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Cathy- Re "coalition" BBC tonight had a good line- "President Bush's statement, "If you're not with us you're against us" has come to mean, " If you're not against us you're with us." pg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Aitchison" <cathy@twiza.demon.co.uk> To: "casi" <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 4:32 AM Subject: [casi] the "coalition" - more thoughts > Having looked more closely at the State Department press briefing > (extract below) - is there some way of getting more info from some of > the listed countries, ie. what *exactly* they said/promised, in order to > stop this myth of a 'solid 30 countries behind the US plans' getting too > firmly entrenched in the media and so becoming fact? > > Also, how would one go about setting up a 'coalition of unwilling > citizens from the willing coalition countries' - a very specific 'not in > my name' campaign among ordinary people in those countries? Is this in > the Stop the War coalition's sphere, or MoveOn.org or who? > best wishes > > Cathy > ------- > > State department briefing 18 March > http://usinfo.state.gov/cgi-bin/washfile/display.pl?p=/products/washfile > /geog/nea&f=03031837.tne&t=/products/washfile/newsitem.shtml > Mr Boucher is the spokesperson (Richard Boucher) > > ... > QUESTION: Did -- I assume that you asked everybody in the world whether > they were willing to go on this list, and therefore you had 160 > rejections, were there? > MR. BOUCHER: No. > QUESTION: How many did you ask, then? > MR. BOUCHER: We asked a number of countries that we knew were involved > or potentially involved. I don't have the exact number, but I think the > fact that you have this many countries that want to stand up and > associate themselves with the effort at this point and that, as you > know, there are others who are taking steps and doing real things to > contribute to the effort to disarm Iraq is significant. > QUESTION: If any country in the world said, "We want to be listed," you > would not turn them down for any reason? > MR. BOUCHER: I suppose we would at least -- we would want to see that > there was something on their part that merited inclusion, and I think > all these countries have something that merits inclusion. > QUESTION: Let's get it straight. You said some of them only -- were only > listed because they wanted to be associated publicly with this. > MR. BOUCHER: And had an intention -- were either involved or had an > intention of participating in the future. > QUESTION: That's not what you said, really. > QUESTION: But you have no other country -- > MR. BOUCHER: I think I said those things, yes. > QUESTION: -- no other country -- > MR. BOUCHER: Let's slow down. > ... > ... > > > In message <036b01c2ed91$deda6250$7600a8c0@yourgzbq1hqzjr>, Voices UK > <voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk> writes > > http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12271382,00.html > > > > US UNVEILS COALITION > > > >Some 30 countries are backing America in its war against Iraq. > > > >The US State Department released a list of the those countries who are in > >the Coalition for the Immediate Disarmament of Iraq. > > > >Britain is included as is Turkey, which has yet to give the US permission to > >use its military bases. > > > >Secretary of State Colin Powell said he was confident Turkey would allow US > >forces to use its terrirtory to attack northern Iraq. > > > >Japan is the only country added which says it will only help after the war. > > > >Afghanistan, which was the last country to be attacked by the US when it > >sought to expel the Taliban, is also included. > > > >The full list of countries: > > > >Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Colombia, Czech > >Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, > >Hungary, Italy, Japan (post conflict), South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, > >Macedonia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, > >Spain, Turkey, Britain, Uzbekistan > > > > > >[ x.gif of type image/gif removed by lists.casi.org.uk - > > attachments are not permitted on the CASI lists ] > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > > -- > Cathy Aitchison > > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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