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To: NickSE who wrote (67262)1/20/2003 9:30:31 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
The Hersh reportorial vacuum cleaner is very interesting as usual; thanks for posting that.



To: NickSE who wrote (67262)1/20/2003 10:29:47 PM
From: NickSE  Respond to of 281500
 
U.S. urges Iraqi soldiers to rebel (1/20/03)
upi.com

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Central Command,
which oversees military operations in Iraq, is urging Iraqi
soldiers to rebel against Saddam Hussein in an effort to
prevent him from persecuting the people of his nation.

The message, aired to the Iraqi soldiers in special radio
broadcasts, said the Iraqi dictator deceives his people by
creating a false sense of national pride.

..."The world has paid a high price for not stopping men
like Stalin when they had the chance. Many millions of
people have lost their lives needlessly under these
oppressive regimes and in wars started by these leaders.
The loss of life and the needless suffering could have been
minimized had action been taken sooner," says the message.

"History has shown that appeasement of brutal domineering
regimes only brings greater tragedy,"
...



To: NickSE who wrote (67262)1/21/2003 8:58:14 AM
From: JohnM  Respond to of 281500
 
Thanks for the Hersh post. The New Yorker strikes again. We may well increase the subs for it as well as for Foreign Affairs.