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To: mishedlo who wrote (193232)	9/23/2002 11:27:38 AM
From: JHP	Respond to of 436258

Saddam's 'chemical war plan' Saddam's chemical equivalent of a scorched-earth policy could give the Bush administration the very lever it needs to get UN accord for its attack plans LONDON - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has reportedly issued a top-secret military order authorising his local commanders to unleash chemical weapons should the regime be defeated in a war. The Times reported yesterday that US intelligence experts were examining the authenticity of a 23-page military order which appeared to confirm Baghdad had chemical weapons and would not hesitate to use them. If the document is shown to be genuine, it would be an important piece of evidence against Mr Saddam, showing how he had lied to the United Nations about stockpiling chemical weapons. The document reportedly contains details of preparations for a 'chemical battle' between Iraqi and US forces as well as radio-coded messages for using such weapons. The document, however, was signed by the head of the Iraqi Navy and not Mr Saddam. A senior US official said Washington took the Iraqi document 'very seriously' though there had been no decision on whether to include it in a dossier being prepared for President George W. Bush to prove Iraq's continuing deception over its weapons of mass destruction. The White House was given the document last month by Iraqi opposition leaders who had been invited to visit Washington. Vice-President Dick Cheney instructed senior US intelligence officials to examine the military order thoroughly. According to The Times, it detailed five military zones inside Iraq and the circumstances under which commanders there would be required freely to deploy chemical weapons upon their own initiative. The order, reportedly issued in March, also revealed that the Iraqis had been careful not to reveal the specific chemical toxins they might have in their arsenals. Authentication of the report will determine whether it can be used to persuade sceptical members of the UN Security Council not to trust Iraq despite its apparent compliance with weapons inspection. It could also provide clues as to the whereabouts of the hitherto elusive Iraqi chemical-weapons sites. Mr Saddam is believed to have hidden his stores of deadly nerve gases and mustard gas from UN inspectors since 1991. According to Iraqi defectors, production of sarin, tabun and mustard gas was resumed immediately after the expulsion of inspectors in late 1998. The inspectors had also failed to uncover Mr Saddam's nuclear weaponry, according to an Iraqi scientist widely regarded as the father of the 'Baghdad bomb' before he defected. 'Inspectors since 1991 have gone to the site to check things out and have walked right past our locked room where we were working on enrichment,' Dr Khidir Hamza told The Times recently. Subscribe to The Straits Times print edition today. In it you get exclusive reports, analyses and news packages. Do it by email or fax

To: mishedlo who wrote (193232)	9/23/2002 2:15:17 PM
From: TheStockFairy	Respond to of 436258

I've been waiting for this to happen also. The only ones who really make out on this deal are the suit salesmen, it doesn't help you gain anymore sales. Since my primary occupation is in sales/sales management, we get turned upside down about once a year on the business casual / suits issue, depending where we are at in our numbers. All suits do is increase my dry cleaning bill. <<<Finally, it's interesting that J.P. Morgan has done away with its casual dress code and is now requiring business attire. This is reminiscent of the "hemline indicator" that was popular in the late 60's. The theory held that as hemlines went, so went the market, since liberal and conservative fashion trends seemed to mirror broader trends in economic prosperity. Thus, "Happiness is a stock that doubles in a year" - a book on my shelf from the Go-Go years of the 1960's - dedicated an entire chapter to the subject, optimistically noting that mini skirts were taking the fashion world by storm. It will be interesting to see what happens to business casual if the economy continues to stagnate. >>>