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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1)	2/20/2003 5:48:27 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 43

I'd say the UN report is pure garbage. Look at Afghanistan, many of the first bombing runs were US planes dropping food to starving people. Has the UN any proof that the people of Afghanistan are dying of hunger now? One million Iraqi children will probably be saved with a quick US take over. No US plans to hit water supplies even though Saddam drained the swamps killing millions. Geeze, even plans to use the E-Bomb to knock out communications are on hold so their use of cell phones and TV watching aren't knocked out. I'm reminded of an old Star Trek show where 2 planets are at war. When one planet develops a weapon the weapon is destroyed but it's effect is computed and people report to death chambers. It was too clean so they stayed at war. OTOH this is more of a rescue mission + getting rid of a terrorist helper. Makes it a lot more complicated.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1)	2/20/2003 9:37:17 PM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 43

To justify war with Hussein, the Bush administration condoned a propaganda campaign on Iraqi atrocities in Kuwait. Americans were riveted by a 15-year-old Kuwaiti so-called refugee's eyewitness accounts of Iraqi soldiers yanking newborn babies out of hospital incubators in Kuwait, leaving them on a cold floor to die. The public didn't know that the eyewitness was the daughter of Kuwait's ambassador to the United States, and that her congressional testimony was reportedly arranged by public relations firm Hill & Knowlton and paid for by Kuwait as part of its campaign to bring the United States into war. latimes.com