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Subject: Clarification and Saddam Article

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MikeKnight

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Date Posted: 11:55:10 02/18/02 Mon
In reply to: sibo 's message, "holy cow" on 21:46:30 02/15/02 Fri

As Melody points out I'm not really debating. I already have my opinion on the subject and will tell everyone whenever Melody posts her defense of Iraq, but I won't post a refutation of her arguments.

?: does anyone believe Saddam?

Saturday February 16 2:07 PM ET
Iraq Says No Plans to Acquire Mass Destruction Arms
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) said on Saturday that his country -- accused by Washington of being part of an ``axis of evil'' -- did not intend to acquire weapons of mass destruction.

``...weapons are important to defend the country against ambitions of foreigners and elements of evil, but your country is not interested in acquiring weapons of mass destruction,'' Saddam was quoted by the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) as saying.

``We want to acquire more science to serve ordinary people and humanity at large,'' Saddam told a group of scientists from the Iraqi Nuclear Energy Organization.

President Bush (news - web sites)'s administration is looking at ways to oust Saddam on the grounds that Baghdad is developing weapons of mass destruction.

Bush has repeatedly warned Saddam that his country would face the consequences if he does not allow U.N. weapons inspectors to return.

Iraq has barred the inspectors, charged with scrapping its chemical, nuclear and biological arms programs, since U.S. and British warplanes bombed Baghdad in December 1998. Iraq denies it has any weapons of mass destruction.

Bush has also called Iraq a member of an ``axis of evil,'' with Iran and North Korea (news - web sites), saying he would not stand by as those states developed weapons of mass destruction.

Speculation has mounted since Bush's State of the Union speech last month that military action against Iraq was imminent, something Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) has repeatedly denied.

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Saddam's destruction is now a matter of honour	MikeKnight	12:00:17 02/18/02 Mon