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To: LindyBill who wrote (79605)	3/5/2003 2:36:34 AM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Do two diiffernt people write Friedman's columns these days. GungHo GoGetEm and HandWringing WorryWart don't seem to actually have the same position on any subject. Tom, try the Zyprexa. Paul

To: LindyBill who wrote (79605)	3/5/2003 3:42:19 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 281500

1998 articles on Iraq, the US, UN and maybe War...from a French POV... Do any of them seem to have been written today? Yep. > Le Monde diplomatique > > english edition > > March 1998 > > edited by Wendy Kristianasen > > > > LEADER > > Lessons of a non-war * > > by Ignacio Ramonet > > There are three lessons to be learned from the recent Gulf crisis. > First, the United States is now tempted to act in an authoritarian > manner, as the world's only superpower. Second, it has no overall > strategy for the Middle East and third, Europe has ceased to exist. > monde-diplomatique.fr > > Translated by Barbara Wilson > > > > UNITED STATES' DOMINATION PUT TO THE TEST > > Gulf scenario frustrated > > by Eric Rouleau > > Another Gulf war has been averted thanks to the intervention of UN > Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The United States has been forced, > for the time being, to bow to the will of the international > community and the United Nations has restored some of its > credibility. Unlike in 1991-92, the crisis has been characterised > by the refusal of public opinion to believe the disinformation put > out by the US spin doctors; and also by Washington's loss of > support from its former Middle East coalition partners on account > of its enduring double standards. > monde-diplomatique.fr > > Translated by Wendy Kristianasen > > > > What strategy to topple Saddam Hussein? > > by Faleh A. Jabbar > > Washington and Baghdad remain on a fundamental collision course > despite the eleventh-hour agreement brokered by Kofi Annan. In > addition to its declared aim of eliminating Iraq's weapons of mass > destruction, the US - frustrated by Saddam's masterly tactics - now > has a more ambitious goal: his removal. Any future air campaign > might fail to get rid of the weapons, still less get rid of Saddam. > But Washington would seek to bring into play a political agenda > based on two elements: civil insurrection and army disaffection. > Which it hopes would bring about the fall of the regime when the > storm clouds next gather. > monde-diplomatique.fr > > Original text in English > > > > When our "friend" Saddam was gassing the Kurds > > by Kendal Nezan > > Baghdad's refusal to allow UN experts to inspect the presidential > sites on which chemical and biological weapons were allegedly > hidden was taken to justify a new bombing campaign on Iraq last > month. Times have changed. Ten years ago, the systematic gassing of > the Kurdish population of northern Iraq had far less impact on > America. Only six months after the slaughter at Halabja, the White > House lent Saddam Hussein another billion dollars. And in 1991, at > the end of the Gulf war, US troops stood idly by while Saddam's > presidential guard ruthlessly suppressed the popular uprising by > the Kurds for which the American president had himself called. > monde-diplomatique.fr > > Translated by Barry Smerin > > > > Western allies divided > > by Antoine Sanguinetti > > Despite the agreement between the United Nations and Baghdad, the > United States has decided to maintain its military presence in the > Gulf. In material terms, everything remains ready for military > action against Iraq. But the legality of such action is > questionable and Washington is having trouble enlisting the support > of its allies. > monde-diplomatique.fr > > Translated by Barry Smerin > > > > Issues unresolved and resolutions ignored * > > With or without air strikes against Iraq, the Middle East will > continue to be a region of instability, full of unresolved > problems. Here is a concise background to each of the following > issues: the future of Iraq, the question of the Kurds, the > Palestinian problem, the occupation of the Golan Heights, the South > Lebanon "security zone" and weapons of mass destruction. > monde-diplomatique.fr > > Translated by Ed Emery > > > > THE DANGERS OF THE MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT > > Wielding power behind the scenes * > > The cat is out of the bag and the world now knows just how > unbalanced are the proposals coming out of the current OECD > negotiations. The nature of this international organisation, which > is devoted to free market principles, explains why the MAI has been > conceived there. > monde-diplomatique.fr > > Translated by Julie Stoker > > > > Shackling the state * > > by Nuri Albala > > If signed, the current MAI proposals would form a benchmark for the > global investment economy, taking precedence over most existing > national obligations and agreements. The multinational corporations > would be given powerful ammunition against sovereign states and the > legal means to enforce their new "rights". It is a dynamic > agreement which would ultimately "rollback" all national laws which > did not conform. > monde-diplomatique.fr > > Translated by Julie Stoker >