It's not true that most Iraqi exiles want a war. Who would want 3,000 missiles raining down on their relatives in 48 hours? Not even Prince Philip would wish that on Fergie.

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  • Author(s): Thomas, Mark
  • Source:
    New Statesman. 2/10/2003, Vol. 132 Issue 4624, p13. 2p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      WAR; HUSSEIN, Saddam, 1937-2006; QAIDA (Organization); HUMANITARIAN assistance; ECONOMIC sanctions; INTERNATIONAL sanctions; UNITED Nations; WAR victims
    • Abstract:
      Contends that any war in Iraq will not only result in large numbers of civilian deaths but will be the best recruiting campaign al-Qaeda will ever have. How many who desire the removal of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein do not wish for a war against Iraq; Statement that while the apologists for war might claim to represent the Iraqis their actions do no such thing; How the U.S. budget for post-conflict humanitarian aid works out to 65 cents per Iraqi citizen; Claim that the only way to handle Saddam is to lift the United Nations economic sanctions against the Iraqi people; Statement that without the violent distractions of war and sanctions the Iraqi people might topple Saddam.