Posted on 07/16/2002 5:22:05 AM PDT by Valin
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:36:45 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
LACEY, Wash. It is difficult not to be alarmed by the mountain of serious problems bedeviling the world right now.
A global network of terrorists has all of us in its crosshairs. A number of local wars and near-wars burn - some with nuclear weapons at hand. A web of international criminals markets drugs, weapons and corruption. Several deadly pandemics overlay the poverty of nearly half of humankind.
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