[Peace] New U.N. resolution means no war for at least this year

[John Morrissette]

 The US is working against a deadline due to the weather. By the time 
it is summer
In Iraq (April May) it will not only be hot for chemical suits but it 
will also make any
military action on the ground difficult. They have been moving lots 
of equipment moved into
the region but there still has not been significant movement of 
troops or the call up of any reserves.
This means that there is still a window of a few months before actual 
military action outside
of Air strikes.

We should also consider that it will take some time to get Weapons 
inspectors on the ground
and time for a crisis to be manufactured.

Also per NPR and CNN the resolution has been passed by the Security 
Council 15-0.




>I don't think the Today Show is the most authoritative source.  The 
>UN resolution may be voted today.  According to the NYT, the French 
>have caved in but the Russians still have concerns. This vote may or 
>may not happen today. So far the new language has not been in the 
>NYT, and I take it that this means that it has not been released. 
>That means that they are probably still haggling.
>The US is looking for language that will be ambiguous.  Evidently, 
>the US has agreed to consult with the UN Security Council over 
>whether or not Iraq is complying with this new resolution, but they 
>will not agree to wait for a UN vote before going to war. They have 
>repeatedly said that they want to go to war in the winter because 
>this is the best weather for wearing protective gear against 
>chemical or biological warfare.  Just because they say this does not 
>mean that they will follow it. In fact, it could mean that they are 
>trying to throw us off guard by not expecting something until the 
>winter.
>
>
>At 8:08 AM -0600 11/8/02, charles joseph smith wrote:
>>As you may or may not heard, we have a reprieve. War will not happen
>>on Iraq until
>>at least February. The U.N. (as I watched the Today Show on NBC) had made
>>a brand new resolution regarding Iraq. The new resolution tells Iraq that
>>it must allow unconditioned, unfettered, unrestricted access to all
>>Iraqi sites--even the sites Saddam Hussein regards as off-limits, such as
>>the presidential palaces. The time period for the warning is about 2-3
>>months.
>>If Iraq doesn't comply, military action might happen around February.
>>
>>
>>******************************************************************** 
>>***********
>>Charles Joseph Smith
>>URH, 101 Daniels Hall, 1010 W. Green St., #101
>>Urbana, IL 61801-3097
>>cjsmith2 at uiuc.edu
>>(217)332-2143
>>http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~cjsmith2/Charles_Home_Page.html
>>******************************************************************** 
>>***********
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Peace mailing list
>>Peace at lists.groogroo.com
>>http://lists.cu.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/peace
>
>
>--
>
>
>Al Kagan
>African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
>Africana Unit, Room 328
>University of Illinois Library
>1408 W. Gregory Drive
>Urbana, IL 61801, USA
>
>tel. 217-333-6519
>fax. 217-333-2214
>e-mail. akagan at uiuc.edu
>
>_______________________________________________
>Peace mailing list
>Peace at lists.groogroo.com
>http://lists.cu.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/peace


A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion.
 Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom
 they consider god-fearing and pious.

-Aristotle