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June 2003

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Missing Weapons Of Mass Destruction:
Is Lying About The Reason For War An Impeachable Offense?
By JOHN W. DEAN -- Friday, Jun. 06, 2003
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20030606.html

Bush's America loses hearts and minds
Only in the US do a majority of people - 59% - believe that America is serving the Iraqis well. Even Israelis are sceptical, with 60% of those surveyed saying America and its allies are doing a bad job in Iraq.
Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
Wednesday June 4, 2003 -- The Guardian

The conflict in Iraq has left lasting rancour, with anti-American sentiment widespread and at an all-time high in the Muslim world, a global research project released yesterday said.

The study, by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, also found a steep decline in public confidence in the United Nations, with a majority of people, even in countries opposed to the war, seeing it as a spent force.

Although anti-US sentiment has waned since March in the 20 countries surveyed, in only seven countries do a majority hold positive views of the US. In Europe, these are Italy and Britain, where the end of the war saw a favourable rating for the US bounce back up to 70% from 48%...

Although most people blame their new-found animosity towards the US on President George Bush - topped by France where 74% see him as the culprit - the researchers from Pew also detected a ripple effect, with people in Spain and Brazil reporting a dislike for US citizens, although nowhere near as high as that expressed by Jordanians and Palestinians...
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3607.htm

Nigerian Records Breakthrough in Diabetes Cure
This Day (Lagos) -- May 23, 2003 -- Paul Ibe And Chuks Akunna Abuja
http://allafrica.com/stories/200305230528.html

Angry Iraqis Demand Right to Rule Themselves
Tue June 3, 2003 11:38 AM ET -- By Andrew Marshall
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Muslim clerics led thousands of protesters through Baghdad's streets Tuesday, telling U.S. and British forces to withdraw or face violence, as Iraqi political groups demanded more say in their country's future... The Iraqi National Congress, an umbrella group of parties that opposed Saddam Hussein mainly from exile, insisted that Iraqis rather than Americans should pick the interim Iraqi leadership that will help steer the country toward democracy. French President Jacques Chirac repeated his condemnation of the war at the end of the Group of Eight summit in France, but urged cooperation to help rebuild the country... "Now we have to work together to get Iraq back on its feet," he said. "You can make a war alone but it is much more difficult to make peace alone."
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2870551

Elusive quest for the truth -- By Steve Chapman (Washington Times)
What is dawning on many people now is that in making the case for war, the administration and its allies did not make a fetish of strict honesty and candor. Why? Because if the American people had gotten the truth and nothing but the truth, they might not have been willing to go along with the whole enterprise... But the strategy worked so beautifully that it's being used for the postwar occupation as well. We were given no idea of what would happen once victory was achieved, and we have been given no idea what lies ahead. The danger for Mr. Bush is that one of these days, the public may be hit in the face with a cold dash of reality.
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20030602-085643-4727r.htm

Suu Kyi detained; protests silenced
By Richard Ehrlich -- THE WASHINGTON TIMES
BANGKOK -- Burma's detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi comes amid scattered bombings, a crippling international boycott and demands by Washington for an end to the military dictatorship that blocks her from power... By clamping the charismatic Nobel Peace laureate "under temporary protective custody," the government ended the spectacle of thousands of people who flocked to hear her criticize the junta during her monthlong northern tour, which was scheduled to end on June 4.
http://www.washtimes.com/world/20030602-102129-7696r.htm

Israeli-Palestinian Re-unification

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
Its History, and Some Philosophical Questions it Raises -- Tomis Kapitan
Nationalism and Prejudice -- As social animals, we are heirs to a variety of cultural influences that shape our identities, aspirations, values, and tastes. It is not unusual to feel trust and affinity with persons of like background, to desire primary and even exclusive association with them. The result is that rich satisfaction that comes from participation in culturally specific activities, from artistic expression to sports, romance to worship. Yet the very attitudes and conventions that bind individuals also partition humanity into distinct cultural groups, even within a single locale. When the resulting contrast of "we" with "they" is added to our unenviable propensity to shift blame for our misfortunes and anxieties to others, inter-communal suspicion often results. In times of intense political competition and social upheaval this tendency can generate open hatred and persecution.
http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith//courses01/rrtw/Kapitan.htm

