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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (35851)	8/3/2002 8:04:15 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Posted previously, Nadine. I'm sure ol' Rupert will be doing his best in the coming weeks and months to do his part on the propaganda front. The Hearst "Remember the Maine!" tradition is a lot more venerable and prevalent that the much dreaded "liberal media bias", as far as I can tell.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (35851)	8/4/2002 2:37:19 AM
From: jcky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

There is just one little problem with the likelihood of this claim: Saddam is a survivor, not a martyr. His most recent cat and mouse game regarding the reinstatement of weapons inspection is further proof. I would say Israel is ranked at the top or near the top of everyone's list as the most likely candidate for employing nuclear weapons as a mean of retribution in the event of an attack from biologic weapons. It would not matter if the attacks were merely symbolic or totally destructive, the Israelis would retaliate disproportionately to articulate a position: threaten our existence and risk yours. Compound this situation with a current prime minister who was found, by his own government, to be indirectly responsible for the massacre of thousands of innocent refugees in Lebanon, and I would surmise there is a very high probability Baghdad will end up as a nuclear crater if the Israelis suspected Saddam was the mastermind behind the biologic attacks. So Saddam is going to risk this? A far reach by the dossier, in my humble opinion. What the dossier fails to realize is that governments can be easily targeted and held accountable for their actions but terrorist groups cannot due to their organizational structures. Thus, governments are less likely to sanction actions which may directly threaten their own existence.