-Caveat Lector- Willy is at it again!!! -----Original Message----- From: Dan S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, January 09, 1999 1:38 PM Subject: [InTheShadows] U.S. preparing to hit Iraq harder >From: Dan S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >From: http://www.herald.com:80/usa/digdocs/019140.htm >- >U.S. preparing to hit Iraq harder > >Response possible to attack or chemical weapons discovery > >By JOHN DONNELLY >Herald Washington Bureau > >WASHINGTON -- As the United States and Iraq continue skirmishing, the >Clinton administration is preparing for an escalation that would involve >air attacks against Iraq far more severe than the 70-hour Operation >Desert Fox that ended Dec. 19, according to administration officials. > >Instead of pinpoint strikes, the administration is ready to carry out >sustained bombing that could last up to three weeks, said three >officials with the State Department and the National Security Council, >who spoke on condition of anonymity. > >The attacks would begin if Iraq downed an American or British plane >patrolling the ``no-fly'' zones in southern and northern Iraq. > >Other triggers would be if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein threatened the >Kurdish minority in northern Iraq or the neighboring Arab states of >Kuwait or Saudi Arabia, or if the administration learned the Iraqi >leader was reconstituting biological, chemical or ballistic weapons. > >The use of sustained strikes would mark a more aggressive policy aimed >at overthrowing Hussein rather than simply isolating his regime, the >officials said. > >Few U.S. options remain > >Hussein's ability to stay in power has continually frustrated American >policymakers. Now, only a few options remain, including limited >retaliation or stepping up scenarios to overthrow Hussein. As it chooses >the latter, the administration expects a particularly difficult period >ahead. > >Following the December bombings and reports this week that the CIA and >the National Security Agency had worked with United Nations weapons >inspectors to listen to conversations among Hussein's elite troops, >administration officials said the best they can expect is a less >intrusive U.N. inspection regime. > >Under U.N. resolutions, Iraq must be disarmed before the lifting of >economic sanctions imposed after its invasion of Kuwait in 1990. > >``We know that we are going to lose the battle on UNSCOM,'' the U.N. >Special Commission charged with disarming Iraq, one of the national >security officials said. > >Richard Butler, the executive chairman of the inspection effort, is >expected to lose his position because of questions about his >cooperation with American spies, two U.N. Security Council diplomats >said, speaking on condition of anonymity. > >Hazards of new policy > >The new, go-it-alone policy against Hussein is not without potential >pitfalls. For one thing, it is predicated on the Iraqi leader provoking >an attack, which means letting him set the pace. For another, analysts >say, sentiment against the Americans from U.N. Security Council members >France, Russia and China will probably grow if the standoff continues. > >Today, some argue, the United States is in a far worse position with >Iraq than a year ago. > >``The crises are all driven by Iraq,'' said Laurie Mylorie, publisher of >Iraq News, an online newsletter that closely monitors developments >there. ``Who would have thought a year ago that UNSCOM would be gone. >That's a significant change [working] against the United States.'' > >But others see factors mounting against Hussein. > >Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, head of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, said >Friday that Hussein had revealed some vulnerability about security in >southern Iraq by executing key military commanders during or after the >bombing raids. > >``I think there is some confusion in the ranks and some >disgruntlement,'' Zinni said, referring to Iraqi troops in the south. > >-- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe from this mailing list, or to change your subscription >to digest, go to the ONElist web site, at http://www.onelist.com and >select the User Center link from the menu bar on the left. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >InTheShadows (formally the list known as exploration) is a discussion list dedicated to keeping up-to-date with new technologies, advancements in medicine, environmental concerns, 'conspiracy theories', politics, and, of course, UFO stuff. Discussion is encouraged. 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