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To: lurqer who wrote (39964)	3/19/2004 9:57:01 PM
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But watchdog groups say the United States has no right to dispense with the funds as it pleases -- much of them going to U.S. companies who have been awarded reconstruction contracts -- and that the money should be held until a legitimate, elected Iraqi government is in place. ”There has been an illegal regime change in Iraq,” said Rahul Mahajan of the group United for Peace and Justice. ”But since that has happened, until the Iraqi people have a chance to constitute their own legitimate government, they should have the right to put a hold on those funds and to call for some accounting for what previous heads of states and families have done.” ”Even if you (were to) grant them that it was in fact a legal occupation,” added Mahajan, ”this certainly doesn't give them the right to dispose of the Iraqi funds, not only the funds for members of Saddam Hussein's family but also the Iraqi assets seized before,” he said. from U.S. Moves To Seize More Iraqi Assets commondreams.org lurqer