From: "Heather" <heather-AT-teknopunx.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Iraq war pool
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:14:17 -0000



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From: Maldoror <insektus-AT-yahoo.com>
To: Kristopher Barrett <kbarrett-AT-cotse.com>;
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Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: Iraq war pool
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i firmly believe war will be waged against iraq
whether saddam complies or not. bush has made it clear
he has an axe to grind and it's only a matter of time
before he starts swinging with or without provocation.
basically if saddam farts it'll provocation enough for
georgie. i'd love to be proven wrong but i doubt that
will happen, unfortunately.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Beginning to look like you're probably right
H
War critics speak out as Blair prepares to send troops to the Gulf

HAMISH MACDONELL SCOTTISH POLITICAL EDITOR


TONY Blair will give defence chiefs the go-ahead to begin the deployment of
thousands of British troops to the Gulf in the next few days, a move which
is expected to make war with Iraq virtually inevitable.

The Prime Minister will discuss various military options with his Cabinet
this week and is then expected to tell the House of Commons that up to
20,000 British service personnel will be deployed to the Gulf over the next
month.

A Royal Navy task force, led by the aircraft carrier, HMS Ark Royal, will be
one of the first units to leave, followed by the 7th Armoured Brigade,
reinforced by the 4th Armoured Brigade, both of which are in Germany.

An amphibious force based on 3 Commando Brigade will depart later this
month.

Up to 30 NHS hospitals will be told to put wards on standby to receive
casualties and submit lists of medical reservists who are prepared to
volunteer for active service.

If, as expected, British troops begin arriving in the Gulf later this month
they will join 50,000 US troops already there.

A Ministry of Defence spokesman would only say that "sensible contingency"
operations were taking place and would not confirm or deny that troops were
being mobilised for action.

The announcement of such a massive British deployment is intended as a clear
signal to Saddam Hussein that he will be attacked unless he backs down in
the impasse over weapons of mass destruction. United Nations weapons
inspectors are due to report on Iraq's chemical, biological and nuclear
capability on 27 January and non-compliance by Iraq is likely to lead to a
further UN resolution authorising force.

The government's preparations for war were overshadowed yesterday by
warnings from critics of war inside and outside Britain. Nobel Peace Prize
winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu lambasted Mr Blair for his "mind-boggling"
support for the United States over war in Iraq.

Archbishop Tutu said he was shocked and saddened that the US was being
"aided and abetted" by Britain. The former head of the South African Council
of Churches and leading anti-apartheid campaigner said: "When does
compassion, when does morality, when does caring come in?"

Downing Street insisted war against Saddam Hussein's regime was not
inevitable.

In further signs of nations' preparations for war, Israel yesterday
conducted a test of an anti-missile system which would be used to shoot down
Iraqi Scud missiles if Saddam Hussein chose to use them.

In a clear sign of the country's preparations for war, witnesses near a
military base on the Mediterranean Sea said that they saw an Arrow missile
soar into the sky. Defence ministry officials said it was loaded with a
warhead and followed by three others without warheads.

Iraq fired 39 Scuds with conventional warheads at Israel in the 1991 Gulf
War, causing one death and extensive damage in residential neighbourhoods.


War critics speak out as Blair prepares to send troops to the Gulf

HAMISH MACDONELL SCOTTISH POLITICAL EDITOR


TONY Blair will give defence chiefs the go-ahead to begin the deployment of
thousands of British troops to the Gulf in the next few days, a move which
is expected to make war with Iraq virtually inevitable.

The Prime Minister will discuss various military options with his Cabinet
this week and is then expected to tell the House of Commons that up to
20,000 British service personnel will be deployed to the Gulf over the next
month.

A Royal Navy task force, led by the aircraft carrier, HMS Ark Royal, will be
one of the first units to leave, followed by the 7th Armoured Brigade,
reinforced by the 4th Armoured Brigade, both of which are in Germany.

An amphibious force based on 3 Commando Brigade will depart later this
month.

Up to 30 NHS hospitals will be told to put wards on standby to receive
casualties and submit lists of medical reservists who are prepared to
volunteer for active service.

If, as expected, British troops begin arriving in the Gulf later this month
they will join 50,000 US troops already there.

A Ministry of Defence spokesman would only say that "sensible contingency"
operations were taking place and would not confirm or deny that troops were
being mobilised for action.

The announcement of such a massive British deployment is intended as a clear
signal to Saddam Hussein that he will be attacked unless he backs down in
the impasse over weapons of mass destruction. United Nations weapons
inspectors are due to report on Iraq's chemical, biological and nuclear
capability on 27 January and non-compliance by Iraq is likely to lead to a
further UN resolution authorising force.

The government's preparations for war were overshadowed yesterday by
warnings from critics of war inside and outside Britain. Nobel Peace Prize
winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu lambasted Mr Blair for his "mind-boggling"
support for the United States over war in Iraq.

Archbishop Tutu said he was shocked and saddened that the US was being
"aided and abetted" by Britain. The former head of the South African Council
of Churches and leading anti-apartheid campaigner said: "When does
compassion, when does morality, when does caring come in?"

Downing Street insisted war against Saddam Hussein's regime was not
inevitable.

In further signs of nations' preparations for war, Israel yesterday
conducted a test of an anti-missile system which would be used to shoot down
Iraqi Scud missiles if Saddam Hussein chose to use them.

In a clear sign of the country's preparations for war, witnesses near a
military base on the Mediterranean Sea said that they saw an Arrow missile
soar into the sky. Defence ministry officials said it was loaded with a
warhead and followed by three others without warheads.

Iraq fired 39 Scuds with conventional warheads at Israel in the 1991 Gulf
War, causing one death and extensive damage in residential neighbourhoods.