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Navy Seals

Posted on February 4, 2003 by Christopher Allbritton

The Navy, under the aegis of the Marine Mammal Program has had to acknowledge a squad of anti-terror sea lions, trained to patrol the Persian Gulf for terrorist divers, based in Bahrain harbor. Their barking was so loud there was no way the Navy could hide the existence of the mammals, which are not native to the Persian Gulf. I’m not making this up.

More “arrogance” — and we need it

Posted on February 1, 2003 by Christopher Allbritton

OK. I know I’m straying from the central mission of Back-to-Iraq.com, but I feel I have to write about this. Columbia was a genuine tragedy that shouldn’t be exploited for political gain, either by the left of the right. I got an email bulletin from the Institute for Public Accuracy hours after the shuttle broke up over Texas and in it, rather than present experts on what might have happened, the offered experts used Columbia to advance their anti-technological agenda and find some fault with the direction of the space program.

Space shuttle columbia breaks up on re-entry

Posted on February 1, 2003 by Christopher Allbritton

All indications are that the space shuttle Columbia, NASA’s oldest shuttle, has broken up on rentry with no survivors. Sickeningly, CBC Newsworld, a Canadian news magazine, interviewed writer Robert Sawyer and allegedly asked him if “American arrogance” was the cause of this tragedy.

Anti-war protestors descend on Washington

Posted on January 18, 2003 by Christopher Allbritton

I just heard on NPR that the organizers of the protests against Mr. Bush’s war in Washington and around the country expect 100 buses from New York alone. Guilty confession: My immediate thought was, “Yeah, that’ll convince the Bush administration to free up more federal aid to rebuild New York.” Actually, more power to the …

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Dude, you’re, like, totally busted

Posted on January 4, 2003 by Christopher Allbritton

Jesus H. Christ on a surfboard. I don’t even know what to think of this. Apparently a 15-year old dude from Torrence, Calif., was arrested Dec. 29 at LAX after trying to board a Singapore Air flight to Indonesia. Why was he arrested? He had a doctored passport with the name “Cat Stevens” on it. …

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