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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (13402)	10/13/2004 2:52:59 PM
From: ThirdEye	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

How many times have we intervened militarily in LA in the past 100 years? 50 or so? Yeah, we've been terrific neighbors.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (13402)	10/13/2004 2:57:22 PM
From: ild	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

Through Hussein's Looking Glass CIA report says the Iraqi leader assumed the agency knew he didn't have banned weaponry. By Bob Drogin, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Saddam Hussein was convinced he won the Persian Gulf War in 1991. And when he destroyed all his weapons of mass destruction after that war, Hussein was sure the CIA knew it. As a result, he saw 12 years of United Nations resolutions, trade sanctions and threats of war as a charade to humiliate him. In Hussein's view, Washington and Baghdad should have been close allies. He could have helped curb Iran's nuclear ambitions, and solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He offered to become America's "best friend in the region, bar none." He was certain U.S. forces would never invade. more... latimes.com