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 #5566  by SineSwiper
 Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:07 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.dallaspeacecenter.org/quiz.h ... uiz.htm</a>

Interesting Quiz on Iraq...</div>

 #5567  by Shellie
 Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:13 pm
<div style='font: 11pt georgia; text-align: left; '>damn you sine!! now I gotta delete mine</div>

 #5568  by the Gray
 Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:24 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Quick scanned them, are these your answers? If so, I believe Iraq have chemical/biological weapons back in the 70's</div>

 #5569  by Julius Seeker
 Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:31 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Some of it is terribly innacurate though, the US does not have a 450B+ military budget, and the US has as much wealth as China and Japan combined, but certainly not half the worlds wealth.</div>

 #5570  by SineSwiper
 Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:41 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Though the source is an e-mail, much of this information has been confirmed.</div>

 #5571  by SineSwiper
 Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:47 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Though the source is an e-mail, much of this information has been confirmed. However, I'm interested myself, so I think I'll look some of the info up, and send it to that organization.</div>
 #5579  by SineSwiper
 Mon Mar 03, 2003 7:03 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>1. <a href="http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/fac ... 9.html">US population percentage</a>: 4.5% (comparing World/US population figures)
2. <a href="http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/fac ... 1.html">US Wealth percentage</a>: 21.5% (2001 est.; based on GDP)
5. <a href="http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/fac ... ">Military spending worldwide</a>: $750 billion (1999 est.)
6. <a href="http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/fac ... 7.html">US Military percentage</a>: 37% (1999 est.)
7. <a href="http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/fac ... ">Required US Military percentage</a>: 14.4% (1999 est.; if the $40 billion figure is accurate)
38. <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/Da ... tml">Scott Ritter quote</a> is accurate (bottom of page)
45. <a href="http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/numbers/us.asp">US Nuclear warheads</a>: about 9,000
48. <a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quote ... .html">MLK Jr. quote</a> is accurate</div>