Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Documenti declassificati USA su Saddam

Mes amis,
Dio sa quanto io non ami l'idea di società espressa dagli USA, ma un punto
che va a loro favore (ed onore) è senz'altro il Freedom of Information Act,
che consente ricerche come quella che vi invito a fare. Buona lettura &
shalom. P.S. Cari Ale e Serenissima, questo è senz'altro pane per i vostri
denti d'esperti militari... Bye.
Namib
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National Security Archive Update, December 18, 2003
For more information: 
202/994-7000
Thomas Blanton/Malcolm Byrne
THE SADDAM HUSSEIN SOURCEBOOK
* Saddam a "presentable young man" with "engaging smile,"
Lets "do business," said British Embassy in 1969. *
* Rumsfeld met Saddam in 1984 with instructions to improve relations,
Despite chemical weapons use and sanctuary for terrorists. *
* U.S. construction giant Bechtel planned to evade 1988 CW sanctions,
Now has biggest AID contract for reconstructing Iraq. *
* New declassified documents reveal secret U.S.-British-Iraq history;
"Saddam Hussein Sourcebook" published by National Security Archive. *
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/special/iraq/index.htm
Washington D.C., 18 December 2003  Newly declassified documents posted today
on the Web by the National Security Archive show the British Embassy in
Baghdad recommending Saddam Hussein to London in 1969 as a "presentable
young
man" with an "engaging smile," "with whom, if only one could see more of
him,
it would be possible to do business."
U.S. documents published in todays Saddam Hussein Sourcebook quote Secretary
of State Henry Kissinger in 1975 telling the Iraqi foreign minister "we do
not
think there is a basic clash of national interests between Iraq and the
United
States" (the Iraqi disagreed), and that Israeli influence on U.S. policy
would
diminish given "our new electoral law" which means "the influence of some
who
financed the elections before isnt so great."
The newly declassified briefing notes for special envoy Donald Rumsfelds
second trip to meet Saddam Hussein in March 1984 reveal Rumsfelds
instructions to reinforce the message of U.S. interest in improved relations
"at a pace of Iraqs own choosing," and to emphasize that U.S. criticism of
Saddams chemical weapons use versus Iran was not meant as a pro-Iranian or
anti-Iraq gesture. Saturday, December 20, marks the 20th anniversary of
Rumsfeld's famous handshake meeting with Saddam Hussein in Baghdad.
When the U.S. Senate passed economic sanctions on Iraq in 1988 for using
poison gas against the Kurds, U.S. ambassador April Glaspie reported that
the
U.S. construction company Bechtel planned to employ "non-U.S. suppliers of
technology and continue to do business in Iraq," according to a CONFIDENTIAL
State Department cable.  In October 2003, Bechtel landed the largest U.S.
Agency for International Development contract to date for infrastructure
repair work in Iraq, with an initial payment of $34.6 million and long-term
value of up to $680 million.
The "Saddam Hussein Sourcebook" posted today also brings together five
briefing books previously published by the National Security Archive into
one
searchable file of primary sources.  These include "Iraq and Weapons of Mass
Destruction," "Overhead Imagery of Iraq," "Alleged Iraqi War Criminals in
1992," "Operation Desert Storm," and "Shaking Hands with Saddam: U.S. Policy
before the Gulf War."
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/special/iraq/index.htm
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versus Iran was not meant as a pro-Iranian or anti-Iraq gesture.
Quindi i documenti mostrano che criticavano l'uso delle armi chimiche.
Ne segue che National Security Archive, come al suo solito, legge i
documenti come cavolo pare a loro cercando di fargli dire quello che
vogliono loro.
Peccato che poi chi li legge di per se vede subito la loro
partigianeria. :)
-Stefano

che consente ricerche come quella che vi invito a fare. 
Caro Namib,
e` vero che c`e` liberta` di stampa, e che ci sono forze democratiche in USA
che lottano per mantenere i concetti di democrazia e giustizia. Purtroppo pero`
in USA c`e` una cultura " visiva ", di "immagini", fatto dettato non tanto da
diabolici progetti neocons, ma dagli ultimi 10 anni di progressi tecnologici.
Le risorse per farsi un`idea di cio` che e` successo ci sono, riviste,giornali,
biblioteche,tutto quello che vuoi.
Ma la gente non ha tempo, o e` pigra,e imbocca la scorciatoia.
salutoni