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" Saddam Hussein is to blame" paraphrase from B.N. Zachariah's E-mail. I thought i'd contribute a less orthodox view: The USA (or Western capitalists) and Saddam are in it together. Saddam (the Muslim Sunni)is unpopular with his people (the majority of which are Muslim Shia). So they want to overthrow him (through political opposition). If such a thing were to happen, the new national leadership would be an ally to the Iranian government ( which are also Shia ). The Iranian government is not an ally of the USA at present and doesn't seem to have any desire to be, so it is not in the interest of the USA/West that the Iraqi people should set up a government of their choice whether it be democratic or not. So what does the USA/West do? They keep a dictator in place who will take care of the people for them, and prevent the spread of a revolutionary Islamic Shia wave across the Middle and Near East which is much more threatening in economic and ideological terms than one mad man taking over some oil wells. What about the bombing? One convenient way to rally the people behind the (oppressive) regime of Iraq just when the opposition is thinking of overthrowing him...as well as distracting the world from the promiscuous behaviour of a certain weasle,etc Two. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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