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A snip from a just-completed WashingtonPost webchat by the former head of UNSCOM ... http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/zforum/00/auto_freemedia061500_butler.htm# NOW (Q) Golden Valley, MN: Many who oppose economic sanctions favor maintaining military sanctions. In Mr. Butler's opinion, is the incremental value of economic-plus-military sanctions (as opposed to military sanctions alone) worth the demonstrated civilian cost? Would Mr. Butler support de-linking military and economic sanctions? (A) Richard Butler: If what is meant by this question is that military sanctions would mean embargoing the export of weapons and materials for manufacture of weapons of mass destruction, I think it is important that such sanctions continue until we have a clear idea of the current status of Iraq's weapons programs. And as I've said earlier, we now know that using economic sanctions to bring about compliance in the weapons area does not work. So de-linking would address the need to stop doing something that isn't working. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi