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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (22382)	3/17/2003 5:31:28 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Respond to of 25898

Saddam Hussein's deputy, Izzat Ibrahim, lashed out at Kuwait on Wednesday, calling its representative at an emergency Islamic summit in the Qatar a "monkey" and a "traitor." "Shut up you minion, you (U.S.) agent, you monkey. You are addressing Iraq," spat out Ibrahim, the second-in-command of Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council, as the unidentified Kuwaiti delegate tried to interrupt his tirade. The live television broadcast of the Organization of the Islamic Conference summit's opening speeches was cut off as the shouting erupted and the Kuwaiti delegation briefly walked out, Reuters reported. "You are insolent. You are a traitor to the Islamic nation," Ibrahim added as Qatar's Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani shouted him down. The emir of Qatar, said “we are not here for such exchanges,” and moved on to next speaker, an Afghani. He also admonished al-Douri, saying: “You started your speech with a verse from the Koran saying, ‘Thou shalt be united by the word of God.”’ After Ibrahim was silenced, the Kuwaiti envoy said "These are all lies. These are the words of an infidel and a charlatan." Ibrahim was among leaders and senior officials from the world's Islamic states meeting to try to rally the voices of one billion Muslims against war on Iraq. In his speech, he reminded delegates his country had suffered 12 years of U.N. sanctions, which he said was much more than what Kuwait had gone through. Kuwaiti Information Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahd Al-Ahmad told reporters outside the chamber "this proves that Iraq still harbours enmity toward Kuwait." He said Kuwait would lodge a formal protest with the OIC. "It will take a miracle to resolve the Iraq crisis and this miracle is in the Iraqis' hands," the Kuwaiti minister said. "But time is running out." Kuwait had earlier called on Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to make “the ultimate sacrifice” by accepting asylum and going into exile to prevent a war. “Kuwait calls on the Iraqi leadership to think in depth about offering the ultimate sacrifices,” Kuwait’s Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah told the summit. Host nation Qatar said it hoped the summit would at least send a strong message to Baghdad and Washington that Muslim nations wanted every effort made to end the crisis peacefully. In his opening remarks, the Qatari leader had appealed for unity, saying that while the Muslim world does not claim to hold the strategic decision over war and peace “we are certain that we can influence decisions.” “We must be careful in all our moves that our efforts are focused on exhausting all peaceful means to solve this issue,” he said. “Any other way will create more crises, conflicts and suffering.” OIC Secretary General Abdelouahed Belkeziz said the Islamic nation "with all its political weight, power and resources" could makes its voice heard if it was united and sincere. (Albawaba.com) albawaba.com.

To: one_less who wrote (22382)	3/17/2003 5:57:58 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (12) \| Respond to of 25898

Jewell--Are you aware that it was the French, who the very next day after 9/11, introduced into the United Nation the resolution that crteated the worldwide coalition against terrorism? Are you aware that all the French want is: * permanent weapons insepctors * permanent UN peacekeepers * permanent no-fly zone over all of Iraq * containment--Saddam didn't produce anything while the previous inspectors were there, he's not producing anything now, why would he in the future under the above conditions? The French alternative is far better than engaging in a war that will rival the number of deaths that Saddam himself has committed, and making America an agressive nation much like Iraq was when it invaded Kuwait.