Volume 1, Issue 1

March 17, 2003

Tragedy in the Sky

On February 1, 2003, the NASA space shuttle Columbia had an accident. As the space shuttle was re-entering the atmosphere it broke into pieces over Texas.  This was a very important mission.  On this shuttle was the first ever Israeli astronaut to ever go into space.  All seven of the astronauts on the shuttle were sadly killed in the massive explosion breaking the shuttle into pieces.  The trail of smoke could be seen high in the sky.  Much debris fell on homes in Texas and Lou

Inside this issue:

War Could Be Close at Hand

War is close between the U.S. and Iraq.  Though we have a few allies, such as England, we would like the help of France and Germany.  They want more proof before going to war and would rather disarm Iraq without war.  The U.N. is sending in weapons inspectors into Iraq again.  They have not found any chemical or biological weapons yet but they have found empty warheads

U.S. officials have found that Saddam Hussein pays a considerable amount of money to people who suicide bomb U.S. citizens.  They have also found ties between him and Alquida.  He even sprayed mustard gas on his own citizens.  He would kill anyone of his citizens that spoke out against him.
President Bush has stationed many war ships near

Iraq.  There are aircraft carriers and other battle ships ready for war.  Saddam Hussein has given up some of information on weapons and nuclear programs but President Bush says its not enough.

-Joe Bizal