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To: lorne who wrote (2783)	1/25/2003 3:48:06 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Respond to of 15987

Those are my words. "We" represents, in my words, our governments policy of "containment" and embargo on Iraq. Saddam is not althogether innocent, but our policy did not help. len

To: lorne who wrote (2783)	1/25/2003 5:22:43 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

A little something on Saddam's palaces- ain-al-yaqeen.com Here's a short excerpt, odd for a religion that forbids alcohol. In the past ten weeks, ten 20-foot containers of whiskey have arrived in the Port of Aqabah bound for Iraq. This is, according to experts, below average for the period. Each 20-foot container contains an average of 900 cases of whiskey, or a total of 10,800 bottles of whiskey. In addition, a further 20-foot container of wine and beer went to Baghdad during the same period. That's 350,000 cans of beer and 7,200 bottles of wine. The regime in Baghdad is consuming more than 10,000 bottles of whiskey, 350,000 cans of beer and 700 bottles of wine per week - and alcohol is illegal in Iraq. Food is exempt from sanctions, and these goods are classified as foods, so Baghdad is importing all of this legally. The important point here is that the regime is getting drunk while it claims that its people don't have enough to eat. So we are a little tired of hearing that sanctions are responsible for the problems of the people of Iraq. It's the government of Iraq that spends its scarce resources on these palaces, on items like beer and wine and liquor that's illegal in Iraq, and then complains about the rest of the world causing problems for the people of Iraq.