Interesting article, but little or no evidence to support it, so as far as I can see, its just a half step up from fiction.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 5:02 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Iraq == next > > > am i the only one who is not surprised by this at all? > > will > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 15 November 2001 00:29 > To: CF-Community > Subject: Iraq == next > > > From http://www.geostrategy-direct.com > > The United States plans to launch a campaign to oust Saddam > Hussein in > Iraq as part of the international campaign against terrorism. > The plan > calls for U.S. aerial bombing to support anti-Saddam > opposition forces > in the country. > The plan was revealed by Turkey's Hurriyet newspaper which > reported last > week that the so-called "Rumsfeld Plan" -- named after > Defense Secretary > Donald Rumsfeld -- calls for setting up a secular, pluralist, > democratic > Iraq and preserving Iraq's current borders after Saddam is > ousted. The > newspaper is Turkey's largest circulation daily. > The plan was said to have been discussed during the recent trip to > Ankara, Turkey last month by Rumsfeld. > The newspaper listed the main features of the plan: > > * Iraq's territorial integrity will be preserved and there will be no > autonomous regions or federative structures within the country. > * All the various ethnic groups will be represented in the central > government that is formed after Saddam's ouster, including Kurds and > Turkmens. > * Turkey will enter northern Iraq and obtain a share of the > oil at the > Karkuk field. > * Business and foreign trade in Iraq will exceed $50 billion, a key > benefit to Turkey. > > Discussion of the transfer of energy, specifically a natural gas > pipeline from Iraq to Turkey will be a priority. > > It's no wonder Turkey supported the US in the Afghanistan > attacks. I'm > wondering what Saudi Arabia and Iran think about this... > > jon > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
