Could Use Clinton's Good Luck on Economy: David DeRosa 12/27/0 12:30 (New York) Bush Could Use Clinton's Good Luck on Economy: David DeRosa (Commentary. David DeRosa is president of DeRosa Research & Trading and manages an investment fund. He is also an adjunct finance professor at Yale School of Management. The opinions expressed are his own.) New Canaan, Connecticut, Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) -- In terms of economics, Bill Clinton has to have been the luckiest, and maybe one of the most successful, American presidents. The economy has bedeviled almost every other president in memory. Nixon, Ford and Carter had ...

It is a must that GWB appoint a Treasury Sec. that is qualified. His candidates are not going to impress anyone. For those of you who think I am new, I am not. I have been observing the Freerepublic since 1997/98. I have not participated and received a sign on until recently however.