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Albright's somewhat hysterical reaction re allegedly denying US air space to carriers who go to Iraq surely opens some interesting double edged fiscal arguments which hardly need to be spelt out - and despite US power there are many countries who increasingly would appear to feel insulted at being treated like some 'developing' country by a colonial power somewhere back in the 19th century. However there is an issue which has not been addressed. When the Pope was planning a pilgrimage to Ur it was bombed, destroying a car carrying journalists, one of whom was injured. When Iraq and Syria announced resumption of a rail link between Mosul and Damascus, a bombing too place which damaged a station, within days. When foreign astronomers and sceintists went to the ridge near St Mathew's Monastry - 4th century on Mount Maqloub - the area was bombed. the monastry shaken to ts foundations and three people were killed according to the priests. Flights herald the biggest stake of all - the unravelling of sanctions. With two Members of the Security Council so increasingly reckless that the UN advises it personnel only to travel at certain times of the day in the north incase they are killed or injured - and having withdrawn non nationals from the south, I'd lay money that discussions in a number of Command Control Centres are taking place about what to do about that airport. Probably hung on the turning away of UNMOVIC in December, after the Presidential elections would give an excuse for another Christmas bombing of Baghdad. Thoughts? Pre-emptive solutions? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://www.casi.org.uk