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> My fear is that the US is planning to bomb the oil facilities in Iraq to set the economy back another 20 years. What if Iraq invited the whole world, diplomats, media and ordinary citizens, to come to Iraq right now at this moment of crisis as witnesses? No visas, anyone can come, even risking spies etc, go anywhere. Completely open borders for maybe 1 month? Political tourism? I doubt if the Iraqi leadership would allow this, but this is basically the policy followed by the Chiapas movement and Nicaragua under the Sandinistas, and I believe these measures averted worse violence, Philippa Winkler -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk CASI's website - www.casi.org.uk - includes an archive of all postings.