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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1425)1/15/2003 8:02:37 AM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25898
 
Re. the asia times article, the last inspections ended four years ago and extensive smuggling has been taking place for years. The article seems to look at economic sanctions as permanent. They've been breaking down. Tthe piece even referred to this:
And Iraq’s estimated illegal earnings of US$1.5-3 billion annually could be reduced if the UN took steps to bring under its control the Iraq-Syria oil pipeline, which opened in 2001.
Also isn't perpetual economic sanctions imposing a high price on the iraqi citizenry?



To: Brumar89 who wrote (1425)1/16/2003 5:12:16 PM
From: PartyTime  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25898
 
What you've excerpted is quite different from the whole of those articles I cited. I believe there is more weight, as you read of the whole articles, to the opposite point of view you're attempting to espouse. For example, I could excerpt very, very heavily arguments from the material in order to support my point of view.

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