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To: Tomas who wrote (44826)	5/15/1999 2:09:00 PM
From: BigBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

Thomas, thanks for the informative posts. It may comfort some that the sources cited aren't coming from frothing at the mouth, lunatic fringe, nut case, BigBull ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! (nine, count 'em <G>) OK folks I'm just trying to have some fun. The 9 exclamation points is a JOKE all right.

To: Tomas who wrote (44826)	5/17/1999 10:55:00 AM
From: Tomas	Respond to of 95453

Iraq. From Daily Telegraph, Sunday May 16 There are fears that Saddam's scientists have used the breathing space since December to restart his programme of weapons of mass destruction. "He has consistently sought to mislead, elude and outwit the inspectors," an Unscom chemical weapons expert said. Washington and London insist that economic sanctions imposed on Iraq can be lifted only after UN teams conclude that Baghdad no longer has a store of weapons of mass destruction or the capacity to produce them. But citing the harsh humanitarian impact, China, Russia and France favour the removal of sanctions once Iraq accepts a new inspections mechanism. Moscow and Paris are also motivated by their financial interests: Russia wants to be re-paid Soviet loans dating from before the 1991 Gulf war while French companies have lined up lucrative oil contracts. While the Iraqi dictator can take some comfort from the cracks in the international alliance against him, he is alarmed by domestic opposition to his reign of fear. His secret service has set up a department to trace and assassinate defectors after a spate of desertions by senior overseas operatives. And Saddam has also been conducting one of his purges of his armed forces and ruling Ba'ath Party, shifting senior officers and executing several accused of lack of loyalty. telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000853717812049&rtmo=VZVPVFZx&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/99/5/16/wirq16.html