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To: Condor who wrote (77255)	2/24/2003 6:46:10 PM
From: bela_ghoulashi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Maybe Canada could offer to trade places with Tibet.

To: Condor who wrote (77255)	2/24/2003 6:46:10 PM
From: paul_philp	Respond to of 281500

China Sees Common Ground in Divided UN on Iraq Mon February 24, 2003 06:15 PM ET UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China said on Monday it would study a draft U.S.-British Security Council resolution aimed at paving the way for war against Iraq even though it preferred strengthening U.N. inspections instead. "China will study that draft very carefully," Chinese U.N. Ambassador Wang Yingfan said. But Beijing "fully agreed" with a memorandum put forward by France, Russia and Germany proposing a path to peaceful disarmament, Wang added. "That's the majority's view." The memorandum from Paris, Berlin and Moscow, intended to sidetrack the draft put forward by London and Washington, called on the Security Council to set out a clear work program and timeline for U.N. weapons inspectors and to strengthen and better equip the inspection regime. It called for inspectors to report to the council on their progress every three weeks, capped by a major report at the end of 120 days. That would, on its face, delay military action in favor of inspections for at least four more months, unless U.N. arms experts hit a major snag. Wang said that despite the deep divide in the 15-nation Security Council, he thought there was room for compromise. "I still find some common ground -- like implementation of (resolution) 1441 (and) the disarmament issue in Iraq. So, it's not a totally hopeless situation. I still hope we could work together -- all the council members," he said. He spoke to reporters after Britain and the United States circulated a draft resolution, co-sponsored by Spain, declaring that Baghdad had failed to take advantage of a final opportunity to disarm peacefully afforded it in council resolution 1441 adopted on Nov. 8. The Security Council was not expected to take up the U.S.-British proposal for two weeks, opening the door to a period of intense high-level diplomacy as both sides try to woo support from their council colleagues. reuters.com

To: Condor who wrote (77255)	2/24/2003 7:14:30 PM
From: Rascal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Nobody likes it when the Boss' kid gets promoted. Rascal@ that'sthemessage.com

To: Condor who wrote (77255)	2/24/2003 7:37:09 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

C, Maybe this proliferation thing wouldn't be so out of control if Canada would stop exporting nuclear technology. India and Pakistan both came upon their technology via a Canadian head-start and the (almost) nuke power Taiwan has more reactors than Mainland China, enough weapons material to build a few hundred weapons - but supposedly no plans. All started with Canadian reactors and uranium. John

To: Condor who wrote (77255)	2/24/2003 11:09:34 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Now, it would seem to me that GWB made the old Axis of Evil speech and pissed off (scared) NK bigtime. We know how NK re-acted. Condor, GWB made the speech in January and NK didn't react until October. Isn't it more likely that they were reacting to our catching them cheating on the accord?