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If Saddam uses Chemical/Bio weapons?

Contributor: codc01

Date: 2003-03-30 16:12:16

"Saddam is no martyr for any cause except his own. "

I think everyone knows that here, Saddam has such an ego, its incredible, but the arab population will see him as a martyr, like it or not...

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If Saddam uses Chemical/Bio weapons?

Contributor: fatmomma

Date: 2003-03-30 18:25:27

yes, codco, that was my point. That is what makes it so dangerous. The UN way would have kept the world more peaceful;less divided and suspicious of motives. This invasion could create more terrorists. I am sure he knows exactly what I was trying to point out.
We don't need someone like Saddam becoming a symbol anyone would admire.
It is not likely to happen in Western countries but it could in the Middle East.

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If Saddam uses Chemical/Bio weapons?

Contributor: fatmomma

Date: 2003-03-30 19:25:43

What if the Bush coalition uses banned weapons. I just read a second reference that claims embedded reporters were told that the coalition forces used napalm (banned by the UN since 1980) in taking Safwan Hill near Basra. My latest source was Business Week Online. I will add this has been denied. Who do we believe

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If Saddam uses Chemical/Bio weapons?

Contributor: codc01

Date: 2003-03-31 03:01:35

That would surprise me? Napalm? Why?

I do have some problems with some of those 'rules' in a war... for me war is war... Even though i agree with the Geneva Convention.

Did you know that usage of chemical 'weapons' is banned in a war? This includes pepper spray and other such non-lethal agents!!

So in other words, either you surrender, or you get killed!

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If Saddam uses Chemical/Bio weapons?

Contributor: Fleabag

Date: 2003-03-31 20:38:54

The US has not proven themselves to be 'just and fair' fighters lots of times. A 'false white flag' you say? That is how the Seminole Indians in Florida were defeated. A white flag was used by US troops to lure the leader of the Seminoles, (his name escapes me at the moment) into a US Army fort and he was imprisoned. Then the 'good guys' proceeded to eradicate the rest of the Seminoles and created the great state of Florida. Past history you say? Why don't they give it back?

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