Friedman--A Theory of Everything
Topic Commentary -- Posted on 2003-06-02 09:09:48 by crd
As President Bush meets other world leaders this weekend, and tries to patch things up between America and the rest of the planet, I find myself looking back and asking: What's been going on here? After 9/11 people wondered, "Why do they hate us?" speaking of the Muslim world. After the Iraq war debate, the question has grown into, "Why does everybody else hate us?"
http://www.middleeastinfo.org/article2802.html

Full text of Middle East 'road map' -- May 14, 2003, 06:53
A performance-based road map to a permanent two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict The following is a performance-based and goal driven roadmap, with clear phases, timelines, target dates, and benchmarks aiming at progress through reciprocal steps by the two parties in the political, security, economic, humanitarian, and institution-building fields, under the auspices of the Quartet. The destination is a final and comprehensive settlement of the Israel-Palestinian conflict by 2005, as presented in President Bush's speech of 24 June, and welcomed by the EU, Russia, and the UN in the 16 July and 17 September Quartet Ministerial statements.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/am/publish/article_982.shtml

President Bush's Draft Roadmap to Israeli-Palestinian Peace -- October 15, 2002
http://www.mideastweb.org/quartetrm2.htm

North and South Korean Reunification

U.S. Pulling Troops From Korean DMZ
Jun 5, 1:45 PM (ET) -- By SANG-HUN CHOE

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The United States agreed Thursday to dismantle its bases and withdraw American troops from positions they have occupied for decades near the tense Demilitarized Zone separating South Korea from communist North Korea.

The troops will eventually be moved to "hub bases" at least 75 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone, according to a joint statement after two days of talks between U.S. and South Korean officials. Even after the redeployment, however, U.S. troops will continue to train north of Seoul and close to the DMZ, the statement said.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030605/D7RFO3MG1.html

Dismantling Pros and Cons

Here are some opinions of South Koreans, themselves--for and against the removal of US Troops:

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Pro:
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1) Why the US Should Withdraw -- August 10, 2002
http://www.chosunjournal.com/editorial21.html

But for the past decade Kim Jong Il's regime has been falling apart. The government founded on the ideology of "Juche" (self-reliance) can barely feed its military through diverted foreign aid let alone conduct a lone invasion (a capitalist China would not again support an attack on the South). No, Kim Jong Il's sole concern now is survival through internal repression and external extortion.

To cut off both means of Pyongyang's life support, the U.S. would merely have to 1) remove its troops from the peninsula; and 2) redirect its humanitarian aid from Pyongyang's military to North Korean refugees in neighboring countries. Of both factors, unlike an attack on Axis of Evil member Iraq, the U.S. could deliver fatal blows to a maniacal dictator not by military force but by military and economic withdrawal...

In the final analysis, the U.S. military in South Korea is no longer there to protect the people against the North Korean military. No, the U.S. military is on the DMZ to protect South Koreans from North Korean refugees who would inevitably come down in droves in the event of reunification. That unfortunately is more to be feared by South Koreans than weapons of mass destruction.

2) BUSH'S REAL CRISIS IN KOREA :
NORTH AND SOUTH, KOREANS WANT U.S. TROOPS OUT
By Deirdre Griswold

January 1, 2003--More than at any other time in the last half-century, the people of Korea, north and south, are today united in their resistance to the United States occupation of their country.
http://www.iacenter.org/korea_0103.html

3) Bridging the Rift with South Korea :
Anti-American feeling is at a record high and shows no signs of abating. What's needed is a calm attempt to work out some very real differences
By Mark L. Clifford -- FEBRUARY 14, 2003
Business Week Asia Journal

The growing chasm can't be papered over any longer. A December poll of more than 38,000 people in 44 countries conducted by the Pew Research Center found that 44% of South Koreans view the U.S. unfavorably. Nearly three-quarters of Koreans don't believe that Bush's foreign policy considers others, and about the same percentage opposed the U.S.-led war on terrorism.

