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To: Sig who wrote (118499)	11/4/2003 1:22:59 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 281500

I'm not clear on why we have sanctions against Libya. There are two possible reasons: 1. The Libyans think they should control the oil in Libya, and we disagree. That arrangement makes us feel insecure. We need oil for our SUVs, they inconveniently live on top of that oil, so we have to "secure" our supply. By any means necessary. Partial control, negotiated contracts, that isn't good enough for the Control Freaks. They want it all, they want to dictate terms. 2. Tripoli's pirates in 1805, Libyan skyjackers in the 1970s, State-supported terrorists, all need to be punished. Well, not really "all", just the ones that attack us and our allies. If we do it, it's OK: ...a bomb was placed on a Cubana Airlines airplane in Barbados in October, 1976. The bomb exploded shortly after takeoff and the plane crashed while trying to return to the airport. All 73 passengers and crewmen were killed. BOSCH and others (members of an anti-Castro US-backed terrorist group) were arrested for this crime, and they are still in prison in Venezuela. Here's a long list of State-supported terrorism: 216.239.57.104 (the State is the U.S., and the terrorists are Cuban exiles, given safe haven, funds, weapons, and political support by the U.S. Identical to what Libya and N. Korea have done.)