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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scoobah who wrote (481)	11/21/2001 9:36:36 AM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 32591

4- NO HELP FOR IRAQ OPPOSITION? New York Daily News Editorial Monday, November 19, 2001 Don't Forget Iraq As has been made abundantly clear, America's war against international terrorism must go far beyond Osama Bin Laden and his Al Qaeda killers and their Taliban hosts. So why is there hesitation to target Iraqi butcher Saddam Hussein? Like the Northern Alliance, there is an opposition group that the United States should be helping ^ the Iraqi National Congress. This broad-based coalition has one goal: getting rid of Saddam. Sounds good to us. Under the U.S. Iraq Liberation Act, roughly $100 million has been set aside for the congress. However, the State Department says it "is not prepared to fund INC activities inside Iraq at this time." That makes no sense. The feds want the organization to use the money for its offices in London, Washington, Tehran, Damascus, Prague, Cairo and Paris. And for satellite TV broadcasts. Right, let's fight the war with talking heads. Speaking to the Daily News, one of the congress' leaders, Sharif Ali Bin Al Hussein, argued that the time is ripe to step up operations inside Iraq ^ such as setting up safehouses and seeking defectors. In Saddam's case, massive U.S. attacks may not even be necessary. Iraq is already constrained by two U.S.-patrolled no-fly zones, and about one-third of the country is outside his control. He is vulnerable ^ which is why State should reconsider its policy. Saddam invaded Iran and killed more than 1 million people. He used poison gas on his own citizens. He invaded Kuwait. He launched Scuds at Israel. He tried to assassinate former President George Bush. He busted UN sanctions and kicked out the UN weapons inspectors, violating the terms that ended the Gulf War. Now there are reports he operated a terror training camp where recruits learned how to hijack airplanes without using weapons. An Iraqi agent is said to have met in Prague with the leader of the Sept. 11 suicide terrorists. And for those of you worried about anthrax, Saddam has entire factories ready to produce the stuff. A decade ago, the first President Bush made a mistake in not finishing the job and ousting Saddam. It's time the error was corrected.