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To: greenspirit who wrote (40873)	8/29/2002 11:17:36 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Rohrabacher: Putin Sees Saddam as 'Short-Timer' Thursday Aug. 29, 2002; 10:23 p.m. EDT newsmax.com Russian President Vladimir Putin knows that Saddam Hussein's days as Iraqi chief of state are numbered and he's prepared to stand aside as the U.S. topples the Iraqi dictator's regime without interfering, said conservative Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., Thursday afternoon. "The Russians know that Saddam Hussein is a short-timer," Rohrabacher told nationally syndicated radio host Sean Hannity. "What they really wanted to impress upon us [is to] give them leverage so that once Saddam Hussein is removed they will not be excluded from the rebuilding and the team that goes into Iraq." Rohrabacher had just come back from Moscow, where he had traveled with House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde to gauge the significance of the $40 billion trade deal Putin recently inked with Iraq. But there was less to the Russian-Iraqi deal than meets the eye, Rohrabacher said, explaining, "They know that these agreements with Saddam Hussein aren't going to hold any water because Saddam Hussein is a gangster who has no legitimacy at all, even in Iraq." The California Republican said he based his assessment on talks with "some of Putin's top people." Asked whether the Russians gave any indication that they'd tap their huge oil reserves to offset any oil shortage that might result from a new war in the Mideast, Rohrabacher said, "All I'll say is (that) they are on our side now and we can be very happy." "We can wean ourselves away from a dependency on oil that's coming from enemies to a country now, Russia, that wants to be our friend," he added.

To: greenspirit who wrote (40873)	8/29/2002 11:22:55 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<"There is no doubt that hundreds of dissidents have been assassinated by regime elements while thousands of people have been executed at home, and, under a so-called moderate administration…> Their murderous threat against Salman Rushdie for writing "The Satanic Verses" is sufficient reason to defeat and replace the Iranian thugs. The Moslem Madrassa Head-Hacking madness might collapse as fast as the USSR once it gets rolling. Arabs and Iranians and etc are just people and it's no fun for anyone living under an oppressive yoke. Once there's a way out, watch the stampede. The Saudi royals and other autocrats do NOT want Iraq invaded and converted to civilization because they know the crowds will be at the gate within days. The crowds aren't going to demand the local Taleban be put in charge. It's time to issue a Freedom Fatwah against the Moslem Head-Hackers. Mqurice PS: Then, of course, revamp the United Nations into a sensible institution of freedom, not repression and Big Brotherism. SirRealist, that play was a movie, The Matrix.