This was by far the most negative reaction of the 17 Asian and African counties where the question was asked. And it doesn't stop there. Nearly two-thirds (62%) of South Koreans think the spread of American ideas and customs is bad.

DEMOCRATIC IDEALS. Overall, the percentage of South Koreans holding a generally favorable view of the U.S. slipped to just 53% last year, vs. 58% two years earlier. By way of comparison, 61% of Russians polled view America favorably. This is a startling number for a country that the U.S. regards as a strategic stronghold in the Pacific.

So how to stop this downward spiral?

First, the two sides need to remember what they have in common. Most important, both are democracies. South Korea is a young democracy, but its radicals who were jailed a decade ago are now taking power, thanks to the sort of free and fair election process that the U.S. has long claimed to support. Indeed, in the Pew survey, 58% of those polled liked American ideas about democracy, while only 37% disliked them.
http://asia.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/feb2003/nf20030214_3988.htm

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Middle:
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1) Rethinking US troops in S. Korea :
Rumsfeld comments spark debate over moving soldiers back from northern border By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
from the March 10, 2003 edition

Some Koreans now worry that the US may redeploy the bulk of its troops south of Seoul, below the Han River, to put them out of harm's way - out of range of the North's artillery fire. Worries are that such a move would preface a possible preemptive strike against Kim's nuclear facilities. Some observers feel that while Kim has long wanted US forces off the peninsula, a US withdrawal might be interpreted by him as the signal for a US attack - backing him into a corner from which he finds it rational to make the first military move.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0310/p01s04-woap.htm

2) S. Korea unmoved by North��s threats :
A new generation, prosperity and numbness all play a role
ANALYSIS By Don Kirk SPECIAL TO MSNBC.COM

SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 25 ? Talk to people in this thriving capital and the last thing they�re likely to complain about is the danger of an attack by North Korea ? the nightmarish scenario conjured by international headlines.
http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/877146.asp

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Con:
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1) [Seoul Perspective] A Tale of US Military Presence
By Hong Soon-il -- Hankooki.com > Korea Times > Opinion

Unlike a wholesale pullout as proposed by Carter, the latest bid calls for a partial reduction of forces and a relocation of the USFK headquarters out of central Seoul, which South Koreans have long wanted. But, at stake is the possibility of shifting ground troops from the border area, where they have served as tripwire deterrent to North Korea.

The prerequisite to any such move is a peaceful solution of the current nuclear standoff and the establishment of a regime that assures durable peace on the peninsula. It may be time to review the Seoul-Washington alliance as it marks the 50th anniversary this year. But, a rash response to smoldering discontent, or conflicting perception, is feared to send the wrong message to North Korea.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/opinion/200302/kt2003022616483111600.htm

2) South Korea insists Americans stay put at border with North :
Seoul says U.S. failed to tell it of troop plan
Don Kirk/IHT International Herald Tribune -- March 07, 2003
http://www.iht.com/articles/89004.htm

3) Pro-American South Koreans raise loud voice
Sunday February 23, 2003 -- By The Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea -- "The majority has been silent too long,�� said Kim Bum-soo, who is helping organize a major pro-U.S. demonstration March 1 urging Washington to keep its troops here.

Supporters hope to attract 500,000 people. It follows two pro-American rallies last month that each attracted tens of thousands to support South Korea��s top ally.

The more vocal pro-American mood swing is a turnaround from just months ago when tens of thousands of South Koreans joined candlelit protests and chanted down the U.S. military after the deaths of two South Korean girls struck by an American vehicle.
http://sundaygazettemail.com/news/US+&+World/2003022220/

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Also, Eugene Campbell wrote an interesting post, when this topic came up back in April; looking more at the practical concern of prime Real Estate--rather than political discontent, alone--being the main impetus of the move:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomeostaticTruths/message/1464

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other articles on Korea, uploaded recently:

