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To: zonder who wrote (69297)	4/7/2003 10:15:54 AM
From: Fred Levine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

I do not want france, Russia, or Germany to get Iraqi contacts. I do want it to go to the US and the allies. Why? Morality applies the same principles universally. However, trade and commerce are competitive activities with each country trying to get advantages within international law. Some countries, e.g., Monaco, even take advantage of being a tax-haven, and that is legal. One of the goals of foreign policy of every nation is to advance economic interests. Thanfully, the check on this is international law(s). I deplore Bush taxing foreign steel against existing treaties. However, the french, Germans, and Russians were in Iraq, often in violation of sanctions, to advance their economic interests. They bet on the wrong horse and they should not be rewarded for doing this. They also bet on the wrong horse because of their existing trade ties with Saddam. If we find that Saddam was not inviolation of 1441, which Zonder, he agreed to, I am wrong. I am confident that we will find substantial violations. Zonder, 1441 was an extension of the cease-fire agreement of 1991 that Saddam agreed to. fred