Rapid Fire 02/02/07

Published February 02, 2007

* Pentagon budget $30B short
* Gloomy intel estimate for Iraq
* DHS won't give locals terror info
* $10K rewards to dis global warning
* Israel picks rocket defense
* DoD finagles casualty count
* Boston, city of wimps
* Conventional Tridents, extra dead (background)
* Spec Ops' pack mules
* Tax man kills space dream
* Blackfive vs. Arkin
* Pic: comet, Southern Lights
* Flying car just around the corner... for the 384958736479th time

(Big ups: RC, EH)

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