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[Orrex]

Sorry!

[orleans]

1. very timely indeed. how funny you should find such a thing.

(and good luck with the insulation. it's -27 degree wind chill here, around chicago. we could probably use some of that insulation right about now.)

[Octafish]

2. Honored to KR.

Here's a kick to the backsides of the military-industrial complex fronted by the likes of Averell Harriman, Prescott Bush, Richard Milhous Nixon, George Herbert Walker Bush, George Walker Bush, etc etc.

What? $680 billion is what they're asking for now? And I can't remember the last time something good came out of government.

Serendipitous and important find, Orrexx. Thank you for sharing your discovery.

[TahitiNut]

3. 1958? That'd be the attempted Hashemite union of Iraq, Jordan, and Kuwait.

It resulted in a military overthrow of Iraq, assassinating King Faysal II, putting Qassem in control. This was the opening that led to the first Ba'athist takeover 4-5 years later.

[Orrex]

4. Ah, yes--the famed "law of unintended consequences"

Thanks for the info--I know next to nothing about Iraq's history prior to 1980, and my home dialup connection is too slow to facilitate a search online.