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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (76890)	2/23/2003 6:11:13 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Building a nuclear weapon, and the means to deliver it, takes a large industrial complex, with a lot of inputs. You can't hide it in Presidential Palaces. You can't hide it in the back of trucks. You can identify it and destroy it from the air. Jacob, that is just not true, and we know it's not true, not from speculation, but from actual history. UNSCOM had literally no idea of the state of Saddam Hussein's nuclear programs in 1995 before Hussein Kamel defected and spilled the beans on them. You can disguise nuclear programs if you care enough about it, and Saddam has had plenty of practice in doing so. He has no intention of making the mistake of Osirak again! Remember, those Presidential Palaces are measured in square miles. We are not talking about single buildings, but enormous complexes.

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (76890)	2/23/2003 6:43:45 PM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Building a nuclear weapon, and the means to deliver it, takes a large industrial complex, with a lot of inputs. You can't hide it in Presidential Palaces. You can't hide it in the back of trucks. You can identify it and destroy it from the air. I like Steve Roger's idea of instantly destroying any site where inspections are obstructed in any way. And a real blockade. First, it is not true. Read Pollack on how Saddam fooled western intelligence twice. Since the Israeli's blew up his nuclear plant in 1981 Saddam has been working on ways to develop nukes that are not easily detectable. He got close twice. Second, what would Saddam's reponse be to blowing up his palaces. You are talking about forcing a war without the planning and buildup that gives us such an advantage. Paul