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To: LTK007 who wrote (14591)	11/11/2002 1:05:12 PM
From: Softechie	Respond to of 30712

Is it another VietNam scenario here? I believe so if US have military personel positioned w/i Iraq...I would advise Bush to leave Iraq alone...

To: LTK007 who wrote (14591)	11/11/2002 1:28:22 PM
From: Steve Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 30712

I agree the parliament result is preplanned. Now Saddam can come along and be the peacemaker. If war starts, Saddam will not play victim, he will be victim <g>. He knows the US are not gonna back down. Bush is not going to leave another half done job. The only ways I can see Saddam rejecting are if he thinks he can call Bush's bluff - or if he does actually have a nuke. Could have a nice rally on Friday as I think that my scenario being the surprise, that is the scenario least likely to be priced in as of Thursday's close.

To: LTK007 who wrote (14591)	11/11/2002 3:08:57 PM
From: Win-Lose-Draw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 30712

this whole iraq thing is making me sick. we have cruise missiles that can give a camel a colonoscopy from 1500 miles away, we should just take the b-st-rd out and save the people of iraq from even more misery. if a few of his "praetorians" go with him, so be it, that's the chance you take when you put on a uniform.

To: LTK007 who wrote (14591)	11/12/2002 7:37:58 PM
From: DebtBomb	Respond to of 30712

you might be right max, check this: White House - AP Turkish Sale to Iraq Concerns U.S. 55 minutes ago By GEORGE GEDDA, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Iraq has ordered 1.25 million doses of an antidote for nerve agents in what could be an attempt to protect its military personnel if Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) uses those weapons on the battlefield, administration officials said Tuesday. At least some of the doses were ordered from Turkey, and U.S. diplomats are discussing the issue with Turkish officials. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites ), briefing reporters late Tuesday, said it was not clear whether Iraq has received any deliveries of the antidote, known as atropine. "This is not something you would want to be selling to Iraq at this time," Powell said. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan (news - web sites), who joined Powell at the briefing, said the United Nations (news - web sites ), in enforcing its economic embargo against Iraq, must be careful about permitting the export of items that have both military and nonmilitary uses. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said, "Any Iraqi orders for more atropine than needed to meet normal humanitarian requirements would be of concern, since that could indicate preparations to use chemical weapons by preparing to protect their own forces from the consequences of such use." In Turkey, Health Ministry spokesman Ebubekir Akkaynak said his agency had no record of an Iraqi request for atropine. Mustafa Karpuzcu, general director of Drogsan, a Turkish company that manufactures atropine, said the firm had no commercial ties with Iraq and had not received any request. The Iraq interest in the purchase of atropine was first reported in Tuesday's editions of The New York Times. There were differing accounts among officials as to whether the 1.25 million doses far exceeded normal needs of the Iraqi medical community. Atropine is frequently used to resuscitate heart attack victims. One official said the Bush administration had not evaluated whether the size of the Iraqi request suggests the atropine will be used as a battlefield antidote. Another official said the large quantity clearly suggests an attempt to protect military personnel if nerve agents are used against an invading enemy. Iraq has been enhancing its defense posture in anticipation of a possible U.S.-led invasion to disarm the country of weaponry barred by the United Nations. Atropine is not on the U.N. list of products that Iraq is barred from importing. Officials said Iraq submitted a contract to the United Nations for the purchase of the atropine. This was part of normal reporting procedures required under U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iraq. Iraq is not a signatory to an international chemical weapons convention. The United States has renounced the use of weapons banned in the convention and says it does not maintain these arms in its arsenal. story.news.yahoo.com