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Unread 03-20-2003, 09:41 AM   #13
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Originally posted by phreenet
Then why was the last U2 reconissence mission canceled after the UN Security Team approved their flight. Iraq threated to shoot them down. I guess that is cooperating in another language I am unfamiliar with.
You always seem to forget the whole story. Iraq didn't want an US spy plane since troops were already parked in Koweit & ready to attack. They asked for an EU or Russian one.

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And thats a good thing? I wonder how much of the stuff is sitting in France right now? Some sleeper cell waiting to target the US Embasy there. A lot of French lives would be lost in an attack like that. So is it still ok?
If the peace had been preserved, nothing of this would be even considered...

(edit) i doubt Saddam is really clever anyway. He's old, megalomaniac, and overconfident (like many dictators).
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