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To: Bris who wrote (6536)	1/9/2004 9:17:28 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 15987

Why would she say this what's to gain? If she said anything else, the Adminstration would have to react, and they're plainly not ready to do that. Baker just got done shaking down Bashar Assad for some of Saddam's dough, after all -g-

To: Bris who wrote (6536)	1/10/2004 3:07:44 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

I agree with Nadine's analysis.. We may suspect (or know) that Syria took some of Iraq's WMDs, but we're trying a "carrot/stick" approach with the Assad government (and myriad other Baathist power brokers).. Were we to publicly announce Syria had them, we would definitely be compelled to do something about them.. And we just don't have the forces available at this moment to do so.. And hopefully, with the proper degree of pressure politics, the realistic threat of force might just be enough to convince them to get rid of them. Hawk