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I couldn't locate a larger version of the jakel23 pic. :(

I'll be keeping tabs on today's election also, appeasement is not an option.

Main Entry: ap·pease
Pronunciation: &-'pEz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): ap·peased; ap·peas·ing
Etymology: Middle English appesen, from Middle French apaisier, from a- (from Latin ad-) + pais peace -- more at PEACE
1 : to bring to a state of peace or quiet : CALM
2 : to cause to subside : ALLAY <appeased my hunger>
3 : PACIFY, CONCILIATE; especially : to buy off (an aggressor) by concessions usually at the sacrifice of principles
synonym see PACIFY
- ap·peas·able /-'pE-z&-b&l/ adjective
- ap·pease·ment /-'pEz-m&nt/ noun
- ap·peas·er noun

Madrid detainees 'known to police'
Sunday, March 14, 2004 Posted: 10:41 AM EST (1541 GMT)

MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Three Moroccans detained in connection with a cell phone and pre-paid calling card found with an unexploded bomb after the terror attacks in Madrid have police records, Spain's interior minister said.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/14/spain.blasts.invest/index.html

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"I only care about whether we can eat. It doesn't matter who's in power. We've never gotten anything from anyone in power."
JEANNE BAZARD of Haiti.

U.S. Widens View of Pakistan Link to Korean Arms
By DAVID E. SANGER

Published: March 14, 2004

WASHINGTON, March 13 — A new classified intelligence report presented to the White House last week detailed for the first time the extent to which Pakistan's Khan Research Laboratories provided North Korea with all the equipment and technology it needed to produce uranium-based nuclear weapons, according to American and Asian officials who have been briefed on its conclusions.

The assessment, by the Central Intelligence Agency, confirms the Bush administration's fears about the accelerated nature of North Korea's secret uranium weapons program, which some intelligence officials believe could produce a weapon as early as sometime next year.

{{ I had a dream and all I can remember is everyone heard newscasts that said {holding thumb and pinkie showing little space} Iran/NK were 'this' close to destroying us ))

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/14/international/asia/14KORE.html?th

Iran Freezes Nuclear Inspections After It Is Censured by the U.N
By CRAIG S. SMITH

Published: March 14, 2004

PARIS, March 13 — Iran indefinitely suspended international inspections of its nuclear facilities on Saturday in an angry response to a resolution by the United Nations atomic agency that criticized its activities.

The suspension came after a week of tense negotiations at the Vienna headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency, where Iran sought to quash and then soften international censure of its failure to fully disclose its clandestine nuclear program to the world.

"Today, I.A.E.A. inspectors were expected to arrive in Iran," Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Hassan Rowhani, said at a news conference in Iran's capital, Tehran. "We will not allow them to come until Iran sets a new date for their visit. This is a protest by Iran in reaction to the passage of the resolution."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/14/international/middleeast/14TEHR.html?th