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The US or US (or indeed UK) groups have absolutley no legal or moral right to 'agree to a regime change'in Iraq any more than the equally outrageous equivalent statement that Iraqis 'agree to a regime change'in America. I suggest looking uo coup d'etat and assassination in the Oxford or any dictionary. Illegal and murder looms large. To paraphrase from another quote, we are in danger of becoming the rogue states we were warned about. Even the most fair minded seem to be being sucked into this making a decision for Iraq. Iraq and Iraq's people must be the only ones to decide their destiny - as us all where ever we live. It's called democracy. My personal views, best, felicty a. ---------- >From: Lisa Thomas <wearingpurple@yahoo.com> >To: casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk >Subject: [casi] Question - Iraqis' attitude toward "regime change" >Date: Sun, Aug 18, 2002, 8:29 pm > > The combination of several U.S. groups should result > in a fairly large march against the invasion of Iraq > in a few weeks. A meeting was held in D.C. a few days > ago for the planning of the march, and it was agreed > to meet the requests of Iraqi-Americans to leave IN > the agreement that the U.S. agrees on a "regime > change." > > Here's the question: I personally don't like having > the U.S. decide on whether a regime change is needed > ANYWHERE, but more than anything, I'm hopeful of this > march being able to reach many people. I would opt > for the single focus of NO ATTACK, but DO THE PEOPLE > OF IRAQ support the "regime change" plan of the U.S.? > > Hope this makes sense and hope someone is familiar > enough with the thoughts and wishes of the people to > be able to answer. > > Thanks, > Lisa > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.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 > _______________________________________________ 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