> It sure will be an irony of ironies if all those juicy oil contracts go
> to Russian and French companies...
Chapter 6 Russia and the Question of Iraq THE IRAQI PREDICAMENT People in the Quagmire of Power Politics Tareq Y. Ismael and Jacqueline S. Ismael Pluto Press £ 14.99 / US$ 22.50 PAPER 2004/03 / 288pp / DEMY (215x135mm) ISBN: 0745321496
Chapter on sanctions looks more reliable than the Anthony Arnoved ed. collection from South End Press. Best book on the sanctions, read about a third of it last yr., "Sanctioning Saddam [I.B. Tauris, 1999} published in cooperation w/ MERIP. http://www.mafhoum.com/press3/97P51.htm
http://www.google.com/search?q=russia+iraq Russia Gave Iraq Assassin List NewsMax Wires Monday, April 14, 2003 Britain’s Telegraph reported Sunday that top secret documents discovered by Coalition forces in Baghdad “show that Russia provided Saddam Hussein's regime with wide-ranging assistance in the months leading up to the war, including intelligence on private conversations between Tony Blair and other Western leaders.”
Incredibly, Russia’s government also provided Iraq with “lists of assassins available for ‘hits’ in the West and details of arms deals to neighbouring countries.”
I never look at the Telegraph. Hard right paper, no?
-- Michael Pugliese