Florida law enforcement authorities issued an alert Thursday night after receiving a report that a woman in a Calhoun, Georgia, restaurant overheard three men discussing explosives and saying that Americans would "cry on 9/13," a law enforcement official told CNN. The men left the restaurant in two vehicles and headed south on I-75. "

CNN.com - Terror alert issued on Florida highway - September 13, 2002

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"So what's Iraq about? In the end, it's not about that nasty man or the nasty things he's collecting. It's about what the policy wonks call "destabilization." It's about taking the next step into a regional and a global chaos that could wreck this planet."

Seattle Weekly - news: An Anti-War Movement of One

"U.S. President George W. Bush did as he was asked, taking his case for an attack on Iraq to the United Nations Sept. 12. But rather than allow the U.S. plan to be stalled by bureaucratic sandbagging, Bush implied a harsh ultimatum to the United Nations: Either enforce the resolutions that you passed and that Iraq has mocked for more than a decade, or the United States essentially will abandon the institution."

Great article regardless of your political leanings.

Read this NOW. Stratfor's articles only stay up for a short period of time.

STRATFOR.com : Bush Issues Veiled Ultimatum to United Nations

We know that Saddam Hussein pursued weapons of mass murder even when inspectors were in his country. Are we to assume that he stopped when they left? The history, the logic, and the facts lead to one conclusion: Saddam Hussein's regime is a grave and gathering danger. To suggest otherwise is to hope against the evidence. To assume this regime's good faith is to bet the lives of millions and the peace of the world in a reckless gamble. And this is a risk we must not take."

No, he doesn't sound any more articulate in writing then he does on TV... There are typos in this press release. Here Bush outlines his case against Iraq and provides a specific list of demands.

Annoyingly, Bush passed out a document at the U.N. which provided details of his Iraq case. This document is discussed by CNN, but they don't offer a link, and I can't find it. This is the information age people. Get with the program!

Now the question is; is the case compelling. CNN doesn't seem to think so, and tried poking holes in it. I'm linking his talk directly because you should evaluate his position with an open mind, if you can, rather then letting CNN tell you what to think.

What do I think? I don't think war is justified on the evidence. I also have a feeling that we'll pay for it later if we don't do anything. Like not dealing with Germany properly after WWI. Like not dealing with Bin Lauden in 2000. So basically I feel uneasy about the whole deal. But don't listen to what I think. This is your chance to evaluate the case and make your opinion heard, at least if it is only to a few hundred people who read MemeStreams.

President's Remarks at the United Nations

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Ashcroft cited specific intelligence on specific attacks on U.S. interests..."

U.S. Raises Terror Alert Level (washingtonpost.com)

"Making music out of computer code is helping programmers to catch the bugs that can cause software to go awry."

I am surprised that the results were significant. Very strange... On some levels it makes sense, but it seems so impractical. I'd love to give it a try. I wish they chose a more practical language then pascal.

Making Music from Code

"The Fatah statement attempts to put pressure on other groups by saying, "We call on all Palestinian organizations to stop targeting Israeli civilians, in accordance with the interests of our people." "

I don't know enough to interpret this, but I hope it is well meant and well taken.

CNN.com - Fatah: End attacks on civilians - September 10, 2002

"Researchers have shown that a new combination of techniques for manipulating light can increase the amount of data squeezed through the fibre optic cables laid in cities by more than 100 times "

This article sucks but the tech is great. At the bottom you'll see that they are doing polarisation division multiplexing. Every advance in fiber optics technology means more trouble for the telecom industry.

New Scientist: New fiber optic transmission method