THE MOUTH THAT BORED ==================== Mynamar (Burma)- Vice President Al "Bore" Gore took time to criticize the tiny far-eastern dictatorship about human rights abuses, during the recent APEC conference. Mynamar is now showing they are not willing to simply cave in and have started to play their own "China" card. Mynamar quietly responded to the Veep blowing wind by deploying two of its Chinese built Hoxin class guided missile boats. The MAGA and her sister ship SAITTRA deployed in simulated missile attacks against U.S. forces directly after Gore's critical comments. The tiny Mynamar Navy obtained a half dozen of the 478-ton Houxin class missile boats from China between 1996 and 1997. Each ship is to be armed with four C.801 (CSS-N-4) Chinese cruise missiles, codenamed "Sardine" by NATO. Mynamar had decided to not arm the boats after being pressed by the Clinton administration. However, Asian defense analysts now expect Mynamar to acquire the Chinese made C.801 missiles because of the Gore tirade. PRETTY SOON - NO MORE DISSIDENTS ================================ Beijing China - During his last visit to China, Gore toasted Chinese President Jiang Zemin with champagne. The signal given by Gore is that America will not tolerate any half-efforts to abuse human rights... Only full scale, Orwellian nightmare, oppression on a massive scale is acceptable. Given the Gore green light - red China has begun another round of arrests, bringing the recent total to 15 dissidents taken by communist police squads in the past two weeks. Two more dissidents, Lou Yugen and Wie Linwen, were detained by the People's Armed Police (PAP) over the weekend. PAP units claim they are cleaning up subversive elements in Chinese society and have charged many dissidents with attempting to overthrow the communist rule. Punishment for dissent in China can range from five years in a forced labor camp to death by firing squad. DEAD MONEY ========== Seattle Washington - Boeing's recent announcements of major cuts in their labor force are the only first round of bad news for the aerospace giant. Lower than expected earnings from declining Asian sales projections have forced the Washington based company to shed over 48,000 jobs. Market analysts say Boeing is "in turmoil" and unable to re-organized because of mismanagement. Morgan Stanley analyst Pierre Chao said that anyone with Boeing stock is essentially "sitting on dead money". Boeing is now expected to put its helicopter division up for sale. The Boeing chopper company has several big defense contracts such as the new Army Commanche light attack helicopter. WINNER DECLARED BUT NO CONTEST ============================== Moscow - The Kremlin - According to the Russian weapons manufacturer Zvezda-Strella, Boeing is keen to procure a new batch of the Russian KH-31 missiles after "winning the U.S. Navy competition" to develop a new supersonic target with sea-skimming flight trajectory. The Boeing win of the Navy contract comes as news to the U.S. Navy which is not expected to release a "RFP" for the super-sonic aerial target until May 1999. The claims left U.S. defense officials scrambling to explain why the Russians think they have won a contract that has yet to be issued. Russian military officials have put a temporary hold on selling missiles to Boeing for conversion into U.S. Navy target drones. Boeing has sent letters to Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Yury Masijukov and First Deputy Defense Minister Nikola Mikhailov begging for a meeting. The Russian military is using local national security concerns to drive up the missile price. The Russian Generals currently earn 28% of each sale. ALL-STAR TEAM ============= Washington - Inside the Beltway - The Russians have good reason to consider the Navy super-sonic target contract in the bag. Zvezda-Strella is backed by liberal lawyers working for the "Beltway-Bandit" lobby company, Cassidy Associates. Cassidy Associates is known to favor the likes of Al Gore and Hillary Clinton. Cassidy Associates has donated over 2,500 times since late 1992. CA sent one of its more radical members, Maely Tom, on a far east trade trip with Ron Brown. The trip included such '96 campaign scandal All-Stars such as Charlie Trie, Johnny Huang, Nora Lum and Pauline Kanchanalak. ================================================================ 1 if by land, 2 if by sea. Paul Revere - encryption 1775 Charles R. Smith SOFTWAR http://www.softwar.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pcyphered SIGNATURE: F167D26785ABE311E582F41C52D2359B92595D7666B6C56C4B7B686FC2549D97 927593EDAB019146E674EF097E9CCA7D03EDCBA0057EB0ABAD46A4946397EC36 B4F635D96EA157DA ================================================================ SOFTWAR EMAIL NEWSLETTER 12/14/1998 *** to unsubscribe reply with "unsubscribe" as subject *** ================================================================
