Thursday 8/20/98 12:22 PM Gudmundur Helgason http://uboat.net/ Olduslod 41 IS-220 Hafnarfjordur Iceland How many u-boat sinkings can be DIRECTLY related to a ciphered messages decoded by the Allies? My impression is that the crypto-stuff was mostly self-inflating PR done for business reasons by the 'intelligence' agencies. Hedgehogs, hf/df, sonar, radar, and visual sightings played the major role, was my impression. However, it looks like some REAL DAMAGE was done using crypto. http://www.aci.net/kalliste/speccoll.htm http://caq.com/cryptogate http://jya.com/whpfiles.htm http://www.qainfo.se/~lb/crypto_ag.htm ABQ Journal u 8/16/98 A16 reports Iraq Welcomes First Iran Pilgrims Since War Families Heading to Muslim Shrines By Mariam Sami The Associated Press AL-MUNTHERIYA, Iraq - Iranian pilgrims carrying red plastic roses entered Iraq on Saturday, the first such border crossing since the two states declared war on each other 18 years ago. ... Mehrangiz Terhani, a 55-year-old house-wife who lost a son and a brother during the war, was weeping so hard she had trouble speaking. "We have to forget the past," she said. "I am happy and honored to go to a place that I've been waiting to visit for a long time." I am not reading e-mail. Best http://www.apcatalog.com/cgi-bin/AP?ISBN=0125475705&LOCATION=US&FORM=FORM2 http://jya.com/f86/whpf86.htm