Analysis: Unity hopes steady Korea ties
Washington Times -- By Shihoko Goto -- UPI Senior Business Correspondent
SEOUL, South Korea, May 22 (UPI) -- Even as international concerns about North Korea's nuclear capabilities continue to mount, hopes for unification of the Korean peninsula remain strong in the Republic of Korea. Cautious optimism about reuniting the country after more than half a decade of division prevails, and surprisingly enough, a steady trickle of business investment from the South is still flowing into Kim Jong Il's regime, as well as financial and food aid.
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20030522-113925-7154r.htm

DREAMS OF UNITY -- April 16, 2003
Jeffrey Kaye of KCET Los Angeles reports on the possibility of unifying the two Koreas.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/northkorea/jan-june03/unity_04-16.html

Not on the Same Page: In South Korea's eyes,
the U.S. approach to the North Korean nuclear crisis is making things worse
BY DONALD MACINTYRE / SEOUL
TIME - Asia -- January 20, 2003 / Vol. 161 No. 2
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501030120-407390,00.html

Constitution -- South Korea
http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/ks__indx.html

Historisists... Ain't that odd?

New Historicism Explained
http://www.sou.edu/English/Hedges/Sodashop/RCenter/Theory/Explaind/nhistexp.htm

300 honor Confederacy -- By Arlo Wagner -- THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Symbols that honor the memory of the Confederacy and the men who died wearing Southern gray are under attack across the country, retired Army Lt. Col. David J. King Sr. told those in attendance yesterday at the annual Confederate Heritage Celebration at Arlington National Cemetery.
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20030602-123446-3090r.htm

On the Confederate Flag -- black/electorate.com
Most white Americans understand why so many Blacks want the Confederate flag removed from state office buildings specifically and from out of their sight in general. That is really not the crux of the flag debate. The real debate is whether white Americans have the political will and incentive to do anything about it. For some whites, the flag coming down represents little more than the political establishment giving in yet again, to the demands of the Black Electorate. And for them, that is too much to bear.
http://www.blackelectorate.com/articles.asp?ID=22

New Georgia Flag Won't Whistle Dixie -- ATLANTA, April 4, 2003
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/04/politics/main547779.shtml

U.S. prison population largest in world -- The Baltimore Sun
With a record-setting 2 million people now locked up in American jails and prisons, the United States has overtaken Russia and has a higher percentage of its citizens behind bars than any other country... A major cause is the war on drugs. In 1980, says Marc Mauer, assistant director of the Sentencing Project in Washington, about 40,000 Americans were locked up for drugs-only offenses. Now the number is 450,000, three-fourths of them black or Latino, though drug use is no higher in those groups than among whites.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/060103/wor_01jailbirds.shtml

Father Divine's Followers Still Believe He Was God
http://www.raidersnewsupdate.com/lead-story6.htm
Associated Press -- They keep a place set for Father Divine in the grand dining room at Woodmont, the French Gothic manor where he once greeted thousands of followers who believed he was God... His office there is kept as it was at his death in 1965 ? down to the vintage television across from his desk ? and when his widow, Mother Divine, used the room for a recent interview, she left his big chair empty and pulled up a seat beside it.

Marcus Garvey, Father Divine
and the Gender Politics of Race Difference and Race Neutrality -- Beryl Satter
C. D. Austin's 1936 letter to Marcus Garvey was not the adoring missive Garvey might have expected. After briefly recounting his years of committed support for Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Austin came to his main point: that Father Divine was God and that Garvey would do well to recognize this fact. "'Garveyism' was the highest grace this so-called race had. . . . But to-day a greater than Garvey is here. [Y]ou were regarded as the world's most fearless leader in this present civilization before the coming of FATHER DIVINE. . . . Please try HIM out as 23,000,000 of us did, you need HIM as all the World does," Austin exhorted. . . . Garvey was not about to turn to Father Divine as his personal savior. Instead, Garvey pushed through a lengthy resolution at the UNIA's 1936 convention that condemned Father Divine in no uncertain terms...
http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/american_quarterly/48.1satter.html

The Congo, and the roots of genocide...

