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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (42287)9/6/2002 3:23:15 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
A must read.

It sure is, Nadine. Unfortunately, those who oppose any war with Saddam either won't read or believe it. The last two paragraphs are telling.

>>>>There is some debate among arms-control experts about exactly when Saddam will have nuclear capabilities. But there is no disagreement that Iraq, if unchecked, will have them soon, and a nuclear-armed Iraq would alter forever the balance of power in the Middle East. "The first thing that occurs to any military planner is force protection," Charles Duelfer told me. "If your assessment of the threat is chemical or biological, you can get individual protective equipment and warning systems. If you think he's going to use a nuclear weapon, where are you going to concentrate your forces?"

There is little doubt what Saddam might do with an atomic bomb or with his stocks of biological and chemical weapons. When I talked about Saddam's past with the medical geneticist Christine Gosden, she said, "Please understand, the Kurds were for practice.<<<<<
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