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US Considers First Use of Nukes
One year after President Bush labeled Iraq, Iran and North Korea the \"axis of evil,\" the United States is thinking about the unthinkable: It is preparing for the possible use of nuclear weapons against Iraq.
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At the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) in Omaha and inside planning cells of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, target lists are being scrutinized, options are being pondered and procedures are being tested to give nuclear armaments a role in the new U.S. doctrine of \"preemption.\"
According to multiple sources close to the process, the current planning focuses on two possible roles for nuclear weapons:
attacking Iraqi facilities located so deep underground that they might be impervious to conventional explosives;
thwarting Iraq\'s use of weapons of mass destruction.
Story is at:
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0126-01.htm
Also see:
http://www.ccmep.org/2003_articles/Iraq/012703_shock__awe.htm
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One of the best resources for information about war in the Middle East is the website of the Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace. Its great strength is preservation of media articles to create an up-to-date historical record, particularly about Palestine/Israel and Iraq. The website is here:
http://www.ccmep.org
richard myers
rtmyers [at] h2net.net
At the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) in Omaha and inside planning cells of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, target lists are being scrutinized, options are being pondered and procedures are being tested to give nuclear armaments a role in the new U.S. doctrine of \"preemption.\"
According to multiple sources close to the process, the current planning focuses on two possible roles for nuclear weapons:
attacking Iraqi facilities located so deep underground that they might be impervious to conventional explosives;
thwarting Iraq\'s use of weapons of mass destruction.
Story is at:
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0126-01.htm
Also see:
http://www.ccmep.org/2003_articles/Iraq/012703_shock__awe.htm
--
One of the best resources for information about war in the Middle East is the website of the Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace. Its great strength is preservation of media articles to create an up-to-date historical record, particularly about Palestine/Israel and Iraq. The website is here:
http://www.ccmep.org
richard myers
rtmyers [at] h2net.net
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