From: Adam 

Paul Ranson wrote:
> How on earth did Saddam screw up so completely?
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Arrogance bred from excessive power for an excessive period?

Adam

> Paul
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>>Paul Ranson wrote:
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>>>Is there evidence that Donald Rumsfeld visited Iraq to tell Saddam that
>>>it was OK to use chemical weapons against the Iranians?
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>>Not in the public domain however I think there will be when Saddam goes to
>>trial.
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>>Look up the Fao penisular battle.
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>>The US needed the Iranians cleared from FAO as it gave them a block on
>>Iraqi southern oil & a border with Kuwait & probably a
border with Saudi.
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>>By any means.....
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>>We shall see what Saddam says. My guess is that this battle will crop up
>>in the trial & it will be interesting.
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>>The US DIA may well ahve done the logistics & planning &
Intel for Fao.
>>Given that was the major use of chem weapons in the war one wonders how
>>you could do the battle planning, logisitics etc w/o knowing full well
>>what was being planned & logisitics stockpiled for.
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>>Oddly all this happened just after Rummie came for tea.
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>>Adam
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