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To: Win Smith who wrote (81153)3/11/2003 10:46:53 AM
From: aladin  Respond to of 281500
 
Win,

And you think that the alliance of convenience against Iran in that era was just in Iraq's favor? Patrol boats full of Iranian zealots were attacking shipping. Their goal was to prevent Iraq from exporting oil, but they also hit other shipping.

From that angle we have Naval and Coast Guard forces deployed around the world protecting shipping lanes with little direct American trade on the line. Do you tie that to Iraq?

John