Who was helping Hussein rebuild his military and how sanctions really work....

[RickM]

Interesting bit of info...from Yahoo..... Wow, they are fair and balanced....NOT!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1802&e=13&u=/washpost/20041008/ts_washpost/a16142_2004oct7

"Among them: a French arms dealer known only as "Mr. Claude," who made a surreptitious visit to Iraq (news - web sites) four years ago to provide technical expertise and training."

"Russia, Poland, Romania, Belarus and Ukraine -- provided critical assistance to Iraq as it tried to build a long-range missile program and other systems that weapons inspectors feared could have been used someday to launch chemical, biological or even nuclear attacks."

"While the United States sought to shut down suppliers through diplomatic and other means, Samore said, it was common knowledge that Iraq was able to bypass sanctions by buying in small quantities and paying high prices, using a network of front companies in Jordan, Syria and other countries in the Middle East."

[red ufo]

Saddam '04

Bringing back peace, propaganda, and lower gas prices, just like they used to be in Iraq!

Magic acts Monday thru Friday at 6 PM where random familys disapear as a sacrifice to the Sun God to keep Iraq peaceful the next morning.

[tabs]

Those random disappearences are otherwise now known as "Insurgents". and will soon be known as dead....

[Overpaid Slacker]

What?!? Diplomacy, the hallowed panacea for all grievances international didn't work? What bizzaro world are you referring to?

JP