>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: U.S. GUILTY OF "DOUBLE STANDARDS" ON IRAQ - BUTLER >Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:00:44 EST > >U.S. GUILTY OF "DOUBLE STANDARDS" ON IRAQ - BUTLER >Reuters, 1/28/03 > >SYDNEY - Former U.N. arms inspector Richard Butler said on Tuesday that >Washington was promoting "shocking double standards" in considering taking >unilateral military action to rid Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction... > >"The spectacle of the United States, armed with its weapons of mass >destruction, acting without Security Council authority to invade a country >in the heartland of Arabia and, if necessary, use its weapons of mass >destruction to win that battle, is something that will so deeply violate >any notion of fairness in this world that I strongly suspect it could set >loose forces that we would deeply live to regret," Butler said... > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~