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U.S. weapons inspectors have discovered "dozens of Iraqi air force fighter jets" buried in the sand near an airfield west of Baghdad, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Inspectors stumbled upon the startling find after noticing two tail fins poking up through the sand. Beneath the telltale stabilizer wings - a completely intact Soviet built Cold war era MIG-25. By the time the excavation was complete, inspectors had uncovered "30-plus" aircraft hidden underground, a fairly sizable contingent considering that Saddam's air force was supposedly all but destroyed after the first Gulf War. Though major U.S. media outlets largely ignored...

Since we are not allowed to post any articles from Rense.com, ( I suppose for good reason), I thought I would post the gist of this article for your consumption--especially in light of California's and other states' ficsal problems' In the article (http//:www.rense.com/politics2/hidetrill/htm), Walter Burien writes that local governments have two sets of books. The second set is know as CAFR. These assets number in the trillions. For California it numbered 3 trillion as of 1999. Thus the question is begged, if states, counties, etc have these "hidden" monies from investments, etc, why are we being soaked for additional taxes,...