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Re: the following message about the VX loadings. While I have not followed these allegations closely I do know that the latest in the press seems to be that the VX findings have been replicated by French and Swiss labs; these tests were requested by the Iraqi government after a US military lab made the initial allegations. (source: Financial Times 27/10/98) > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Source: Laurie Mylroie <sam11@erols.com> > Organization: Information for Democracy > Oct. 31, 1998 > Text of Iraqi Statement Announcing Suspension of Monitoring (AP, oct. 31) > > The second is the dirty game that was played by the Special Commission > and its head in cooperation with America about the VX claims. When the > truth came out through neutral laboratories in France and Switzerland, > the head of the commission did not admit the fact but kept requesting of > Iraq more explanations with the intention of prolonging and misleading. Colin Rowat King's College Cambridge CB2 1ST tel: +44 (0)468 056 984 England fax: +44 (0)1223 335 219 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html