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[ Presenting plain-text part of multi-format email ] Hi - Sounds like a whiff of desparation to me. Also, worth revisiting Ritter's statements re the sattelites which are above and around Iraq can pick up the 'ether' from chem and bio stuff and the gamma from the nuclear. And where does one stop? Someone's kitchen, garage and outhouse? We know the damage the IRA have inflicted for years with stuff that can be bought at a garden store a supermarket and a petrol station. And as a group of ex-CIA experts have suggested, no chance the new 'inspection team' would ever consider planting anything is there? The US has a pretty impressive history of that. best, cynically, f. Re: [casi] Rice sending new "inspection team" to Iraq ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * From: Saibal Mitra <smitra@DELETETHISzonnet.nl> * Subject: Re: [casi] Rice sending new "inspection team" to Iraq * Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 10:15:24 +0200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interesting. She actually suggests that if ''inspectors'' could produce WMD using some other materials found in Iraq then that could count as proof of Iraq having WMD. It depends how you interpret ''put together as weapons at the last minute''. Just like the threat Saddam was supposed to pose this should also not be interpreted to literally. ppg wrote: > Rice said Iraq appeared to have had a virtually "inspections proof" system > of concealing chemical and biological weapons by developing chemicals and > agents that could be used for more than one purpose, but that could be put > together as weapons at the last minute. _______________________________________________ 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