[penguino]

>>The word "smyrna" means myrrh an anointing oil and spice used to prepare the dead for burial.<< The things we learn on TM. I'll be darned.

One of the reasons I mentioned this was because I recalled a description of the many and intense praying and cleansing rituals performed by the 19 hijackers before their 911 operation. Part of these rituals included them anointing and perfuming their bodies to make themselves holy and pure and prepared to die.

Also Symrna, Turkey, historically ties in with the cult of martyrdom.

Then there's that word perfume.

[penguino]

Here's a good site to keep up on the latest Iran nuclear news.

Today they're calling it nuclear cat-and-mouse.

[Velveeta]

You sure can connect up the dots, Penguino.

[Domestic Church]

There is a Smyrna in Delaware.