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it seems the $400,000 really did the trick for ritter. off with galloway he goes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Rangwala" <gr10009@cam.ac.uk> To: "CASI discuss list" <soc-casi-discuss@lists.cam.ac.uk> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 7:42 PM Subject: [casi] Ritter: forthcoming book Dear All Press release on new book by Scott Ritter and William Rivers Pitt follows. Glen. --- Publication date: 20 September 2002 WAR ON IRAQ: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know Scott Ritter (former UN weapons inspector) and William Rivers Pitt In an "instant book" entitled War On Iraq, scheduled for release on September 20, author William Rivers Pitt talks to former Marine and U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter (a self-described conservative Republican) and debunks the key arguments for war on Iraq. These are that Iraq has a viable stockpile of weapons of mass destruction and will soon have nuclear capabilities, that Saddam Hussein is an ally of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, and that any new Iraqi regime would be friendlier to the West than Hussein's. War On Iraq argues that, unlike the televised in-and-out Persian Gulf War, the current conflict will cause heavy casualties on both sides, the destabilization of the Middle East, and a terrible backlash of terrorist attacks on the United States. Scott Ritter argues that a war on Iraq will give rise "to exactly the kind of Islam vs. the West al Qaeda sought when it attacked the World Trade Center a year ago." The book offers a non-partisan analysis of the current situation, including a brief history, and conducts a pointed interview with former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter to dismantle the myths about Iraq's present weapons program and to uncover the neo-conservative forces behind the White House's fixation on Iraq. War on Iraq argues that the threatened conflict will be playing into the hand of Osama bin Laden (who would like to see Saddam Hussein deposed as much as the Bush administration) and that any attack at this moment in history would be both unprovoked and illegal. It then lays down the framework for a reasonable, informed debate. The book closes with a stark forecast for American troops if a ground war ensues and urges the nation's leaders to seek a diplomatic solution before it is too late. o Weapons of mass destruction unlikely o No tie between Qaeda and Hussein o The problems with regime change o The rise of terror attacks in U.S. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Scott Ritter, former Marine and U.N. weapons inspector, is an outspoken opponent of the Bush administration's stance toward Iraq. He is the author of Endgame (1999). William Rivers Pitt is a writer and political analyst from the Boston area, where he also works as a teacher. His new book, The Greatest Sedition is Silence, will be published soon by Pluto Press. War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know will be published by Profile books on 20 September, £4.99 paperback. William Rivers Pitt is a writer and political analyst from the Boston area, where he also works as a teacher. His new book, The Greatest Sedition is Silence, will be published soon by Pluto Press. War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know will be published by Profile books on 20 September, £4.99 paperback. http://www.profilebooks.co.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