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Thread #57976 Message #915059
Posted By: Troll
20-Mar-03 - 11:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Is Saddam dead yet?
Subject: RE: BS: Is Saddam dead yet?
L>H> Read this please. "Resolution 678 was passed on November 29, 2990, soon after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Resolution 678 "Authorizes Member States co-operating with the Government of Kuwait .. to use all necessary means to uphold and implement resolution 660 (1990) and all subsequent relevant resolutions and to restore international peace and security in the area."
Resolution 687, passed after the liberation of Kuwait, requires disarmament of Saddam Hussein and reaffirms resolution 678. Since resolution 687 reaffirms 678, and since 678 allows Member States to use "all necessary means" to implement "subsequent relevant resolutions", it follows that resolution 678 allows the United States (a Member State) to use force to disarm Saddam Hussein.
Resolution 1441, yet another resolution requiring Saddam to disarm, also reaffirms resolutions 678 and 687. So .. same logic applies." According to the news reports that I have seen, the Pentagons forensics experts say that the man who appeared on Iraqi T.V. last night was Saddam. Just how they arrived at that conclusion, I don't know. They mentioned his voice, for one thing.