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"U.S. Undermining Arms Control - Experts"
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0427-04.htm
Blix says it would be advisable for U.S. military forces to forego their
current search and permit an international team of arms inspectors to verify
Iraq's nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.
Such an international verification process would also have more credibility
- particularly at a time when there is widespread speculation that
Washington may "plant" its own weapons and then blame the Iraqis, says one
senior U.N. official.
Ron Daniels, executive director of the New York-based Center for
Constitutional Rights, said the United States must invite other nations to
co-operate in the inspection process because of those concerns, "amplified
by recent reports that an American military team has located a scientist who
they claim has led them to materials that can be used as the building blocks
for illegal weapons."
"The search for and verification of WMD must be independently verified by
U.N. weapons inspectors and their destruction carried out in accordance with
the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993," Daniels asserted.
Despite these warnings, the United States has already picked two U.S.
military contractors--Raytheon Corporation and Kellogg, Brown and Root--who
will shortly dispatch about 200 to 250 inspectors to search for WMD in Iraq
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"Saddam link to al-Qaeda in doubt"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-6047-661840,00.html
BRITISH Intelligence officials have expressed doubt that Saddam Hussein
established any working relationship with al-Qaeda despite the discovery of
documents showing that an "envoy" for Osama bin Laden visited Baghdad in 1998.
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"Iraqis target Gen. Franks for war crimes trial"
http://dynamic.washtimes.com/twt-print.cfm?ArticleID=20030428-12027619
Iraqi civilians are preparing a complaint to present in court in Belgium
accusing allied commander Gen. Tommy Franks and other U.S. military
officials of war crimes in Iraq, according to the attorney representing the
plaintiffs.
The complaint will state that coalition forces are responsible for the
indiscriminate killing of Iraqi civilians, the bombing of a marketplace in
Baghdad, the shooting of an ambulance, and failure to prevent the mass
looting of hospitals, said Jan Fermon, a Brussels-based lawyer. He is
representing about 10 Iraqis who say they were victims of or eyewitnesses to
atrocities committed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Mr. Fermon said the complaint will ask an investigative magistrate to look
into whether indictments should be issued against Gen. Franks. If an
indictment is filed against the general and other U.S. officials, they could
be convicted and sentenced by a Belgian court.
"Belgium could issue international arrest warrants, but I don't think we
will get to that point," Mr. Fermon said.
If arrest warrants were issued, U.S. officials could be arrested on entering
Belgium.
The Bush administration has reacted angrily to the complaint. A senior
administration official warned that "there will be diplomatic consequences
for Belgium" if the complaint is taken up by a court there and Belgian
authorities issue indictments against Gen. Franks and other U.S. officials.
"The complaint will be filed stating that unknown American personnel are
directly responsible for committing war crimes in Iraq," Mr. Fermon said.
"On some of these questions there is an issue of command responsibility for
atrocities committed on the ground, and that responsibility ends with Gen.
Franks and those who are under him in the U.S. military line of command," he
said.
The administration official said the complaint highlights U.S. concerns that
laws regarding war crimes and institutions such as the International
Criminal Court (ICC) can be used to initiate politically motivated
prosecutions against American officials.
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"Israeli Calls for 'Regime Change' in Iran, Syria"
http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2643891
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Israeli ambassador in Washington called for
"regime change" in Iran and Syria on Monday through diplomatic isolation,
economic sanctions and what he called "psychological pressure."
Ambassador Daniel Ayalon said the U.S. invasion of Iraq and overthrow of
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein helped create great opportunities for Israel
but it was "not enough."
"It has to follow through. We still have great threats of that magnitude
coming from Syria, coming from Iran," he told a conference of the
pro-Israeli Anti-Defamation League.
Ayalon said he did not advocate or foresee the invasion of Syria and Iran.
"I certainly do not see any aggressive military campaign. I don't think that
would be the right thing. Nobody is suggesting that," he said.
But he added: "There are other means that can be exhausted ... The way to
deal with Iran for instance is to delegitimize its regime and the way to do
that is applying political pressure ... and to really apply economic sanctions."
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"Revealed: How the road to war was paved with lies / Intelligence agencies
accuse Bush and Blair of distorting and fabricating evidence in rush to war"
http://news.independent.co.uk/low_res/story.jsp?story=400805&host=3&dir=508
[edit: All the obvious facts redacted in a nice short essay]
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"On message, on script: Bush's never-ending war story boasts a shocking and
awesome cast of sometimes-crazed characters"
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1051445986934&call_pageid=971358637177
[edit: long semi-speculative piece]
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-- Hop-Frog
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