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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: goldworldnet who wrote (366888)	3/6/2003 12:00:48 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

We have sold Iraq many-many weapons. They were armed and trained by us during the Reagan years. Rumsfield was one of our point-men then. That's why Saddam was "shocked" when we came to Kuwait's rescue. But that was then and this is now. same is true of Osama of course when he was fighting the Soviets. Ironic.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (366888)	3/6/2003 3:32:49 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	Respond to of 769667

<<Maybe the countries that have sold Iraq weapons....>> Like the US and UK? Or how about Cheney who was considering lifting sanctions against Iraq in 2001. Was he defending the Iraqi regime? Cheney Panel Seeks Review Of Sanctions Iraq, Iran and Libya Loom Large in Boosting Oil Supply By Peter Behr and Alan Sipress Washington Post April 19, 2001 An influential energy task force headed by Vice President Cheney has broached the possibility of lifting some economic sanctions against Iran, Libya and Iraq as part of a plan to increase America's oil supply. According to a draft of the task force report, the United States should review the sanctions against the three countries because of the importance of their oil production to meeting domestic and global energy needs. The April 10 draft acknowledges that sanctions can "advance" important national security and diplomatic goals. But it adds that United Nations sanctions on Iraq and U.S. restrictions on energy investments in Libya and Iran "affect some of the most important existing and prospective petroleum producing countries in the world." "The administration will initiate a comprehensive sanctions review and seek to engage the Congress in a partnership for sanctions reform," the draft said. The nation's energy security should be one of the priorities of U.S. domestic and foreign policy, according to a portion of the draft read to The Washington Post and confirmed by the White House. Steve