Madhu wrote: >http://www.tehelka.com/channels/currentaffairs/2001/oct/3/printable/ca100301infinitepr.htm *** I appreciate the numbers and I agree with the conclusion In the interest of justice & in the interest of preventing future disasters, I think it is very important to understand and remember the connection between Bin Laden, Taliban, and the CIA. American tax dollars funded these killers. I think the US media's nods toward Star Wars are inappropriate. If we need to use literary imagery, I suggest Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein." Another bit of history, the article a couple of weeks old: http://www.zmag.org/aliqa.htm E --