Hundreds of thousands flee as fighting spirals
in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ituri's violent legacy -- Violent conflict in the Ituri district has a long history. The decades-old conflict between the Hema and Lendu tribes was initially over land ? essentially between the Hema pastoralists and the Lendu cultivators. This conflict became complicated in recent years by the involvement of armed factions battling for power and control over natural resources, including gold, diamonds and rich timber reserves. According to Amnesty International, "foreign forces have also deliberately stoked inter-ethnic conflicts and mass killings in order to promote their economic interests." AI cites the example of Ituri, where it says that thousands of women have been raped and children as young as 12 have been forced into hard labour in the mines (AI, 28 Apr 03).
http://www.db.idpproject.org/Sites/idpSurvey.nsf/wViewSingleEnv/Democratic+Republic+of+the+CongoProfile+Summary

Raw Materials Looting Behind African "Peace"
By: Uwe Friesecke -- Commentary -- http://www.a2zafrica.com/commentary.php
To many political observers, the deals that were signed in Africa to end two of the most devastating regional conflicts, came as a surprise. Breakthroughs were declared for negotiations on Sudan on July 20 in Kenya's town of Machakos, and one week later for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in South Africa's capital, Pretoria...
http://www.geocities.com/46-sheng/02/MotherAfrica.html

Multinationals in scramble for Congo's wealth
Scathing UN report points finger at British companies for helping to plunder resources of war-torn African country -- Rory Carroll, Africa correspondent and agencies
Tuesday October 22, 2002 -- The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/congo/story/0,12292,816641,00.html

The horror of the Genocide and Criminal Enterprise in the Congo
AUTHOR: Peter Okema Otika. -- Posted on: Friday, 26 April 2002
Abstract: A critical look at the horror of criminal activities in Eastern Congo by Ugandan, Rwandan forces the main backers of Congolese rebels. If there is any group of people in Africa who have been betrayed by their own African leaders, looted, maimed and killed by foreigners then those people are no doubt the Congolese people of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
http://www.africahome.com/community/africanist/categories/scholar/EpEAZAyZFAiASLWVAs.shtml

U.S. Military and Corporate Recolonization of the Congo
by Ellen Ray -- Covert Action Quarterly, Spring / Summer 2000
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Africa/US_Recolonization_Congo.html
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Africa/Business_War_Congo.html
http://www.covertaction.org/full_text_69_01.htm

Other Points in Africa: News, Controversy, Pros and Cons
http://www.geocities.com/homeostatictruths/03Africa06.html

Completed Testament -- Good News / bad news

Special "Israel" Report from Rev. Jenkins
The Jerusalem Declaration
Some rabbis were upset that the declaration would even be considered, but when Archbishop Stallings asked this prominent rabbi in front of 250 people to come together with him to sign the declaration, in a moment inspired by God he replied, I will sign it if my Moslem brother will sign it with me. The sheikh stood up with courage and marked forward and all three signed the Jerusalem Declaration. This opened the floodgates and everyone rushed to the front to sign. There was an overwhelming feeling that a victory for True Parents has been accomplished substantially.
http://www.familyfed.org/usa/

Israel Pilgrim - Report
Reconciliation of Judaism and Christianity with Repentance
One hundred thirty-one ACLC Christian pastors visited Israel from May 15to 19. They performed a ceremony to bury the cross, and had a conference with 120 Jewish leaders. After the ceremony, both sides of Christianity and Judaism equally repented, and adopted and proclaimed the "Jerusalem Declaration" which states they receive Jesus who was sent by God. The providential purpose of this Pilgrimage is the liberation of Jesus, the reconciliation of Christianity and Judaism, and the final settlement of the problem of the Middle East.
http://www.familyfed.org/usa/

CHRISTIAN LEADERS TO CARRY CROSS,
THEN TAKE IT DOWN IN EFFORT FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION
http://www.familyfed.org/usa/ (@ Announcements #100)
"We have just passed through a time of bloodshed, and tragically innocent blood was mingled with that of warriors," notes Bishop Floyd Nelson, pastor of Lively Stone, host of the day's events. and member of ACLC's Executive Committee. "In remembrance of Christ's innocent blood shed for our sins, we will do as he asked us, take up our cross and follow. But the time of shedding blood must end. Jesus is no longer on the cross. He is risen, and the risen Christ is our hope for life and peace. His victory was that he overcame the pain and suffering of the cross, loved his enemies, and blessed those who hated him," Bishop Nelson adds. "If we can do the same, then we can resurrect our communities, our nation, and even the war-torn middle-east from death and hatred to life and love,".

