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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lucretius who wrote (62497)	1/27/2003 8:55:36 AM
From: robert b furman	Respond to of 94695

If they want to contaminate their oil they'd better be careful. There is a mean and quickly growing Military force - just miles away in Kuwait. Most don't really think of it this way but much of Iraq oil is closer to Kuwait than Baghdad. Needless to say WE ARE IN KUWAIT. This is fear mongering and not a real possibility. JMHO Bob

To: Lucretius who wrote (62497)	1/27/2003 9:03:27 AM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 94695

They fired Scuds in that direction back in 1991... yeah they have less Scuds now.... I think the main threat would be from a dirty bomb - you don't have to precisely hit the target and effects are longer lasting than any other unconventional weapons bar actual nuclear weapons which I doubt Iraq has. Maybe going for oil terminals would be more effective than the fields themselves. Likely the effect would be a damp squib but until the war is over it is a threat to oil prices.