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To: Joanna Tsang who wrote (2009)	2/17/1998 4:22:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6021

OT Iraq revisited Joanna, there were several reasons why Saddam wasn't removed during the Gulf War. First, the UN mandate called only for expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait. (BTW, that was the third time since the end of WWII that Iraq attempted to annex Kuwait); Second, it was felt that a strong Iraq was necessary to counter-balance Iran; Third, removing Saddam from power might have entailed relatively heavy U.S. casualties (we'd be up against the Republican Guard units who had been removed from the front); Finally, the thinking in the Bush administration was that after the humiliation suffered at the hand of the coalition, Saddam would be removed by his own people. Such an attempt was made by Saddam's son-in-law, but he was murdered by Saddam. I saw that Hamas has promised to attack Israel if the US and Britain attack Iraq. This has the potential of unhinging the entire middle east, which is exactly Saddam's aim. In the Gulf War Saddam tried to mobilize Arab opinion by attacking Israel with scuds. This will be a very dangerous game for Arafat, for if he allows Hamas to make good on its threat the PLO stands to lose a great deal. Regards, Paul