ACLC leaders maintain that most believers are unaware of the role the cross has played in Christian history. "Early Christians used the sign of the fish, because the first letters of the Greek phrase 'Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour,' form the word ICTHUS, the Greek word for fish," notes Archbishop George Stallings, founder and spiritual leader of Imani Temple African American Catholic Congregation. "The cross was of course a pagan symbol, the Roman instrument of capital punishment. It was the pagan emperor Constantine, who was given a vision of the cross, and told that if he placed that sign on the shields of his soldiers, they would conquer. He converted the Roman state to Christianity by decree, and from that time forward the cross was a symbol of conquest and forced conversions, as expressed in the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Conquistadores, the forced conversions of Native Americans and colonialism in Africa and elsewhere in the name of Christ. These were all carried forward under the sign of the cross. To Muslims, Jews, Buddhists and many others, the cross is a symbol of intolerance and domination, not love and forgiveness," Stallings, a member of ACLC's Executive Committee points out.

"We are all the children of Abraham," notes Philadelphia pastor Rev. Jesse Edwards. "But Jews reject the cross, and do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah, because God's promise to them was that the Messiah would build a kingdom in Israel, which they have yet to see. The Koran acknowledges Jesus as that promised Messiah, but Muslims reject the idea that Jesus died on the cross. To these religions, the cross represents Christianity's intolerance and hatred in the past." Says Edwards, "Jesus taught that whoever would be greatest among us should be the servant of all. The best way to remember Jesus' spirit of sacrifice is to practice it towards others, not get caught up in symbols and signs."
http://www.familyfed.org/usa/ (@ Announcements #100)

PARENTS DAY - Dr. Yang's address
April 2, 2003 - Belvedere
http://www.familyfed.org/board/uboard.asp?id=cdirector&skin=board_urim_simple&color=eng&page=1&u_no=4

IL SHIM, IL SHIN, IL Chae
Becoming one with God, in Heart, in Marriage, in Body
Reverend Sun Myung Moon
May 3, 1998 Belvedere, Tarrytown, NY
Translation by Rev. Peter Kim Unofficial Notes by Tyler Hendricks

IL Shim means mind-body oneness. Man represents God's sung sang, and woman God's hyung sang. Centering on true love, they become one, each with mind-body oneness. This is IL Shin. It is the union stage in ODU (Origin Division Union) action.

IL Chae means they become one with God. It is the union stage returned to God. Between husband and wife, minds unite first, then bodies. This is completion of the individual, couple and with God as a whole. Then it all becomes one. Man and wife becoming one creates the environment, then the third stage is to return to God. This means the harmonious relationship of man and wife. This requires oneness of mind and body. Otherwise you will be up and down.
http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Talks/sunmyungmoon98/UM980504.htm

A new study of sexual behaviour ...
Anthony Browne, health editor -- Observer
Sunday June 18, 2000

US is bucking one global trend. Whereas in most of the world, young people are becoming sexually active at an earlier and earlier age, it is rising in America - possibly as a result of increasing sex education. High school children are more likely to be virgins - and less likely to have had multiple partners - than they were 10 years ago...

In many developing countries, there are far stricter rules governing women's sexuality. In most of Asia, under 10 per cent of women younger than 20 have had sex outside marriage. In Britain and Germany, it is 70 per cent...

The Atlas of Human Sexual Behaviour also grimly reveals the darker side - and dismal consequences - of sex.

Sex has also become one of the world's largest industries. In Thailand, the sex industry is worth $25 billion a year, employing 200,000 child prostitutes. But that total is dwarfed by the US, with 300,000 child prostitutes, and Brazil, with 600,000.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4030859,00.html
http://www.myriadeditions.com/sex.html

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION:
STATISTICS QUOTE 300,000 CHILD PROSTITUTES IN USA
http://english.pravda.ru/main/2000/12/12/1415.html

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