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To: Sully- who wrote (36468)	1/28/2004 1:51:53 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

The only people dreaming are the Iranians who died after being sprayed with chemical weapons before, during, and after Rumsfeld's visit to Saddam. I doubt they are thankful that the U.S. was providing targeting data and drawing up battle plans for Iraq as Saddam exterminated them. Tom

To: Sully- who wrote (36468)	1/28/2004 1:59:24 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

And that support for Saddam continued through the decade. Here are some comments made in 1990: <<< ... Senator Howard Metzenbaum (DOH) visited Saddam in April 1990 to inform the dictator that "I am now aware that you are a strong and intelligent man, and that you want peace." Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) on the same trip was little better: "I believe that your problems lie with the Western media and not with the U.S. government." Republican Senator Robert Dole, when he spoke with Saddam in April 1990, apologized for criticism of Hussein on the Voice of America, then returned to tell George Bush that the dictator was "a leader to whom the United States can talk" ... >>> thenewamerican.com Tom