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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (38614)	8/19/2002 4:22:49 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

Iraq is putting the squeeze on the Aussi's. Oh well, they can agree and renege if we go in. From the WT Iraq sets wheat-buying conditions on Australia BAGHDAD Iraq told an Australian Wheat Board delegation here yesterday that it would resume full imports of Australian wheat only if Canberra reverses its support of possible U.S. armed hostilities against Baghdad. "Iraq will promote its relationship with the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) and with the farmers of Australia once the prime minister of Australia and the foreign minister change their position," Trade Minister Mohammed Mehdi Saleh said.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (38614)	8/19/2002 10:41:03 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

Saddam is going to seem like a benign pussy cat after Uday gets his malevolent mind on the levers of power. Exactly. If we pursue a goal of merely having Saddam "retire" only to be replaced by his son, we'll see even greater oppression and turmoil in Iraq as Uday seeks to assert this authority. That may result in his focusing internally, rather than externally, but it will make possession of nuclear weapons all the more attractive since it would negate outside interference... There are considerable issues to overcome, namely the place of the Kurds in a post-Saddam society. Should they be granted autonomy and independence (which will surely ruffle Turkish feathers)? Or would they accept and recognize a constitutional monarch who granted them only economic a limited political autonomy?? But I don't believe any of these are insurmountable. After all, the Kurds require economic access to the seas, being a land-locked nation of people. That means they have to make "deals" with those nations surrounding them. Hawk