The following article is a good read - informative, accurate and from an insider who knows. ------------------------------------ http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/06/21/rebel-scientist-battles-dangerous-vaccines-and-antibiotics.aspx?source=nl Dr. Shiv Chopra, as a vaccine and drug regulator for Health Canada for nearly forty years, evaluated every red-hot topic in ...

Fartass Jewad wrote: Kurdish rebels in Iraq threaten to attack Iran 1 day ago MOUNT QANDIL, Iraq (AFP) - A Kurdish rebel group based in northern Iraq threatened on Sunday... in Qandil mountain in northern Iraq that the rebels were ready for a long fight with Tehran.... of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a Kurdish rebel movement fighting to carve out an independent state ...

Fartass Jewad wrote: Kurdish rebels in Iraq threaten to attack Iran 1 day ago MOUNT QANDIL, Iraq (AFP) - A Kurdish rebel group based in northern Iraq threatened on Sunday... in Qandil mountain in northern Iraq that the rebels were ready for a long fight with Tehran.... of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a Kurdish rebel movement fighting to carve out an independent state ...

... that instability in Afghanistan is more dangerous than Soviet control there, decides against supporting the Afghan Rebels -- the future basis both for the Taliban and for Al- Qaeda. What would have been the consequences of the American government not supporting the Rebels in Afghanistan, in the 1980's: The Soviets would have had yet another "buffer" nation ...

... trying to fundamentally change Russian/Soviet society so that it could compete effectively with the U.S. and Europe. Rather than trying to help, Reagan deliberately bankrupted the country by supporting the Rebels in Afghanistan. The whole Iran- Iraq War was a factor too, I expect, in keeping oil prices low, and in keeping the whole region well supplied with unlimited weapons to fight the ...

... deciding that instability in Afghanistan is more dangerous than Soviet control there, decides against supporting the Afghan Rebels -- the future basis both for the Taliban and for Al- Qaeda. What would have been the consequences of the American government not supporting the Rebels in Afghanistan, in the 1980's: Specifically on, 1. The future of the ...

... have collapsed without Reagan. That is Mikhael Gorbachev's point. He is saying that without the bankrupting policies of the Reagan administration -- both in supporting the Afghan rebels and economically worldwide -- the Soviet Union would have progressed within a decade or two towards a Scandanavian style social democracy along lines consistent with Marxist-Leninism. Gorbachev's point is...

... not have any noticeable effect on the situation in Afghanistan if 'the limited contingent' was not corrupt from top to bottom: I strongly suspect that there was much more Soviet weaponry sold to the rebels than anything CIA could possibly provide them with. Army was a part of a system and was falling apart, just as the rest of it. If you are ...

... in Afghanistan is more dangerous than Soviet control there, decides against supporting the Afghan Rebels -- the future basis both for the Taliban and for Al- Qaeda.  What would have been the consequences of the American government not supporting the Rebels in Afghanistan, in the 1980's: This might not be to point but the ...

...have any noticeable effect on the situation in Afghanistan if 'the limited contingent' was not corrupt from top to bottom: I strongly suspect that there was much more Soviet weaponry sold to the rebels than anything CIA could possibly provide them with. Army was a part of a system and was falling apart, just as the rest of it. If you are seriously arguing...