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Re: The Falklands/Malvinas War	30 Nov 2005 18:15 GMT	35
I applauded the British successes in the Falklands War of 1982 and indeed cheered them on. However, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, certainly in a position to know, was perfectly correct when she said:
Re: Plame Flames	30 Nov 2005 16:58 GMT	3
"Grey Satterfield" <grey.satterfield@oscn.net> wrote in message news:BFB1B93A.1FFA4%grey.satterfield@oscn.net... > The Left hates, hates, hates the involvement of Woodward in the story > because Woodward has consistently said that he thinks the Fitzgerald
British "sluts" aided the German war effort in WW II....	30 Nov 2005 14:39 GMT	935
http://tinyurl.com/8kepe Disgusting. I can't believe the U.S. saved such a decedent society..
America and East Timor - Another reason to bring that Fat Little f.ck Kissinger to Trial	30 Nov 2005 05:05 GMT	4
National Security Archive Update, November 28, 2005 A Quarter Century of U.S. Support for Occupation in East Timor East Timor Truth Commission report uses declassified U.S. documents to reveal support for Indonesian invasion and occupation of East Timor
London history in Poplar help needed please.	29 Nov 2005 10:58 GMT	10
I'm trying to find out about the inquiry into the Poplar Guardians in 1906 by the local government board. I have managed to find out some very basic details about the enquiry such as what it was for, but I read somewhere that there was a bit of a campaign in the press against the ...
Mr. Adam Has Gone as Quiet as a Sunni Mouse in a Basra Canal	29 Nov 2005 01:59 GMT	1
It looks like Mr. Adam is fresh out of room to wiggle and weasel in the discussion he so imprudently decided to butt into. Mr. Adam looks out of his office window at the greyscale vista and murky drizzle and not a cell in him leans toward staying the course as
Re: The Battle Of The Atlantic [1939-1943]	29 Nov 2005 01:17 GMT	2
Hilarius Magnus Cum Laude! Utterly Fatuous...and... Dead Wrong... Of Course.
Danelaw Dilemma	28 Nov 2005 21:33 GMT	30
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If I were an AS in the Danelaw and my Cning invited me to his daughter's wedding and I got drunk on the way and passed out on the road,
Factual history of Britain	28 Nov 2005 17:34 GMT	80
First post here. I usually don't think useful to introduce myself at length on newsgroups, but as I think my question is quite original, it would perhaps be best for me to explain why I come to this... So, I'm a french living now in London (hope my english isn't too bad -- and ...
Kudos to Scott Burke	28 Nov 2005 01:31 GMT	16
The Magnificent Air France Air Crew has company. Captain Scott Burke circled LA for three hours before landing his defective plane with minimal fuel onboard and executed a precise and ideal landing decelerating the plane all he could while maintaining the
Re: Who Is Lying About Iraq?	27 Nov 2005 18:57 GMT	2
Lest We Forget... This all sounds remarkably familiar -- to those of us who have a Sense of History. DSH
Re: Pacifists Among Us	27 Nov 2005 18:06 GMT	2
George Orwell perfectly understood the fundamental intellectual dishonesty, disingenuousness and duplicity of much of the "Anti-War" Crowd. DSH ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Easy English Lit Quiz	27 Nov 2005 15:25 GMT	4
Who said these famous words.... "I was very happy in my new place, but I missed my freedom." A. Lassie
Re: Who Is The Greatest Scottish Person In History? [2/2]	26 Nov 2005 21:40 GMT	3

Re: Who Is The Greatest Scottish Person In History? [1/2]	26 Nov 2005 21:39 GMT	4