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To: Ish who wrote (109948)	8/4/2003 5:27:40 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Nah, the regime would never do something sinister like that. It was only a balloon truck. ;0) mywpages.comcast.net GR@photochop

To: Ish who wrote (109948)	8/4/2003 5:30:07 PM
From: Graystone	Respond to of 281500

What an Iraqi sees. or Saddam as a creature of the west. The Iraqi populace certainly viewed them as weapons, they might have been convertible to some military purpose, the British would be aware of that. If Dr. Hamash is right then look at the balloon truck as an Iraqi might. The British sell this thing to Saddam for his army, the same army that was ordered to suppress revolts and kill and torture Iraqis on a daily basis. Almost everything Saddam used to repress, kill and control Iraqis was some weapon he purchased from the West. In the Gulf War it was apparent to the average Iraqi that Saddam won, as far as they were concerned, the slaughter after the war was a sign of his victory in Iraq. What does an Iraqi see today, 150,000 US troops in Iraq, they are looking for things that they sold to Saddam, digging up airplanes and trucks, things that have already been clearly defined in their minds as weapons of repression, they are also looking for Saddam. Mr Hamre's report is quite frank about progress in reconstruction. The upcoming cancellation of the Oil for Food Program has the potential to cause <<national revolt>> in Iraq, the window is short.