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Dear all,
In the wake of the U.S.'s "pre-emptive" destruction of Iraq, her people, and her culture, the Trade
Regulation Organization (TRO) is issuing a "55 most wanted" playing-card deck similar to the one
that the Pentagon issued two weeks ago in Iraq. URL: http://gatt.org/regime/cards.html
The TRO, estimating that the U.S. governing regime is no longer consistent with world peace or
prosperity, hopes that the playing cards will show the way to regime change and, eventually,
large-scale war crimes proceedings.
According to the TRO, the victims of the unprovoked U.S. war fall into three categories:
a.. People. In the 1991 Gulf War, up to 200,000 civilians and up to 150,000 soldiers were killed
by ordinary bombs or their effects on infrastructure. 1, 2, 3, 4
In addition, poisoning from U.S. depleted uranium (DU) weapons - banned by the Geneva
Convention1 - has led to hundreds of thousands more Iraqi cancers and deaths; the 80,000 cases of
"Gulf War syndrome" among U.S. veterans are most likely also due to DU exposure. 1, 2, 3, 4
In the 2003 Iraq War, the U.S. once again used massive amounts of DU in its weapons. Iraqi
death counts are unknown or unpublicized.
b.. Culture. Because of a U.S. policy giving carte blanche to looters - only the Oil Ministry and
Interior Ministry were protected - the Middle East's leading archaeological museum lost almost all
of its unique ancient artifacts, and two libraries full of irreplaceable medieval manuscripts were
destroyed. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
c.. Long-term prospects. The U.S. is now considered the primary world criminal by the vast
majority of the world's citizens. The implications for the U.S.'s long-term prospects are grim.
Many of those featured on the "55 most wanted" cards are in government, and removing these people
from power would go a long way towards making the world a safer place.
Others include corporate CEOs; in those cases, the corporations themselves must be dissolved or
otherwise rendered incapable of further harm.
"If one day the people on these cards are indeed brought to justice, 'just following orders' or
'supporting our troops' will be no excuse for the rest of us," said TRO spokeswoman Hedwig
Ixtabal-Mono.
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