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Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
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From: Michael Perelman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Turkey: 10,000 soldiers to Iraq
I can see why Pakistan would
Michael:
I can see why Pakistan would do it. That nation is a
virtual hostage. What does Turkey get?
I think a better question is what sections of Turkey would get something
from it. At least two groups would gain some, at least, in the short
run:
1) AKP, the governing Islamic Christian
at the time of the war that said that at the Iraq/Jordan border
there were many fewer refugees leaving Iraq than there were people coming in from
Jordan to fight for Saddam (from all over the Middle East).
Jim
as guerrillas in the Sunni areas (at this stage and on a serious
scale). You know how these stories go.
while I wouldn't put too much emphasis on what Wolfowitz calls foreign
elements, there were stories at the time of the war that said that at the
Iraq/Jordan border there were many fewer refugees
Bush - are making a lot of money in the post-war rush for contracts in
Iraq.
Firms whose directors held membership in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's
Defense Policy Board (DPB) or in the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq
(CLI) did not appear to suffer any handicap, either.
Two big winners
Jim writes:
[*] It's possible that the neo-cons assumed that it would be easy to run
Iraq after the conquest -- oops, I mean liberation -- because the
countries of Eastern Europe were relatively easy to run after the fall of
the USSR.
I have a different take on this. Occupying Iraq really should
Paul:
The U.S. needed to make compromises - BUT with groups that were ready to do
it. International elites required some slice of the pie and minor seats at
the table. Many, Iraqi Sunni Bathists and many of their guerilla
supporters in the small units now active) could likewise be accommodated
I THINK I see your point (hard to tell with internet communication) and it
is helpful. Let me be clear(er):
1) Occupying Iraq should have been easy IF the goals are conventional
Bush I/Clinton type goals (get rid of Saddam and replace him with a
government more typical of friendly oil-rich
on Iraq in
October. It is hoped that the survey will establish a clearer timetable for the work
to be
done and build confidence in the future. Some aid workers in Britain believe
reconstruction is proceeding at a faster pace than in Kosovo and Afghanistan. But their
optimism is little comfort
A pattern of aggression
Iraq was not the first illegal US-led attack on a sovereign state in
recent times. The precedent was set in 1999 in Yugoslavia writes Kate
Hudson
Kate Hudson
Thursday August 14, 2003
The Guardian
The legality of the war against Iraq remains the focus of intense debate
in Iraq, Marine Corps
Maj. Gen. Jim Amos confirmed aircraft dropped what he and other Marines
continue to call napalm on Iraqi troops on several occasions. He commanded
Marine jet and helicopter units involved in the Iraq war and leads the
Miramar-based 3rd Marine Air Wing.
Miramar pilots familiar
General Winter won three in Russia.
But I wonder if all three were not really won by Russian feudalism.
Feudalist culture (declining or not) had the singular ability to absorb
massive blows to the communications infrastructure without collapsing.
(That's why they had fiefdoms... and created
From MS SLATE's on-line summary of major US newspapers today:
The LA [TIMES] goes inside with word of concerns over an executive order
signed by President Bush two months ago that may give U.S. oil
companies blanket immunity from lawsuits and criminal prosecution
over the sale of Iraqi oil. As
From MS SLATE's on-line summary of major US newspapers:
While the NY [TIMES] reported yesterday that the fall of Baghdad was
aided by Iraqi turncoats, the LA [TIMES] cites another reason on Page
One this morning: the self-destruction of the Iraqi army. Citing
former Iraqi commanders and
fields in the
north and south of Iraq, the 33-page final work plan showed.
Other areas needing repair included gas facilities, the distribution network
and refineries.
The plan was drawn up by officials of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, Coalition
Provisional Authority, the US Army Corps of Engineers
Even if it does cost the US taxpayer a bundle, the windfall profits of a
privatised oil industry going to the willing Bush buddies and the crony
capitalists capturing of rebuilding contracts is surely worth it even if one
adds the life values of a few US soldiers martyred to liberate Iraq
Cheers
going to the willing Bush
buddies and the crony
capitalists capturing of rebuilding contracts is
surely worth it even if one
adds the life values of a few US soldiers martyred
to liberate Iraq
Cheers, Ken Hanly
Analysis: Soaring costs of 'rescuing' Iraq
By Martin Sieff
UPI Senior News
Just to show that there's different ways of supporting workers in uniform,
and that the issue must be handled thoughtfully, here's an insightful clip
from USA in Review, dated April 1, 2003 (April Fool's Day).
