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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (36930)	8/11/2002 12:11:55 AM
From: SirRealist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Debka says the War in Iraq has already begun...just quietly<< Covert actions are one thing. Blatant acts of an offensive war, undeclared and kept secret from the US Congress and American public are another. Any President who chooses such a route is in violation of US law and international law and it would make him as much an enemy of the state, and of democracy itself as any tinpot Middle East dictator. It doesn't matter if he's Dem or GOP, lefty, righty or dead-center; that's completely irrelevant. I doubt debka on this one. But if it's correct, there's only one proper response: "Zeig Heil mein Fuehrer!" Any other response would certainly get one thrown into the dungeon to be raped and murdered if this is our New World Odor.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (36930)	8/11/2002 12:02:36 PM
From: BigBull	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Nadine, Here's a WP article on the resignation of Dervis and that Turkish papers are also reporting the taking of those airfields in Northern Iraq (first possible confirmation of the story reported by DEBKA and Intl. Trb). Architect of Turkey's Economic Recovery Resigns By Karl Vick Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, August 11, 2002; Page A17 washingtonpost.com ....A longtime strategic partner to the United States and the only majority Muslim member of NATO, Turkey would serve as a crucial platform for U.S. military operations in almost any scenario involving Iraq. Leading Turkish newspapers suggested this week that the cooperation is already well underway, publishing reports that the Turkish and U.S. armed forces have taken control of three airfields in northern Iraq, an area all but independent of Baghdad since the 1991 Persian Gulf War.