Bush Administration May Be Dangerously Close to Launching
Massive Attack on Iraq |
| News reports over the last several days indicate that the Bush administration
may be moving dangerously close to launching a massive attack on Iraq. Russian
media cite sources in the Gulf as saying that the US military has set up
"tent cities" in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar. This as more than
20,000 US marines are being readied for deployment in the Gulf by mid-October.
US weapons manufacturers like Boeing continue to work around the clock to
meet the Pentagon's recent demands. Next week, the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, will hold hearings on Iraq. Every single "expert" that
has so-far been called to testify supports a war against Iraq. One man who
has not been invited is the former head of the UN Humanitarian Program in
Iraq. Former Assistant UN Secretary General Hans von Sponeck. He resigned
his post in 2000 in protest of the US-led sanctions against Iraq. Late last
week, he sat down with independent journalist Jeremy Scahill to talk about
what he would say at the Senate hearings, the prospects for averting a war
and myths and realities about Iraq. The interview was conducted at WORT-FM
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