An Open Letter to Supporters Concerning Our First Visit to the Wounded at
Bethesda
Be Forced to Go Back to U.N. for Iraq Mandate
July 19, 2003
By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS
The Bush administration is being forced to turn to the U.N.
because other nations are refusing to contribute troops or
cash without U.N. approval.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/19/international/worldspecial
Alas, we are letting them get away with decisions like the following
without making a peep
* U.S. Extends Iraq Deployment of Key Army Division
July 14
- By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facing mounting security threats in Iraq, the
U.S. military said on Monday thousands of soldiers
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From: Yoshie Furuhashi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alas, we are letting them get away with decisions like the following
without making a peep
=
'They' didn't listen to 'us' for the last 12 years of the war; what makes
you think they'll listen now?
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From: Yoshie Furuhashi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alas, we are letting them get away with decisions like the following
without making a peep
=
'They' didn't listen to 'us' for the last 12 years of the war; what makes
you think they'll listen now?
Dear ANSWER, UFPJ, NION, RJ911, NNEWAI, VFP, other organizers:
It is crucial for us to get a campaign to Bring the Troops Home Now
and End the Occupation off ground _before_ the Pentagon sends _more_
US troops to Iraq in response to Iraqi resistance. We have _no time
to lose_. We can't wait
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,995928,00.html
U.S. Firms Eager To Sell in Iraq
Laws, Security Fears Still Major Obstacles
By Jackie Spinner
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 9, 2003; Page E01
At his truck wash off Interstate 90 in Billings, Mont., Don Haugan runs a
little side business making a special industrial cleaner
July 6, 2003, 1:25AM
U.S. forces detain Turkish special forces in northern Iraq
Associated Press
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- The United States seized 11 Turkish special forces in
a raid in northern Iraq, but released several Saturday after vigorous
protests from the NATO ally.
The detentions threatened
how to coordinate them if it wishes.
Meanwhile the signals mount daily that the US could lose badly in Iraq. Its
excuse for staying there is that Iraq would disintegrate between its
different communities, but the three main consituencies in Iraq
appear sophisticated about accommodating each other
Imperial history repeats itself
Once again, Indians are being asked to fight Iraqis for empire's sake
Randeep Ramesh
Thursday July 3, 2003
The Guardian
The blood has barely dried on the British empire than it has already begun
to seep over its American successor. The US occupation of Iraq
And now for the really big guns
War is one thing, but can Iraq survive full-on assault by Wall Street? Ed
Vulliamy and Faisal Islam report
Sunday June 29, 2003
The Observer
After the war, the corporate invasion. Bechtel, the US construction giant,
now leads the rebuilding of Iraq's
and guard against anything like revenge. The INC representative
essentially argued that this attack in southern Iraq was not linked to the
spate of attacks against the US forces in the Sunni areas.
Dan Plesch was quoted on BBC1 as saying that in the last few days attacks
on the US forces have averaged one
side
stepped the question of the alteration of key phrases linking Iraq to
terrorism in other countries and merely said it was a mistake to publish it
without acknowledgement of sources. A storm in a teacup - as opposed to a
complete Horlicks according to the foreign secretary. And the suggestion
At 2003-06-24 13:42 -0400, Louis Proyect quoted:
USA TODAY, May 30, 2003
British postwar approach provides model for U.S.
Our view: Chaos and hostility are less prevalent in area controlled by ally.
NY Times, June 24, 2003
6 British Soldiers Are Killed in Southern Iraq
By KIRK SEMPLE
Six
Turkey offers 1,200-1,800 soldiers to assist US in Iraq
The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
declared that Turkey offered relief aid and other assistance in
the rebuild of Iraq, as well as 1,200 to 1,800 troops.
