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Iraqi opposition leaders warn US and Britain not to invade
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nasser S Demir)
Thu Aug 15 14:31:55 2002
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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 14:31:44 -0400
From: Nasser S Demir <nsdemir@MIT.EDU>
Although this article is about a month old it certainly has viewpoints of
Iraqi opposition leaders not in line with those appearing on the Senate debate
on whether to go to war with Iraq, no doubt a monolithic view is being
presented in the Senate debate on the issue thus far, we all might not agree
with everything in this article but it has viewpoints that have not been
presented.
Peace,
Nasser
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=315091
Excerpts from the article:
Iraqi exiles expected to participate in a future government of their country
warned yesterday that an invasion by American and British troops would bring
widespread destruction without removing Saddam Hussein.
Opposition leaders stressed that a large-scale offensive by Washington and its
allies would not be supported by opponents of the Baghdad regime, either
inside or outside Iraq.
A former major-general, Najib al-Salhi, said:
"The United States will not find support inside or outside Iraq for an
offensive that would harm civilians, destroy infrastructure, and target troops
not defending the regime.
