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Hello, 'rubytoo' & List, Some of your info is helpful. But wherever your sympathies lie, and please correct me if I'm wrong, your views seem remarkably similar to officially stated policies of the US regime. Blatant propaganda? Or have I misunderstood entirely? Greetings, Bert Gedin. >From: rubytoo@xemaps.com >To: casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk >Subject: Re: [casi] Need some info >Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:19:09 -0500 > >For Immediate Release >March 21, 2003 >http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030321-4.html >Coalition Members > >Who are the current coalition members? > >President Bush is assembling a Coalition that has already begun military >operations to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction, and enforce >17 >UNSC resolutions. > >The Coalition will also liberate the Iraqi people from one of the worst >tyrants and most brutal regimes on earth. > >Contributions from Coalition member nations range from: direct military >participation, logistical and intelligence support, specialized >chemical/biological response teams, over-flight rights, humanitarian and >reconstruction aid, to political support. > >Forty-eight countries are publicly committed to the Coalition, including: > >Afghanistan >Albania >Angola >Australia >Azerbaijan >Bulgaria >Colombia >Costa Rica >Czech Republic >Denmark >Dominican Republic >El Salvador >Eritrea >Estonia >Ethiopia >Georgia >Honduras >Hungary >Iceland >Italy >Japan >Kuwait >Latvia >Lithuania >Macedonia >Marshall Islands >Micronesia >Mongolia >Netherlands >Nicaragua >Palau >Panama >Philippines >Poland >Portugal >Romania >Rwanda >Singapore >Slovakia >Solomon Islands >South Korea >Spain >Turkey >Uganda >Ukraine >United Kingdom >United States >Uzbekistan > >This number is still growing, and it is no accident that many member >nations >of the Coalition recently escaped from the boot of a tyrant or have felt >the >scourge of terrorism. All Coalition member nations understand the threat >Saddam Hussein's weapons pose to the world and the devastation his regime >has wreaked on the Iraqi people. > > * The population of Coalition countries is approximately 1.23 billion >people. > * Coalition countries have a combined GDP of approximately $22 >trillion. > * Every major race, religion, ethnicity in the world is represented. > * The Coalition includes nations from every continent on the globe. > > >Hi, > >Does someone know how many countries signed on (or were bribed) to back the >bush administration on the war? I am writing a song and the number would >fit >nicely into it. > >Thanks, >Russ >Long Island, New York > > >_______________________________________________ >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 _________________________________________________________________ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger _______________________________________________ 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