According to a news article published in influential
Title: FW: From New Zealand to Iraq; a reflection on Bremer's theory
[I wonder: what happened to the balance of political power in NZ that pushed and allowed Rogernomics? -- Jim]
From: Jurriaan Bendien
Bremer was quoted as saying:
A fundamental component of this process will be to force
Title: RE: [PEN-L] Banned in Iraq
speaking of which, here's a letter to the editors of the L.A. TIMES:
With all the recent disclosures about the false infomation used by the Bush administration as grounds for the Iraq invasion, the worst of all scenarios has come to pass -- the French were
weakness of his position.
CB
America's rebuilding of Iraq is in chaos, say British
By Peter Foster in Baghdad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$Z5H4F5Q4KC5OHQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2003/06/17/wirq17.xmlsSheet=/portal/2003/06/17/ixportaltop.html
(Filed: 17/06/2003
. This is a media offensive driven by as much by fear as
by inter-imperialist rivalry. Significant that it has again been placed
in a Conservative leaning paper.
CB
British troops face four years in Iraq
By Michael Evans, Defence Editor and Richard Beeston in Baghdad
BRITISH troops could be stuck in Iraq
right in Britain,
including the British military.
Blair may need all party cover for his exit strategy all the more so in
view of the increasing weakness of his position.
CB
America's rebuilding of Iraq is in chaos, say British
By Peter Foster in Baghdad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml
* Iraq's lethal peace
It could yet change American minds
Leader
Monday June 16, 2003
The Guardian
...Almost unnoticed outside Iraq, the senior US administrator in
Iraq, Paul Bremer, has issued a proclamation outlawing any
gatherings, pronouncements or publications that call for the return
BBC Newsnight, Monday night had two items from Iraq.
1) Interview with Fedayeen in Baghdad where attacks on US military have
spread from the Sunni triangle to the north west of the city. Man appearing
on camera with face pixilated out, holding a grenade. Plus report of a
fedayeen document which
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2003/06/13/cnoil13.xm
l/
Iraqi oil awarded to a variety of nations
By Malcolm Moore (Filed: 13/06/2003)
The first crude oil to come out of Iraq after the war was yesterday awarded
to a surprisingly international group of oil companies
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/vforum/03/modern_iraq/index.html
This will probably be a mixed bag with people like Gary Sick included, but
might have some interesting data to consider nonetheless.
Louis Proyect, Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org
Spy watchdog criticises dossier
The dodgy dossier which mixed intelligence information
about Iraq with a US student's thesis was not checked by intelligence
chiefs before it was published, a committee of MPs and peers has said.
Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) makes
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=1514e=8u=/afp/20030414/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_war_escwa_losses_030414230117
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to an Iraqi claim that the skeletons found
in the abandoned military camp were bodies repatriated after the Iran
Iraq war.
The Observer has a graphic description which gives a number of
speculations but no reference to the possibility that the bodies could be
victims of the war (which would fit
Title: US/Iraq vs. Iraq/Kuwait
in all of the anti-war slogans, posters, literature, etc., I've never noticed anyone saying that the legal and moral status of the US invasion of Iraq is exactly on the same level as Iraq's invasion of Kuwait 13 years or so ago: it's an illegal grab for oil
Any thoughts from the list, given the spate of conjectures on the
dollar/euro binary?
Title: RE: [PEN-L:36593] Iraq; dollarization?
dollarization of Iraq is quite likely, not because of dollar vs. euro competition as much as because (1) the U.S. will be in charge; and (2) the current dominant policy ideology still says that dollarization is a good idea. The benefit
http://www.quechuanetwork.org/news_template.cfm?news_id=672lang=s
Indigenous Peoples Declaration Against United States Invasion of Iraq
Ottawa - Canada - (Posted on Apr-01-2003) The representatives of the
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas gathered during the second Annual Forum
of Connectivity
Jack Straw on Channel 4 News referred to the plan for a US administration
with a cabinet of 23 Americans, as a proposal of part of the US
administration.
He suggested it was not yet decided that Jay Garner would be head of the
civilian administration.
Humanitarian skirmishing continues.
