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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Andy Thomas who wrote (4361)	3/28/2003 5:27:39 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 21614

Beware of Iraqi cabbies.... weekly.ahram.org.eg Saddam Hussein has taken a number of precautions in anticipation of the strike. The [Al-Ahram] Weekly has learned that he moves frequently between several fortified bunkers capable of withstanding missile bombardment and heavily guarded to forestall possible assassination attempts or a coup mounted by Iraqi opposition forces. As part of the heightened security around the president, he has stopped using phones of any kind, including that linked to a one-of-a-kind top secret cable network created for him by a Swedish firm in the 1980s and never renovated or modified since in order to prevent infiltration. Saddam has also forbidden his private secretary and other close aides from using any communications devices from his hideouts. Communications are handled through a small number of hand-picked officers, each charged with conveying Saddam's orders -- coded and bearing Saddam's personal signature -- to a specific command authority. As was the case during the second Gulf War, Saddam has taken precautions to ensure that his movements will be as inconspicuous as possible. He has commandeered for this purpose several old model taxis, which he will drive alone, disguised in Bedouin dress, with his American-made machine gun within easy reach on the seat next to him. [...] _____________________________

To: Andy Thomas who wrote (4361)	3/28/2003 6:35:10 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 21614

i'm just saying that all of this whining about treatment of or killing of prisoners really ought to stop... I mostly agree. We can object to violations of the Geneva Convention, that's appropriate. Though let's be "equitable" about it. I saw two films on POWs. Back to back. The first film was of US POWs, sitting in stuffed chairs, unbound being interviewed by the Iraqi Press. The second film was of Iraqi prisoners wrists tied behind their backs, ankles bound and a rope connecting the wrists to ankles so the POW couldn't stand up and were being interviewed by US forces in a kneeling position on the desert sand. First film...violation of Article 13; second film...no mention of Article 13. I suppose that means we would prefer that our POWs be treated with the same dignity that the US troops were treating the Iraqis. jttmab