U.S. intelligence agents think that Saddam Hussein either dismantled his chemical and biological weapons, for fear the U.S. would attack, or sent them abroad. But those who think he sent them out of the country disagree about where he sent them.

The World Tribune website says that the Defense Intelligence Agency thinks the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) were shipped to Syria and Iran in 2002 and early 2003. They have evidence that convoys went to both countries shortly before the U.S. invasion. But the CIA says there’s no evidence that Saddam exported any WMD, especially to Iran.
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The areas that are burning in California have always been dry, but people have successfully lived there for years without having their houses burn down. Was it always just a matter of time, or did something change–and was that something terrorism or too much population growth?

As we reported yesterday, the FBI alerted law enforcement agencies last month that an al-Qaeda prisoner said he had planned to start a series of forest fires around the U.S., although he didn’t mention California specifically. Rose Davis, of the National Interagency Fire Center, says they didn’t act on the warning and many forest law enforcement officers had no idea the warning had even been issued. However, it’s doubtful they could have done much to prevent the fires, even if they had.
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A couple walking in the Netherlands on the afternoon of October 26 near the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) took some photos. When they looked at them later, the man noticed he had photographed a UFO. He says, “?I was determined to get a good image of the Radio Telescope?Only when I looked at the pictures yesterday, I noticed that there was ‘something strange’ on it.” The WSRT is located in a park near the village of Westerbork and does astronomical research. One of its uses has been to locate hydrogen in nearby galaxies. NASA asked Westerbork to search for the missing Mars Polar Lander.
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Douglas writes from Oregon about the incredible ET healing that has occurred in his family. This is the second in a series of new Communion Letters, about the experiences of our readers and listeners.
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