Holding Iraq oil in trust for US oil companies. This article is from last
November!!
Cheers, Ken Hanly
http://www.observer.co.uk/focus/story/0,6903,825099,00.html
The Observer November 3, 2002
Carve-up of oil riches begins
US plans to ditch industry rivals and force end of Opec, write Peter
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From: k hanly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 9:12 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:36565] Carving up Iraq oil
Holding Iraq oil in trust for US oil companies. This article is from
last
November!!
Cheers, Ken Hanly
Jack Straw this morning is quoted as jostling (amiably of course) for a
very swift transition to an interim Iraqi administration before a
permanent Iraqi administration. But as US sources are talking of setting up
an interim Iraqi government by as early as next week, this
inter-imperialist
all odds.
If my message appears cryptic because my mind has become somewhat esoteric, heres the latest joke: the US wants to divide Iraq into three provinces: regular, super and unleaded.
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loves a boy. A child who only ever wanted to play with his older
brother's marbles.
On March 21, the day after American and British troops began their
illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq, an embedded CNN correspondent
interviewed an American soldier. I wanna get
from the Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=393124
Pentagon vetoes new task force to take control of Baghdad
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington
02 April 2003
The parallel internal war in Washington over Iraq flared again yesterday
when the Pentagon vetoed
Title: civilian deaths in Iraq
[I've been thinking for awhile that though the idea of embedding journalists in military units seems brilliant at first sight (since it encourages a worms-eye view of the war, missing the big picture (to be filled in with Pentagon briefings) and the Stockholm
broken out at a senior level within the Bush
administration over a new government that the US is secretly planning in
Kuwait to rule Iraq in the immediate aftermath of the overthrow of Saddam
Hussein.
Under the plan, the government will consist of 23 ministries, each headed
by an American. Every
, 2003
Once more into the swamp
Saddam learned a lesson in 1991, the U.S. and Britain did not ... now their
forces are tied down fighting a guerrilla war in Iraq
By ERIC MARGOLIS -- Contributing Foreign Editor
The opening weeks of the Second Oil War against Iraq - a.k.a. Operation
Iraq Freedom
Headquarters, Iraq, Tom Allard and agencies
April 1 2003
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/31/1048962706871.html
United States forces have begun rounding up Iraqi men in civilian clothes
suspected of being involved with paramilitary squads attacking them in
southern Iraq and may ship some
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs/2003/reconirq/reconirq.htm
RECONSTRUCTING IRAQ:
INSIGHTS, CHALLENGES, AND MISSIONS
FOR MILITARY FORCES IN A POST-CONFLICT SCENARIO
Conrad C. Crane
W. Andrew Terrill
Strategic Studies Institute
February 2003
The views expressed in this report are those
Title: FW: useful web resources re Iraq
my friend Jennifer Olmstead sent me the following.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
stop the war now!
Hi all,
As someone who has been studying the Middle East for quite some time, I
feel
?
New Delhi, March 25: India on Tuesday countered the renewed call by the US for
resumption of talks with Pakistan, asking why
military action was resorted to against Iraq and Afghanistan instead of dialogue to
resolve the crisis confronting the two
countries. If dialogue per se is more critical
would be willing to endure and still support
the war in Iraq. This was the heart of his response ...
I think it all depends how the war goes. And I think the level of
causalities is secondary. It may sound like an odd thing to say. But all the
great scholars who have studied American character have
Iraq Debt Debate Already Under Way
By David Chance
Reuters
LONDON -- Iraq will pay its debts after Saddam Hussein is removed but will
need a big write-off so the once-prosperous country's economy can grow
again, an exiled former central banker who is also a senior opposition
figure said
principle is that the
UN's word must be taken seriously, and if we have to subvert its word to
guarantee that it is, then by gum, we will. Peace is too important not to
take up arms to defend. Am I getting this right?
