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To: maceng2 who wrote (42607)	9/8/2002 3:25:36 PM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

OT : Extremely funny cartoon in the UK Times today. and here was silly me, thinking the link refered to the cartoon :-)

To: maceng2 who wrote (42607)	9/8/2002 3:37:32 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 281500

U.S. Says Hussein Intensifies Quest for A-Bomb Parts nytimes.com Even the official US marketing version of the Iraq nuke case seems sort of dubious. More than a decade after Saddam Hussein agreed to give up weapons of mass destruction, Iraq has stepped up its quest for nuclear weapons and has embarked on a worldwide hunt for materials to make an atomic bomb, Bush administration officials said today. In the last 14 months, Iraq has sought to buy thousands of specially designed aluminum tubes, which American officials believe were intended as components of centrifuges to enrich uranium. American officials said several efforts to arrange the shipment of the aluminum tubes were blocked or intercepted but declined to say, citing the sensitivity of the intelligence, where they came from or how they were stopped. The diameter, thickness and other technical specifications of the aluminum tubes had persuaded American intelligence experts that they were meant for Iraq's nuclear program, officials said, and that the latest attempt to ship the material had taken place in recent months. The attempted purchases are not the only signs of a renewed Iraqi interest in acquiring nuclear arms. President Hussein has met repeatedly in recent months with Iraq's top nuclear scientists and, according to American intelligence, praised their efforts as part of his campaign against the West. Whoa. Saddam has allegedly been shopping, unsuccessfully it seems, for parts that might be used to build gas centrifuges, which might allow him to get some weapons grade uranium some years down the line. If he actually manages to build these rather large and obvious facilities and somebody doesn't bomb them in the meantime. Plus, he gave a pep talk. I guess that's enough for a war marketing campaign, but seems a little weak for conventional diplomacy. Maybe the rather scant evidence is why W only needed 10 minutes per world leader to explain it all.