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To: TigerPaw who wrote (371340)	3/14/2003 7:17:58 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

tp, re:They were destroyed in 1991 That's why the UN voted unanimously for 1441? Go read the information here: iraqwatch.org There is plenty of unaccounted for items including 555 warheads removed from missiles with mustard gas but the Iraqi's claim they can't find them. PS: The reason we know he has weapons is the US and it's allies have the receipts of what we have sold him over the years.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (371340)	3/14/2003 7:19:42 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Respond to of 769667

As the debate rages over gaps in the recent Iraqi weapon declaration, it is worthwhile to take a step back from the fray, and to remember what the inspectors are looking for. The answer is: things that the West supplied. The real targets in Iraq - whether of inspectors now or of soldiers later - are the West's own exports. Before the Gulf War, Iraq received sensitive, dual-use equipment useful for making mass destruction weapons from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. German firms supplied over half of the total; the rest of the world shared the remainder. Much of what came from America went with the blessing of the US Commerce Department, which approved the sale of more than $1.5 billion worth of dual-use goods. An honest assessment of the problem we face in Iraq is that we are still trying to rectify our past indiscretions. The fact that US troops may one day lay down their lives to destroy these exports is the price we may have to pay. The following table lists some of the sites that the inspectors have visited recently and shows some of the sensitive items the sites received from the West. The inspectors managed to destroy a good deal of the equipment imported in the 1990s, but much of it still remains for the Iraqi sites to use. The West's companies and governments are more guilty than most people remember. iraqwatch.org