Further, if the only way to bring democracy to Iraq is to vitiate the
democracy
Does anyone have reliable data showing the amount of arms sales per
country to Iraq over the past 20-25 years? I'm looking for something
that would account for under-the-table transfers, transfers via
third parties (e.g., US transferring arms to Iraq via Austria), and
whatever else could
If the US denies Iraq democracy and independence, its freedom will be bought
with blood
Neal Ascherson
Monday March 24, 2003
The Guardian
The landscape after the battle, in a conquered country, does not smile in a
warm morning of freedom. Instead, there begins a rat-infested twilight, and
many
Im just getting back to this thread apologies if Im way behind the
flow. Anyway, Krugman is OK as far as he goes. As I mentioned before,
the euro-vs-dollar conspiracy crowd is simply wrong on the mechanics of
how these things work. Whether oil is denominated in dollars or not is
relevant, as
I suspect that the vicious war in Iraq would make nations more likely to
want to use an alternative to the dollar.
I agree that the privilege of issuing a currency that serves as a unit of
account offers the profits of seniorage, but I cannot see a war in the
face of world public opinion shoring
, the administrators
of post-war Iraq are patiently waiting in the wings.
According to Arab press reports this weekend, the American occupation
authorities intend to divide Iraq into three zones a northern district
that includes Kurdistan, a central one that includes Baghdad, and a
predominantly
to plan for the rebuilding of Iraq's infrastructure,
including IT and telecommunications systems.
Under a State Department program known as the Future of Iraq Project, Iraqi
exiles with expertise in IT and other disciplines have delivered to the Bush
administration studies and recommendations
.
To the extent that they've thought about this at all, I suspect the
Bush folks see the dollar's role as evidence of US power, see
the war in Iraq as an assertion of US power and so imagine
the war will help the dollar. I think they are correct that the
international role of the dollar
(No war in Iraq - http://pnews.org/)
Bush to Iraq: Treat prisoners like we would treat our prisoners
Is he kidding? Like we treated those Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan? The
ones who were tortured to death?
AND let's not photograph those prisoners of war. That is a violation of
the Geneva
Title: RE: [PEN-L:35996] Bush to Iraq: Treat prisoners like we would treat our prisoners
P.S. Where are the WMDs the Iraqis are hiding? The U.S. has not been
able to find them?
they haven't been delivered yet.
Hi, Hank!
Jim Devine
Max B. Sawicky wrote:
Krugman argues that the issue is a crock:
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/oildollar.html
His argument looks right to me.
He plays it down a bit too much I think. We've borrowed immense piles
of money in dollars with no currency risk. The Fed could run the
printing
He plays it down a bit too much I think. We've
borrowed immense piles of money in dollars with
no currency risk. The Fed could run the printing
presses around the clock, and the creditors would
just have to live with it. It's not a bad deal.
Doug
I agree with Doug and think that the best
Title: RE: [PEN-L:36003] Re: Clash of Currencies and the Iraq War
Sabri:
I understand where P.K is coming from but however much I
appreciate some of his contributions, just as all of us, he has
his biases too. I like my biases better though. Any objections to
that?
even better is being
- Original Message -
From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'PEN-L ' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 5:31 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:36004] RE: Re: Clash of Currencies and the Iraq War
Sabri:
I understand where P.K is coming from but however much I
appreciate some of his
This article by Geoffrey Heard is one of the better I've seen on the
war. This URL takes you to the printer-friendly version.
Carrol
http://slash.autonomedia.org/print.pl?sid=03/03/20/1330253
I'm both happy and a bit embarrassed at the way this dollar-euro story
is being picked up by the antiwar movement. I'm happy because the
extreme vulnerability of the US payments situation is crucial to any
analysis of the geopolitics of the current moment. Talking about this
represents an
Ellen Frank did a nice job of handling this question on KPFA about a week
ago. Maybe she should chime in.
