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Hi Glen & List, Sorry to be pedantic, but, as already stated, the Major General's correct name is 'Salihi' or 'Salhi' (I'll accept correction). Bert G. >From: Glen Rangwala <gr10009@hermes.cam.ac.uk> >To: CASI discuss list <soc-casi-discuss@lists.cam.ac.uk> >Subject: [casi] al-Salahi book about 1991 Iraqi intifada? >Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 19:24:12 +0100 (BST) > >The book is called "al-Zilzal" (The Earthquake). > >Table of contents and precis are at: > >http://www.nahrain.com/d/culture/zilzal/ > >(author usually transliterated as Salihi or Salhi not Salahi) > >I haven't read the book (and would be interested in hearing from anyone >who has, too), but it was praised by David J. Scheffer, US >Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, for being "one of courage and >hope for the people of Iraq". >http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/2000/09/iraq-000918.htm >Given that Salihi was leading an armoured brigade for the Iraqi state >against the uprising (as he did again in March 1995, against the INC's >slight uprising), whatever does Scheffer mean? > >Glen. > > >On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Colin Rowat wrote: > > > Dear list members, > > > > A friend has asked me whether I have heard of a book by Maj-Gen Najib > > al-Salahi which describes the 1991 Iraqi uprising and, if so, whether I >knew > > anything about the quality of his portrayal. As I don't know the book, >I > > wonder whether any members of the list might know it. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Colin Rowat > > > > work | Room 406, Department of Economics | The University of Birmingham >| > > Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK | web.bham.ac.uk/c.rowat | (+44/0) 121 414 3754 >| > > (+44/0) 121 414 7377 (fax) | c.rowat@bham.ac.uk > > > > personal | (+44/0) 7768 056 984 (mobile) | (+44/0) 7092 378 517 (fax) | > > (707) 221 3672 (US fax) | c.rowat@espero.org.uk > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > > To unsubscribe, visit >http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > > To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > > All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. >To unsubscribe, visit >http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss >To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk >All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk