and even if Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction," the burden of proof is on the US to show that Iraq is a clear and present danger to the world at the present point in history. After all, Bush proposes to kill a large number of people.
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Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Burford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> Subject: [PEN-L:34367] Channel 4 News on Powell's speech 7pm
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> much old and widely known.
>
> Pentagon prevailed over CIA in including softer evidence.
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> Result pretty uneven
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> Aim to overwhelm by quantity rather than quality of evidence.
>
> Expert from Janes' intelligence: could not rely on pictures
> alone without
> corroboration from inside witnesses.
>
> British intelligence which is close to CIA disagrees with Pentagon
> intelligence about the links between Iraq and Al Quaida.
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