Whose Got next?
1 posted on
05/22/2003 8:00:21 PM PDT by
ewing
To: ewing; Coop; Dog
They're in custody alright, but it sure looks from here like the protective variety.
To: ewing
We need to make July 9th a huge day in Iran, otherwise we've lost a massive chance. The demonstrators on Anniversary of Student Uprising need massive financial, moral support to combat the regime. It's 100 percent in the interest of our country to underhandedly aid the demonstrators.
3 posted on
05/22/2003 8:10:25 PM PDT by
freedom44
To: ewing
I'm sorry but I had trouble accessing your link. Thanks very much for this info!
5 posted on
05/22/2003 8:16:21 PM PDT by
Lady In Blue
(Bush,Cheney,Rumsfeld,Rice 2004)
To: ewing
I was able to access full article just now. Thanks.
7 posted on
05/22/2003 8:20:47 PM PDT by
Lady In Blue
(Bush,Cheney,Rumsfeld,Rice 2004)
To: ewing
What about the ones not in "custody"???
9 posted on
05/22/2003 8:37:43 PM PDT by
Shermy
To: ewing
Bush and Rumsfeld should tell the Iranians that they have to turn over the operatives right now or the B-52 strikes on Baghdad will be a firecracker compared to what will happen to Tehran. And if the al-Qaeda rats "escape", Tehran will face exactly the same fate.
To: ewing
Keep in mind that the UN Security council just voted to end sanctions by a 14 to 0 Vote with Syria Abstaining. The Syrian Abstention was an empty abstention though because they made it clear that if the vote had been held a couple of hours later they would have made the vote Unanimous. That bit of news will not be reported in the Arab Press so the syrians are safe.
The vote in the UNSC had less to do with Iraq than it had to do with Iran. Intelligence sources had noted previously that Al Queda was lodging itself in Iran, and would not have launched attacks on the Saudis without the tacit approval of the Iranian Government. This information is inflammatory to relations between Iran and ... ehhh... Just about everyone.
In order to be able to do anything about the Iranians and their harboring Al Queda operatives, the US needed to make nice with the United Nations. Some major horse trading went on here. Apparently the United Nations, the french and the germans got to keep the majority of their blood money they had pocketed from the 'Oil for Blood' program that had been used by Kofi Annon to milk the Iraqi people like the Tommyknockers (see stephen king). In exchange the United Nations lifts the sanctions on iraq and heals up alot of the tensions between the western nations over the Iraqi conflict. This frees up the political capital for whatever needs to happen to get the Iranian mullahocracy under control.
It's a fascinating time to be watching foreign policy.
18 posted on
05/22/2003 11:21:16 PM PDT by
Samurai_Jack
(Im just asking)
To: All; piasa; backhoe
20 posted on
05/22/2003 11:29:59 PM PDT by
Cindy
To: All; backhoe; piasa; RaceBannon; kattracks; JohnathanRGalt
21 posted on
05/23/2003 12:21:48 AM PDT by
Cindy
To: All
�More links of interest:
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "CHINESE FIRMS HIT WITH SANCTIONS" by Bill Gertz (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Bush administration has imposed stiff economic sanctions on one of China's largest state-run manufacturers for selling missile-related goods to Iran.
The two-year sanctions will, for the first time, bar any exports to the United States from a Chinese firm, in this case North China Industries Corp., known as Norinco, which manufactures an array of military and civilian products.") (May 23, 2003)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030523-123039-1385r.htm CNN.com: "IRAN ADMITS HOLDING AL QAEDA OPERATIVES" (May 23, 2003)
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/05/22/alqaeda.iran/index.html22 posted on
05/23/2003 1:06:17 AM PDT by
Cindy
To: Cindy; All; backhoe; HAL9000; Dog Gone; kattracks; piasa; JohnHuang2; RaceBannon; Radix; sarcasm; ..
24 posted on
05/23/2003 2:43:09 AM PDT by
Cindy
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