Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] War timeline

["Diana Hargus" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Since I have been following this, allow me.  Also, I was not sure which 
point was causing the problem so I will address them both:

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan King" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>


> On 9/6/06, Vern Green <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > I see no mention of
> > continued bombing runs required because of no fly zone infringements.

> From PBS:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec98/iraq_12-31.html

And CNN:
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/02/16/iraq.airstrike.02/index.html

I know that it really isn't a citable source, but they do show a good 
timeline on this subject:
http://www.historyguy.com/no-fly_zone_war.html

> > I see no mention of $10,000 payments to the families of suicide
> > bombers.
>
> From that bastion of honesty - CBS News:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/03/world/main505316.shtml

And from the fine independents at the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2846365.stm

And of course, we cannot overlook the fine fellows at Fox:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,48822,00.html

Sorry I could not cite an ABC News source...

> Not to flame, but do you have a canonical source for that information?
> I am kind of busy, but a quick Google search did not turn up anything

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2004-10%2CGGLD%3Aen&q=%22no+fly+zone%22+bombing+run

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-10,GGLD:en&q=suicide+bomber+family+payment

> that wasn't connected to Donald Rumsfeld from the time before the war,

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2004-10%2CGGLD%3Aen&q=suicide+bomber+family+payment+-rumsfeld

> and I cannot consider him a credible source on this because our
> intelligence on Iraq ended up being so completely wrong.

No argument on that point, as both sides messed that one up.

> Thanks.
>
> jking

Diana


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