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Thread #57846 Message #913297
Posted By: Greg F.
19-Mar-03 - 08:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: Should Saddam comply with Resolutions?
Subject: RE: BS: Should Saddam comply with Resolutions?
"We've got too much money; we're looking for toys Guns will be guns, and boys will be boys But we'll gladly pay for all we've destroyed "Cause we're the cops of the world, boys We're the cops of the world." -Phil Ochs
But no longer, apparently. Now the US is going to have Iraq pay for the destruction & havoc it creates.
Once again: Stand Tall, America! ========
Iraqi Oil Money Slated to Pay for Relief
By DAFNA LINZER, Associated Press Last updated: 7:41 a.m., Wednesday, March 19, 2003
UNITED NATIONS -- The United States and Britain are drafting a plan to use Iraqi oil proceeds in a $40 billion U.N.-controlled account to pay for humanitarian relief during a war, The Associated Press has learned.
The plan would ease Washington and London's financial responsibilities for caring for the millions of Iraqis likely to be affected by the fighting... FULL STORY HERE