Bill Howard a écrit : > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 6:15 PM > Subject: [STOPNATO] "We are not a lackey of the U. S. We are free to go anywhere." > > STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM > > The Irish Times > > Monday, August 14, 2000 > Iraq claims oil-for-food > supplies were hit in raid > By Michael Jansen > IRAQ: Anglo-US air strikes over the weekend aimed at the Iraqi city of > Samawa, 270 km south of Baghdad, hit a regional ration distribution > centre and a railway station, Iraqi officials claimed. > The Trade Minister, Mr Muhammad Mehdi Saleh, said in the first air raid > supplies purchased under the oil-for-food programme were destroyed, two > civilians killed and 19 injured. > In the second attack, dwellings near Samawa's railway station were > damaged and an unknown number of injuries inflicted, a spokesman for the > governor said. Baghdad says US and British strikes have killed more than > 300 civilians and wounded 900 since the air campaign began in December > 1998. > A spokesman for the US Central Command in Tampa, Florida, stated that US > and British aircraft fired "smart" missiles at two Iraqi air defence > sites after anti-aircraft batteries opened fire on aircraft patrolling > the southern "no-fly zone". > Iraq argues that the air exclusion zones imposed after the 1991 Gulf War > are illegal. > On Saturday, Iraq's highest policy-making body, the Revolutionary > Command Council, castigated Saudi Arabia and Kuwait for allowing the US > and Britain to mount air raids from bases in their territory. > The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Mr Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, sent a letter > to the Security Council accusing the two governments of "providing > logistical support for the American and British forces, making them > accomplices in aggression". > The latest attacks follow the visit to Baghdad last Thursday and Friday > by the Venezuelan President, Mr Hugo Chavez, the first by a foreign head > of state to the Iraqi capital since 1991. > The US was sharply critical of Mr Chavez, who is touring member states > of the Organisation of Petroleum-Exporting Countries in his capacity as > temporary head of the body. On Saturday Mr Chavez was told by Indonesian > President Mr Abdurrahman Wahid that he too will break the taboo on > visiting Baghdad. He called for an end to the punitive sanctions regime > which is said to have killed 1.3 million Iraqis in the past decade. > The Libyan leader, Col Moammar Gadafy, and the Sudanese President, Gen > Omar alBashir, have also pledged to go to Baghdad to end Iraq's > isolation and the ostracism of its President, Mr Saddam Hussein. > The US Secretary of State, Ms Madeleine Albright, said on Saturday that > President Wahid would harm his country's stature if he visited Iraq. > "I think it would be very useful [for him to listen to US advice]. > President Wahid has a great deal to do in Indonesia," she said. > The US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Mr Thomas > Pickering, had already asked Mr Wahid not to visit Iraq or other > countries Washington regards as state sponsors of terrorism, but the > Indonesian leader rejected the request. "We are not a lackey of the US," > President Wahid said. "We are free to go anywhere." - (Additional > reporting by Reuters) > > ______________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > FREE SHIPPING OR FREE SUNGLASSES at wonderfulbuys.com! We're giving > free shipping on all our great buys plus get free sunglasses. Also, > register to win a Total Gym 3000 ($1000.00 retail value). Click now, > limited time offer. > > http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/wonderfulbuys _______________________________________________ Marxist-Leninist-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/marxist-leninist-list
