Hehe Hi just recently heard that Fedajin name too. And this Jihad shit.. wow it's all in the mix. But the analogy of Spice and Oil, the most important link is that 'spice/oil is vital to the Spacing Guild and its navigators'. Without the spice, our cars won't move a centimeter! By the way, I heard an Iraq joke on the radio, most of the are not funny but this one was, and I'll try to translate it in english (some jokes from dutch people are not funny to others somehow ) ----- An ambassador from the Middle East living in the States, meets George Bush. They talk some together, and finally the ambassador likes to ask Bush a question. The ambassadors son is a huge fan of Star Trek. But this little boy is always wondering why he sees typical americans, and russians, and asian people, but never, NEVER arabian people. And since the makers of Star Trek are americans, he thinks that Bush can explain this. Bush nods, bows forward to the ambassadors ear, and whispers: 'Star Trek is playing in the future...'