At 04:17 PM 2/7/03 +0100, J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 22:22 6-2-2003 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
I would say that it certainly will be much greater, if just for the
difference in strategic reasons and the ready availability of oil
revenue to the first Iraqi republic to finance its own development.
Why would post-war Iraq be the "first Iraqi republic"? Iraq is *already* a
republic.
So is the People's "Republic" of China . . .
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Bite me. ;-)
-- Ronn! :)
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