Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Anderson is on extended leave.

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John Robert's credentials gives him more experience with the subject of weather and a wider experience than Anderson.

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This is old news about al Zarqawi. It was a 'concussion' blow by high explosives. Everything about the physical appearance of his head even looks like concussion. The 'bruising' under the eye lid is bleeding into the socket. The blood at the nose. I never thought for one minute the USA military 'fought' with the man.

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The News Secretary


Saud Satisfied With Iran TalksAgencies

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=83676&d=13&m=6&y=2006

TEHRAN, 13 June 2006 — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said yesterday he hoped for a speedy resolution of the crisis over Iran’s nuclear program. “We hope this crisis is solved as soon as possible,” he told a joint news conference with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki.


Saud said he was satisfied with what Mottaki had told him about the nuclear file. “He told me that Iran has a positive view and is examining the content of the proposals” offered to Tehran, he added.

Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia and China last week offered Iran incentives and multilateral talks if it agreed to freeze uranium enrichment, at the center of fears the country could acquire atomic weapons.

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A look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq
Associated Press


As of Monday, June 12, 2006, at least 2,499 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 1,965 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


The AP count is six more than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Monday at 10 a.m. EDT.


The British military has reported 113 deaths; Italy, 32; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, Denmark three; El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, one death each.

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Two children among dead in Iraq raid

http://www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/world/national/2006/06/12/iraq-raid-monday.html

Nine people — including two children —are dead after a raid on a house northeast of Baghdad, coalition forces said Monday.

The raid happened in the city of Baqouba, in the same area where insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed last Wednesday, and was one of 140 military operations carried out in the wake of his death.
The military said coalition forces came under heavy machine-gun fire from a rooftop.

Coalition aircraft attacked the building, heavily damaging the house and destroying nearby vehicles.

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I never 'bought' the idea about sunscreen either. Maybe it's living in a coastal city, but, the sun is respected. It's not 'sun SHINE.' It is solar radiation. Human beings destroyed the ozone layer. What's to say? If human bieng pollution can destroy the ozone layer,they can also destroy the benevolent planet, Earth through Human Induced Global Warming.


What bothers me is that I don't know the components of the propellant of the spray on variety. There has also been a very negative 'shift' in the ozone layer this year. I would not put it past Bush to 'pull' a fast one and ignore Internatioanl Laws and laugh in the faceof them allowing American Manufacturers to go back to CFCs. Wouldn't doubt it for a minute.

The 'guidelines' of sunscreen have always been conservative in this house. Frequent application has always been the rule of thumb.. The SPF number isn't a guarantee of protection to all people in the same way. All it means is that if one person 'burns' after fifteen minutes in strong sun, the lotion is supposed to supposed to prolong that times upto 15 times. A lotion cannot dictate 'the sun penetrance' from day to day. It's a silly concept. I never take safety that frivilously. The companies though, don't have a case. I knew better. The average public did not and 'trusted' them. They'll have to pay in a class action suit. Too bad.

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I am saying good night.

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