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To: Bill who wrote (62532)	10/14/2002 9:52:30 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

yes- but it would need to be a direct link to Iraq. Not some "they might be connected" or "they were seen talking", or they passed through Iraq and picked up a phone.... It would need to be good evidence of a connection. I would consider sending snipers into our country and act of war by another country. But if it is simply a terrorist organization, without a country, then that is a different thing- for me.

To: Bill who wrote (62532)	10/14/2002 9:53:55 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Ex-U.S. general against Iraq war Thomas E. Ricks - The Washington Post Saturday, October 12, 2002 WASHINGTON The former U.S. military commander for the Middle East has come out against a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, saying that he believes the policy of containing President Saddam Hussein has been working. . The retired Marine general, Anthony Zinni, who preceded General Tommy Franks of the Army as head of Central Command, told a meeting Thursday at a Washington research group that the United States has other priorities in the Middle East. "I'm not convinced we need to do this now," Zinni said at a meeting of the Middle East Institute. He said he believed Saddam was "containable at this moment." . Zinni, who served in northern Iraq in 1991 as chief of staff for the Kurdish relief operation that came after the Gulf War, said he thought that war and violence were "a very last resort," adding, "We have to be very careful how we apply it." . Zinni has served over the last two years as an unpaid consultant to the State Department on Israeli-Palestinian issues. He said he believed that re-energizing Middle East peace talks was a higher priority than dealing with Iraq. He added that several other issues also should take precedence, such as encouraging reform in Iran and improving U.S. relations with Arab states. .