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Rush: Dr. Hanson, I’ve admired your writing for as long as I’ve been exposed to it. My wife and I both watched you on the History Channel, “Rise and Fall of the Spartans.” That was just tremendous. I’ve wanted to talk to you ever since, and this war gives us a perfect reason. So thanks for your time, I really appreciate it. Hanson: I’m happy to do it. Rush: As a scholar who has specialized in the study of the history of war, do you think you could assess the military strategy we’ve employed in the war in Iraq?...

Dark Winter: A simulated terrorist attack on three American cities using weaponized smallpoxBy Dave Duffy   Historically smallpox has been the most deadly of all diseases for humans, killing between 300 and 500 million in the last century alone, far more than the 111 million people killed in all that century’s wars combined. It is easily spread, kills 30% of those infected, and terribly scars and sometimes blinds those who survive. It was declared eradicated from Earth in 1980, but the Soviet Union has acknowledged maintaining a secret biological weapons program since then that employed 60,000 technicians and scientists....

Iraq using Russian-made anti-tank missiles, U.S. saysBy S. Thorne Harper and Drew BrownKnight Ridder Newspapers   S. THORNE HARPER, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. A soldier surveys damage to the Tillil Airfield.   NEAR AS SAMAWAH, Iraq - Coalition soldiers operating in central Iraq have been instructed to search for Russian-made anti-tank missiles that Iraqi soldiers or guerrillas are suspected of using to damage two U.S. M1A1 tanks and a Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The subject of the search is the Kornet AT-14, an anti-tank missile system the Russians developed that is guided to its target by a laser beam and is capable...

"The storms of violence cannot go on. Enough is enough," said President Bush Thursday, in a clearly worded statement about the escalating violence in the Middle East and what must be done to stop it. "This is a conflict that can widen -- or an opportunity we can seize," Bush said, announcing that he will send Secretary of State Colin Powell to the Middle East next week to seek a way out of the downward spiral that has horrified -- and divided -- the world. "The Middle East can write a new story of trade, and development, and democracy, and...

The Passover MassacreProphecy - Signs3/28/2002It was aimed against families. There were absolutely no military targets in the Seaside Hotel dining room. Neither were there expected to be. The dining room had been booked for Passover, as it is every year, for families; fathers, mothers, children. They were the targets -- not collateral damage.It was aimed at the God of Israel. The Passover seder is a feast day that literally revolves around a feast. The Passover meal caps the remembrance of God's miraculous delivery of the Hebrews from bondage in Egypt. The ten plagues, the Passover Lamb, the Angel of Death...