On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 12:25:44PM -0800, Peter Dorman wrote:
I'm both happy and a bit embarrassed at the way this dollar-euro story
is being picked up by the antiwar movement. I'm happy
Title: RE: [PEN-L:35927] Re: Clash of Currencies and the Iraq War
I'll plead ignorance and then speculate nonetheless:
It seems to me that the clash of currencies is pretty one-sided. Though the Eurocrats would _like_ the Euro to be a world-class currency like the US$, it seems unlikely
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I'm both happy and a bit embarrassed at the way this dollar-euro story
is being picked up by the antiwar movement. I'm happy because the
extreme vulnerability of the US payments situation is crucial to any
Title: Re: Clash of Currencies and the Iraq War
-Original Message-
From: Devine, James
To: 'Max B. Sawicky '
Sent: 3/22/2003 4:33 PM
Subject: RE: [PEN-L:35942] RE: RE: Re: Clash of Currencies and the Iraq War
I agree with PK that the war-for-the-dollar story is a crock
of Currencies and the Iraq War
I agree with PK that the war-for-the-dollar story is a crock, but there
are reasonable concerns among the financial elite about a steep fall of
the US$ -- of the sort that happened in the late 1980s -- causing
problems for the US economy and more importantly (for them
advocates of conflict claim that
Saddam's
forces are so weak, so demoralised and so badly equipped that the war will
be
over in a few days. We cannot base our military strategy on the assumption
that
Saddam is weak and at the same time justify pre-emptive action on the claim
that
he is a threat.
Iraq
war) Or should the US
engage in a thinly-masked piracy against certain odious third parties?
Well, it depends what each European country stands to gain or lose.
France and Germany are about to lose *big time* due to their investments
in Iraq (and the next evil countries, Syria and Iran). Russia
Bush Bets All He Has
Mar. 15, 2003
The United States is in deep trouble. The President of
the United States has taken an enormous gamble, and
done it from a fundamentally weak position. He decided
a year ago or so that the U.S. would make war on Iraq.
He did this in order to demonstrate
A talented lawyer arguing a weak case
The attorney-general's assertion that the use of force against Iraq is legal
without a second UN resolution does not stand scrutiny, says Matthew Happold
Monday March 17, 2003
The attorney-general set out his views today on the legal basis for the use
of force
Iraq would be announced early
next week, and another contract for the reconstruction of infrastructure
such as bridges and roads was also expected to be awarded Tuesday or
Wednesday.
Delays in contacting the firms involved were blamed for the postponement.
The deals are among eight civilian
20 March 2003
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS APPEALS TO PARTIES IN IRAQ CONFLICT TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW
The following statement was issued today by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello:
As hostilities begin in Iraq, I appeal
International Commission of Jurists (Geneva)
http://www.icj.org/news.php3?id_article=2770lang=en
Iraq - ICJ Deplores Moves Toward a War of Aggression on Iraq / La CIJ
déplore l'annonce d'une guerre d'agression contre l'Irak / La CIJ lamenta
los anuncios de una guerra de agresion contra Irak
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, k hanly quoted a CESR report stating:
It is the height of hypocrisy for the U.S. and U.K. to base war on
Resolution 1441 when they are fully aware that France, Russia and China
approved that resolution on explicit written condition that it could not be
used by individual
http://harikumar.brinkster.net/AllianceIssues/CLOUD.htm
There seem to be many discussions of this. Ad nauseam one hears that there
are good arguments on both sides of the issue. Some Prof from Duke just said
this on CBC radio and our defence minister takes the same position. Of
course there arguments on both sides but the pro legality side has quite
Title: FW: Iraq War - Predictions Past and Present
some predictions about the war.
From : Renee Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject : Iraq War - Predictions Past and Present
Date : Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:10:18 -0800
To my students: I told you so.
Back in 1999
Title: FW: Iraq War - Predictions Past and Present
An interesting article who is Martin? Of course the
New American Century People are also after Saudi Arabia, Libya, Syria, Egypt and
I forget the other ten...;)
Cheers, Ken Hanly
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From:
Devine, James
Title: FW: Iraq War - Predictions Past and Present
I don't know
who Martin is. I simply forwarded it.
BTW, a
student told me that some CIA guy was on TV saying that Syria was next, in order
to end that country's domination of Lebanon.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http
Just read on Haberturk, a Turkish News Site, that oil wells in
Iraq are on fire. The news piece said, details will follow
soon. In the mean time here is an article from Houston Cronicle.
Sabri
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March 19, 2003, 10:59AM
Saddam opens spigots on oil wells, reports say
By DAVID IVANOVICH
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