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To: sea_urchin who wrote (17027)1/26/2003 5:42:08 PM
From: sea_urchin  Respond to of 82102
 
>All that will happen is massive killing of the populace and world-wide condemnation

thestar.com

>>>Reports out of London speak of Whitehall being inundated with cables from British missions abroad warning of widespread fury. European diplomats I spoke to talk of "long-lasting enmity in the Arab, Asian and African world against the Western model," in the words of one.

And over at the staid Davos conference in Switzerland, Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammed Mahatir told the corporate and political elite of the world Thursday: "People want revenge. You kill our people, we will kill you."<<<



To: sea_urchin who wrote (17027)1/26/2003 6:06:38 PM
From: sea_urchin  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 82102
 
>No-one can know what the costs or the final outcome will be.

news.scotsman.com

>>>Whether or not the politics of the coalition campaign will succeed in attracting part of the ruling tribal alliance to their side is open to question. If a military coup fails, the potential for a civil war will increase. In all cases, civilian loss will be dramatic, the tempo of the war will be slow and the rise of uncontrollable forces will defy our worst imaginings.<<<



To: sea_urchin who wrote (17027)1/26/2003 8:38:37 PM
From: Alan Whirlwind  Respond to of 82102
 
"In my opinion, the US military has to be ready for house-to-house fighting and suicide attacks and, in the circumstances, casualties are unavoidable."

Nobody will suicide attack from secular Iraq. I doubt the house-to-house fighting will last long. Why bother once the cart is upsot? Iraqis are realists.