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Message no. 1
From: Lester Ward lward@*******.com
Subject: News you can use: The biggest war
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:50:09 -0500
Pop-quiz: anyone know where the biggest war currently (present-day) being
fought is? Bonus points if you can name any of the participants.

S
P
O
I
L
E
R

S
P
A
C
E

A
D
D
E
D

Well, to hold off the suspense, the answer is the Congo. The reason I bring
it up on this list is that the Economist has done a good piece on the war
which might be of use to anyone thinking of running a campaign in Africa. It
details the current political situation, but that isn't as important to SR
as that it gives a very good feel to "politics as usual" in Africa. Its
opening paragraphs paint a picture that is all to easy to extend into SR. It
also summarizes the history of the area really well, and gave me a good deal
of synergy with news events in the past decade.

Here is the link:
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_idD3177

Wordman
Message no. 2
From: Allen Versfeld moe@*******.com
Subject: News you can use: The biggest war
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 09:01:56 +0200
Amazing... There are only 2 national borders between all this and
myself, and yet I was only vaguely aware of "some trouble up north"

I hereby eat humble pie regarding all comments I've made about americans
being ignorant of the world outside their own borders *grin*

Lester Ward wrote:

> Pop-quiz: anyone know where the biggest war currently (present-day) being
> fought is? Bonus points if you can name any of the participants.
>
> S
> P
> O
> I
> L
> E
> R
>
> S
> P
> A
> C
> E
>
> A
> D
> D
> E
> D
>
> Well, to hold off the suspense, the answer is the Congo. The reason I bring
> it up on this list is that the Economist has done a good piece on the war
> which might be of use to anyone thinking of running a campaign in Africa. It
> details the current political situation, but that isn't as important to SR
> as that it gives a very good feel to "politics as usual" in Africa. Its
> opening paragraphs paint a picture that is all to easy to extend into SR. It
> also summarizes the history of the area really well, and gave me a good deal
> of synergy with news events in the past decade.
>
> Here is the link:
> http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_idD3177
>
> Wordman



--
Allen Versfeld
moe@*******.za.net

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