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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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To: Suma who wrote (20755)	11/12/2004 8:25:07 AM
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"Rumsfeld even visited Saddam." And precisely what was that visit all about? Got links? Did he not tell Saddam about the concerns our government had about his WMD's at the request of the government during that visit? _____________________________________________________________ ....Rumsfeld, then President Ronald Reagan's special Middle East envoy, was urged to tell Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz that the U.S. statement on chemical weapons, or CW, "was made strictly out of our strong opposition to the use of lethal and incapacitating CW, wherever it occurs," according to a cable to Rumsfeld from then-Secretary of State George P. Shultz. The statement, the cable said, was not intended to imply a shift in policy, and the U.S. desire "to improve bilateral relations, at a pace of Iraq's choosing," remained "undiminished." "This message bears reinforcing during your discussions.".... ....An explicit purpose of Rumsfeld's return trip in March 1984, the once-secret documents reveal for the first time, was to ease the strain created by a U.S. condemnation of chemical weapons..... ....When details of Rumsfeld's December trip came to light last year, the defense secretary told CNN that he had "cautioned" Saddam Hussein about the use of chemical weapons.... washingtonpost.com

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