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The Hero |
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by klac
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08 Mar 2003
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'Jack fell as he'd have wished,' the mother said,
And folded up the letter that she'd read.
'The Colonel writes so nicely.' Something broke
In the tired voice that quivered to a choke.
She half looked up. 'We mothers are so proud
Of our dead soldiers.' Then her face was bowed. |
Quietly the Brother Officer went out.
He'd told the poor old dear some gallant lies
That she would nourish all her days, no doubt
For while he coughed and mumbled, her weak eyes
Had shone with gentle triumph, brimmed with joy,
Because he'd been so brave, her glorious boy.
He thought how 'Jack', cold-footed, useless swine,
Had panicked down the trench that night the mine
Went up at Wicked Corner; how he'd tried
To get sent home, and how, at last, he died,
Blown to small bits. And no one seemed to care
Except that lonely woman with white hair.
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Business Terror Links Probed Halliburtons Disapearing Radioacive Devices Ups Terror Fears |
by clak
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09 Mar 2003
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Vice President Dick Cheney was chairman and CEO of Halliburton, which provides products and services to the petroleum and energy industries, from 1995 to 2000.
NEW YORK March 6, 2003: Halliburton Co.,you know, dick old company, the world's No. 2 oil field services firm, said Thursday it has started a probe involving U.S. and Nigerian government officials over the disapearance of a radioactive devices used at its Nigerian operations.
A report by the Wall Street Journal Thursday said officials were concerned that the device's radioactive material could be used to create a "dirty bomb," an explosive device designed to scatter radioactivity in a densely populated area.
According to one expert, if the device's radioactive material were combined with a pound of TNT and exploded, an area covering 60 city blocks would be contaminated with a radiation dose in excess of safety guidelines of the Environmental Protection Agency, the newspaper reported.
"We are working with the Nigerian government, the International Atomic Energy Agency and U.S. authorities to locate the missing materials. We made the local public aware promptly after discovering the tools were not in the proper location," Halliburton said in a statement to CNNfn. "We are currently investigating the situation. These materials are used in a tool for a service that helps provide down-hole data about a well."
The devices where in a locked storage box that weighs about 200 pounds and is the size of a small car engine block.
The newspaper said the disapearance occurred between the Nigerian towns of Wari and Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta, in the heart of the West African country's oil producing region. IAEA officials have been in Nigeria for two weeks but so far have been unable to determine what happened to the devices, the Journal quoted an IAEA official as saying.
http://money.cnn.com/2003/03/06/news/companies/halliburton.reut/index.htm
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