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To: sea_urchin who wrote (17732)	3/29/2003 7:38:48 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81109

>The Coalition of the Willing is a very weird alliance indeed dcmilitary.com >>>Countries that support the coalition are Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Uzbekistan. More than 15 other countries have privately told the United States that they support the position, Boucher said, but for internal political reasons cannot be open about their support. <<< If that isn't hypocrisy I don't know what it is. From the list of 30 countries: Only South American country is Colombia Central America El Salvador, Nicaragua Only African country is Ethiopia Asian countries are Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Georgia, Japan, S. Korea, Phillipines, Turkey, Uzbekistan European countries are Albania, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, UK Also Australia, Iceland

To: sea_urchin who wrote (17732)	3/30/2003 8:00:11 AM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81109

The opinion of SA's Judge Goldstone suntimes.co.za >>>UN Resolution 1441 "clearly did not authorise the use of military force. It expressly said that if Saddam Hussein remained in material breach of prior Security Council resolutions, and 1441, there would be serious consequences. "Those consequences were not spelt out. And what's important is that at the time Resolution 1441 was passed, China, Russia and France stated expressly that the resolution they were voting for did not authorise the use of force, and that the matter would have to come back to the Security Council. "It's quite clear that the majority of Security Council members do not authorise the use of force. "For that reason, my view, and the overwhelming view of international lawyers, is that the attack on Iraq is not in accord with international law." <<<