Chelsea Heckles Anti-War Rally

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Tue Nov 13 17:07:24 PST 2001


Thanks.

-- Luke ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael pugliese" <debsian at pacbell.net> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 11:21 AM Subject: Re: Chelsea Heckles Anti-War Rally


>
> Luke Weiger said a few days ago that the Ba'athist regime in
> Iraq and Hussein specifically were and are regarded as a greta
> threat
> regardless of the fact that Poppy Bush armed him and that all
> other things being equal the CIA would love to take him out given
> half the chance.
> Here are some cites: Neighbors, Not Friends, Iraq and Iran after
> the Gulf Wars, " by Dilip Hiro, a left-liberal, just published
> by Routledge. The chapter I was just leafing through, "The Mother
> of all failed coups, " is on the intra-Kurdish struggles, aided
> and abetted and betrayed by the CIA in 1996. 5,500 agents and
> over 100 million dollars funnelled to Barzani of the KDP who
> switched over to the regime's side. Other books, see Peter Mantius
> and Patrick Cockburn. The Mantius book delves into BCCI, if memory
> serves. A long excerpt was published in In These Times.
> Michael Pugliese
>



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list